Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke to reporters:
REPORTER: Getting back to the threat to Hakeem Jeffries, this is one of a number of January 6 pardons that have been rearrested on various charges. Did Trump make a mistake?
JOHNSON: I don’t know any of the details of this at all. I will tell you this — the violence on the left is far more prevalent than the violence on the right. The rhetoric that you saw on Saturday plays into this.
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