Mike Johnson Stokes Fears of Far-Left Takeover

“Speaker Mike Johnson on the campaign trail Monday aimed to stoke fears among voters that the Democratic Party is being overtaken by its far-left flank,” Politico reports.

“Democrats are ‘in the midst of an open civil war’ between moderate and progressive factions, Johnson said at an event in Virginia while stumping for vulnerable Rep. Jen Kiggans — and added that House and Senate Minority Leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are powerless to stop it.”

Said Johnson: “They may say they’re not for some of the democratic socialists’ platform, but they’re going to have to bring these people into the fold. The energy, the excitement, the grassroots and the funding is on the side of the insurgent left in the Democrat Party. They don’t know what to do about it.”