House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday he believes there will be cheating in the 2024 Election — adding that “non-citizens are gonna vote.”
In an interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS’ Face the Nation Sunday, the Speaker declared that he thinks this year’s vote will be plagued by fraud.
“I think there is going to be some cheating in this election,” Johnson said. “I think non-citizens are going to vote.”
Brennan challenged Johnson.
“Respectfully, Speaker, you both — in the course of this interview — said that you do believe that states have taken measures that will help the integrity of this election, and then you just also seem to undermine confidence in the integrity of the state elections,” Brennan said.
“No, Margaret, hold on,” Johnson replied. “Wait a minute. Wait just a minute. It’s not me undermining it. It’s the actions of the Biden-Harris administration and some of these states. Non-citizens are not allowed to vote under federal law. But the states have prohibited it. We passed the SAVE act. In the house, the SAVE Act says you gotta have proof of citizenship before you register to vote. And Chuck Schumer and the Democrats blocked that in the Senate. We could have prevented this, the questions that people have about that, but the Democrats chose not to. They opened the border wide. A lot of people theorize that that was so that they could have non-citizens to vote. These are realities, Margaret. I wish it weren’t true, but that’s the concern that people have.”
“People can have lots of concerns, but it is already law that non-citizens cannot vote in federal elections.” Brennan said.
“It is a law, that’s correct, but we have to make sure the law is followed,” Johnson replied. He added, “Some of these are decided by hundreds or a few thousands of votes. So if you have non-citizens participating against the law, and you have no mechanism in some states to stop it. That is the root of so much of the concern. And of course, you know, in California, they have ballot harvesting right? Ballot harvesting is notorious for opening the door for fraud. in Wisconsin, they’re going to put, in some countiesm unmanned ballot boxes in public parks, again.
“Mr. Speaker, you seem to be contradicting yourself,” Brennan replied. “The states are run by the state government, not the federal government. So if your issue is with certain governors, shouldn’t you be talking to them?
“We have been,” Johnson said. “And the Republican governors have done heroic work. They’ve done their own audits of the voter rolls to try to ensure and do their best duty to make sure that this is a free, fair and legal election. We’re calling on all the governors to do the same thing, Democrat governors as well, and Democrat-led states in the legislature, they need to do the same thing. A lot of good work has been done since 2020, but there’s still questions out there. So what we have to do, and we have been at the congressional level, is try to force as much as possible, voter integrity measures. Try to encourage that that would be taking place in every state. Because you’re right, your point is well taken- these elections– are are handled by the individual states–”
The CBS News host then called out Johnson for not bringing back Congress ahead of the November vote.
“But you’re not convening Congress until after the election, you said, sir,” she said. “So you won’t be able to do any of what you are talking about in theory.”
“Margaret, we’ve been doing this for almost four years since the 2020 debacle,” Johnson replied. “That’s what’s been happening. And the Republican led states and the Republican governors have done an extraordinary job. Some of the Democrats have not. It has not been seen as their top priority, and that’s the reason for the controversy and the concern. But again, I’m going to reiterate what I said in the outset. In spite of all that, I think it’s going to be too big to rig. I think we’re going to have a free and fair and legal election across the board. I certainly hope and pray that’s true. And I think every member of Congress joins in that- that- that hope and concern.”
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