Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) known as a joint press convention on “election integrity” from former President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “absurd” Friday, given the indictments Trump faces over 2020 election interference.
“I mean, it’s too rich that Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are talking to us about election integrity. That’s like having to listen to a lecture by Bonnie and Clyde on bank security. I mean, it’s absurd considering what they did in the 2020 election to try and overturn it,” Swalwell mentioned throughout an look on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360”.
Within the press convention on the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort earlier Friday, Johnson touted laws that might stop noncitizens from voting illegally.
The Unlawful Immigration Reform and Immigrant Accountability Act of 1996 already prohibits international nationals from voting in any federal election. Just a few jurisdictions permit noncitizens to vote in native elections reminiscent of municipal and faculty board elections, although.
“They’re going after something that is already illegal, and by the way, it’s not a thing,” Swalwell informed Cooper, referring to the laws talked about on the press convention.
The joint look comes as Johnson faces pushback from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who desires him out as Speaker, arguing that Johnson is not match to serve. Former President Trump used the press convention to throw his help behind the Speaker, saying Johnson was “doing a really good job under very tough circumstances.”
Trump’s help of Johnson may assist him preserve his maintain of the gavel, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) informed reporters Thursday.
“If Trump came out and gave him his full support, yes, it would help,” Norman, a member of the Home Freedom Caucus, mentioned.
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