The American people are seeing a clear CONTRAST between COMMON SENSE and CRAZY.

Speaker Mike Johnson on X (R) Speaker of the House; official account2026-10-29

The American people are seeing a clear CONTRAST between COMMON SENSE and CRAZY. Republicans are fighting for common sense policies, and we have a strong record of results to prove it: ✅ Lower costs ✅ Largest middle class tax cuts in U.S. history ✅ Safer streets ✅ American dominance Democrats voted against all of it, and they want to CHEAT to win.

Posted on X 2026-10-29 by @SpeakerJohnson · View on X →

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Total lie. And it's proof. Twelve different sources. House Speaker Mike Johnson. Now, Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about the House, but we just know you're a lawyer. You understand elections. Can I ask you to dip into the Senate race we just discussed and outlined extensively in the New York Times of all places? Is there legal things you can do here? Is there anything illegal? We know it's unethical, but is it illegal? We're going to find out. The DOJ is looking into it, thankfully, and of course the governor made an announcement in Alaska this morning that they're looking at it in terms of the state law and what may have been violated. looking into it, thankfully. And of course, the governor made an announcement. It's dirty tricks and desperation. I mean, that's illustration A of just this morning. There's a new one every day. The Democrats cannot run on their record. They cannot win fair and square on their policies, so they're trying to cheat. And this is one that is so blatant that everyone around the country can see it. It really disgusts voters. And I think Dan Sullivan is going to win that race because good has to prevail over evil. And Sullivan is going to win that race because good has to prevail over evil. That's what this is. Mr. Speaker, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the DSCC, just sent us this statement. It says the DSCC is not involved with Dan J. Sullivan. Republicans have a long history of recruiting and propping up candidates in an attempt to boost their own campaigns, including recruiting a prisoner with a New York address to run against Mary Peltola and spending nearly half a million dollars to secure a spot on the ballot in Alaska. for an Arizona resident in the Senate race this cycle. And it's worth reminding everyone who makes up the DCC chair, Senate Kristen Gillibrand, vice chair is Senate Mark Kelly and Senator Adam Schiff and Senator Lisa Blunt, Rochester. Do you think that the voters up in Alaska, when they look at the ballot, are they going to get confused or has this been so talked about enough? to where they're going to realize which one is the Sullivan that they want? Well, we hope it doesn't confuse voters, but that's exactly what the Democrats tried to do here. They got caught red -handed. The New York Times has exposed it. I mean, they're not a right -leaning publication, as you well know, but even they said this is ridiculous. This would be a terrible trend across the country. It's got to be stopped. I'm grateful that President Trump and the Department of Justice are calling attention to this. Alaska voters are smart. Ronald Reagan used to remind us, you can trust the American people. If they're given the facts, they will make the right choices. The Democrats want to obscure the facts. It's the only way they can win. Senate, House races around the country, that's what this is. a contrast election between common sense and crazy. These crazy tactics are right in line with what they've been doing around the country. Yeah, but Mr. Speaker, what's going to happen? Because the voters may be smart, but the ballots have already been printed. and it was done with the intent to confuse the voter are they going to share the votes like what's going to happen well we're going to see it's also they got ranked choice voting in alaska which drives us crazy that's another unfair tactic and scheme that they use in a couple of these states um we got to get around that we have to win as president trump said in 2024 we got to make it too big to rig rigged and we need all of our Alaskan voters to vote for common sense and what is good versus and we need all of our alaskan voters to vote for common sense and what is evil. It really is. This is an evil tactic. They're trying to confuse people and everybody can see that. Mr. Speaker, almost in every poll they say affordability or the price of gas is a major issue, but you're on the ground and you're trying to keep hold of a slim majority in the House. And I know you've been talking optimistically. What specifically makes you optimistic that you're going to buck all these pollsters who say that the House is in Democratic hands already. Look, Brian, I'm very excited. I've been traveling nonstop. I'm campaigning just this month in more than 40 districts across 22 states. I'll be campaigning in five states today. I'm here in Cincinnati, Ohio, with Eric Conroy, an Air Force veteran who's going to flip a blue seat to red. And we'll go to Minnesota, Wisconsin. I'll be in Arizona, New Mexico all today. We're with extraordinary candidates, superior candidates over the Democrats. We have a better record to run on. and the American people know what is happening here. Republicans have delivered on our promises in 2024. We brought down cost. We cut their taxes and the largest tax cut in U .S. history. We made their streets safer. We returned to American dominance. The Democrats voted against all of that and people are looking at record over rhetoric. I am absolutely convinced. Huge crowds all over the country from New York to California, from Alaska with Nick Begich running for the House up there, all the way to South Florida. We have gigantic crowds, big excitement. It feels just like 2024. to me. And I'm telling you, the polls are going to be historically wrong in this midterm election. Mr. Speaker, we've been reporting there's this group, this left -wing insurgent group in the Democratic Party. They're calling themselves the bloc. There they are, these six. And they're saying that they're going to interfere with Hakeem Jeffers' race to become speaker should the Democrats win. and they're going to say to him, we will vote with you if you vote for with us. And they're going to say to him, we will vote with you if you vote with him. We will vote for you if you vote for us. They want Medicare for all. They want to cut off aid to Israel. They want to abolish ICE. They want a moratorium on the federal data center. So how do you execute knowing that this left wing progressive group is coming in? Well, look, I'm glad they're being transparent. That's new for the Democrats. They're telling everyone exactly what they're for. They want to abolish the borders, abolish prisons, defund the police, defund the Department of War. put men back in women's sports and girls' locker rooms. It just goes on and on and on. They're telling you what they're about. Now, the block is even further left than the squad, which was already the most progressive group of, you know, radical leftist members of Congress that we've ever seen. The Democrat Party is being taken over by the insurgent left. Hakeem Jeffries will not have a race for speaker because Republicans are going to win. I'll be the speaker in the next Congress. I'll be administering the oath to some of these people who ran for Congress as Marxists, sadly. ...mastering the oath to some of these people who ran for Congress as Marxists, sadly. We'll see what happens, but he's going to have to run. Hakeem wants to remain the leader of the Democrats. He'll be the minority leader if he wins, but they're going to hold him hostage for all sorts of things. This is a taste of what's to come. It's a harbinger of what's to come in the Democrat Party. I think voters are savvy. I think they're paying attention to this. And I think we're going to win because it's a contrast, again, between common sense and absolute crazy. That's why the people got to show up, Mr. Speaker. all the Republican voters, everyone that is at the president's rallies, big numbers, All the Republican voters, everyone that is at the president's rallies. they got to show up and vote no matter what tricks that the Democrats may play in this election. And if you're right, if Republicans win the House and the Senate, everyone gets $5 ,000 from Donald Trump. Thanks, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. That's what he said. Exactly right.

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