Mike Johnson Had Tense Text Exchange with Liz Cheney

“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) engaged in a tense text exchange last week,” Axios reports..

“Johnson told Axios in an exclusive interview on Saturday that he reached out to Cheney — a former close ally and friend — after she took aim at him on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ over certifying the election.”

“Johnson said the two ‘agreed to disagree’ over whether Trump is a threat to democracy.”

“Cheney disputed Johnson’s characterization of the exchange, telling Axios that she and the speaker used to be friends, but we did not ‘agree to disagree.’”