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After the 2020 presidential election, House Speaker Mike Johnson echoed some of the wilder conspiracy theories pushed by then-president Donald Trump to explain away his loss in 2020. Johnson voted against certifying Biden’s win even after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. So it's no surprise that he taken aim at the U.S. justice system.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson assailed the hush money case against Donald Trump Tuesday as an illegitimate “sham,” becoming the highest-ranking Republican to show up at court, embrace the former president’s claims of political persecution and attack the U.S. system of justice.
It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker amplifying Trump’s defense and turning the Republican Party against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to the U.S. government and a cornerstone of democracy.
Johnson, who is second in line for the presidency, called the court system “corrupt.”
He didn't bother actually going into the courtroom but just did his little public dance for the Orange Turd, the price he paid for Trump keeping others from joining MTG and ousting him from his speakership.
Johnson complained that the trial "is not about justice. It’s all about politics.”
And then other republican members of the House filmed a political commercial in the courthouse asking for money.
Yes, folks... it's a cult bent on putting a wannabe autocrat in the White House.
