Johnson, the latest Republican nominee for House speaker, led an amicus brief in support of a Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory in four battleground states.

Not nominee anymore. Actual Speaker. Jeez.

      • PunnyName@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        We need a 2/3 vote in Congress to pull it off [14th Amendment, Article 3]. But with so many people towing the party line (new speaker who should not be speaker got a unanimous Rep vote), that 2/3 is impossible.

  • BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social
    20·
    1 year ago

    I mean, was there any person who seriously had a shot that didnt have extreme political views? Didn't the last guy say he was 'david duke without the baggage'?

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    43·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Well before he secured the GOP nomination for House speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., played a key role in efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Joe Biden’s electoral victory in the 2020 election.

    Johnson, who currently serves as the GOP caucus vice chair and is an ally of Trump, led the amicus brief signed by more than 100 House Republicans in support of a Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate the 2020 election results in four swing states won by Biden: Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

    Johnson at the time sought support from his GOP colleagues for the lawsuit, sending them an email with the subject line “Time-sensitive request from President Trump.”

    “President Trump called me this morning to express his great appreciation for our effort to file an amicus brief in the Texas case on behalf of concerned Members of Congress,” Johnson wrote in the December 2020 email, which was obtained by NBC News.

    The lawsuit swiftly drew backlash from battleground state attorneys general, who decried it as a “publicity stunt” full of “false and irresponsible” allegations.

    Legal experts also pointed to a series of hurdles the lawsuit had faced, saying that Texas lacked the authority to claim that officials in other states failed to follow the rules set by their legislatures.

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