It starts with discrediting the press. Then comes the attack on the judiciary...

[TaskForce60]

...this playbook is timeless.

Johnson knows the optics here are pretty bad. He should take a step back and regroup, IMO.

House Speaker Mike Johnson: 'We do have authority over the federal courts'

The statement comes as Congress seeks to rein in federal judges who disagree with President Donald Trump.

www.usatoday.com

He sort of did, I guess.

Johnson later said that he did not mean the comment as a threat, but was instead "trying to illustrate we have a broad scope of authority over the courts."

 

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