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'See No Evil': How Mike Johnson Is Repeatedly 'Playing Dumb' to Protect Trump

Speaker Mike Johnson deflects questions to protect Trump amid controversies, including a disputed Pentagon video and immigration enforcement abuses.

Summary by Alternet
When MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) tried to oust Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) as House speaker in May 2024, she got a backlash not only from fellow Republicans, but also, from Democrats. The House voted 359-43 to keep Johnson as speaker, and many House Democrats — policy differences and all — helped save him from the fate that ousted ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) suffered. But much has changed since then. Joe Biden i…

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The New Republic broke the news in on Thursday, December 25, 2025.
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