{"id":1027864,"date":"2023-10-25T19:05:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1027864"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:58:47","slug":"dnc-statement-on-maga-extremist-mike-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-maga-extremist-mike-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on MAGA Extremist Mike Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In response to House Republicans electing Mike Johnson as the new House speaker, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison issued the following statement<\/em><\/strong><em>:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter spending three weeks in total chaos, House Republicans have finally landed on their new speaker: election denying, anti-abortion MAGA extremist Mike Johnson. Most Americans don\u2019t know MAGA Mike, but he was a mastermind behind House Republicans\u2019 efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the cosponsor of legislation to institute an extreme abortion ban nationwide, and a proponent of cutting Social Security and Medicare. Speaker Johnson has proven that he is a loyal foot soldier to the real leader of the Republican Party \u2013 Donald Trump. Here\u2019s some free advice for Mike Johnson: don\u2019t get comfortable. We have been here before \u2013 this is the same exact MAGA extremism that the American people have already rejected \u2013 and they will do it again. After a 22-day meltdown, House Republicans\u2019 days in the majority are numbered, and Democrats stand ready to take back the House and get to work delivering for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to House Republicans electing Mike Johnson as the new House speaker, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison issued the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cAfter spending three weeks in total chaos, House Republicans have finally landed on their new speaker: election denying, anti-abortion MAGA extremist Mike Johnson. Most Americans don\u2019t know MAGA Mike, but he was a mastermind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1027864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on MAGA Extremist Mike Johnson - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-maga-extremist-mike-johnson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-25T19:05:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T19:58:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-maga-extremist-mike-johnson\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-maga-extremist-mike-johnson\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on MAGA Extremist Mike Johnson - 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