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Today, increasingly vulnerable New York Republican Mike Lawler elected Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. After churning through a slew of other candidates, Lawler went all in for Johnson and his extremism:
In case you haven’t heard of him, here’s a bit about Johnson:
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Johnson pushed for a total abortion ban without exceptions and voted for legislation to punish doctors for providing essential reproductive care.
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Johnson led the efforts to slash Social Security and Medicare as the chair of the Republican Study Committee.
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Johnson was instrumental in the plan to overturn the 2020 election – the New York Times named him “the most important architect of the Electoral College objections.”
Lawler has completely abandoned working families in the Lower Hudson Valley, siding with election deniers, anti-abortion extremists, and relentless attacks on Social Security and Medicare.
DCCC Spokesperson Ellie Dougherty:
“Mike Johnson is Jim Jordan with a sports coat. And he has a new best friend: Mike Lawler. Lawler has enabled MAGA extremism every step of the GOP’s chaotic speaker fight and increased his own vulnerability along the way. We’ll make sure that voters know that Mike Lawler again put the far-right before Hudson Valley workers and families.”
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