Speaker Johnson falsely labels the GOP the ‘rule of law party’

📆 6/5/2024 4:32 PM
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Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'

House Speaker Mike Johnson has gone to unfortunate lengths while defending Donald Trump, but the Louisiana Republican broke new ground yesterday. At a Capitol Hill press conference, the GOP’s top congressional leader argued — with a straight face — that those prosecuting the former president are “eroding the people’s faith in the system of justice itself.

A rule of law party wouldn’t try to undermine public confidence in the judicial system for without cause. A rule of law party wouldn’t try to defund law enforcement agencies based on nonsensical conspiracy theories. A rule of law party wouldn’t endorse retaliatory, politically motivated prosecutions against innocent people. A rule of law party wouldn’t reward accused criminals, elevating them to positions in which they could help steer the party’s future.

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