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Mark Pocan: “Speaker Mike Johnson is really even Republicans refer to him…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Know Your Candidates: Wisconsin US House District 2: Mark Pocan

Published | Video Starts at 08:49

There's so many things wrong with this president and right now Congress won't do anything. We're supposed to be a co equal branch according to the Constitution and we act like a subservient branch because Speaker Mike Johnson is really even Republicans refer to him as the deputy speaker and Donald Trump's the Speaker and the President. We'll fix that in November. If we change the majority, we think we have a good chance to do that and we can finally then do lawsuits on behalf of Congress against the administration, which would be a lot more weight right now. (08:49–09:01)

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Asserts that Speaker Mike Johnson is perceived as subordinate to Donald Trump.

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