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Mike Johnson: “A president in power loses seats for his party in that first…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Johnson campaigns for LePage in Maine

Published | Video Starts at 00:02

We have to defy history to keep and grow the House majority. Typically, A president in power loses seats for his party in that first two-year cycle. but that is not going to happen this time. And one of the main reasons is because this is a contrast election. The American people see that. (00:02–00:10)

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Asserts that historically, the president's party loses seats in the first midterm elections.

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