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Mike Johnson: “For 20 years before I got elected to Congress, I was a…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream

Published | Video Starts at 05:02

I mean, how do we balance issues of free speech of you know, you know, privacy concerns in trying to get ahead of these things before they happen. Well, you're right. I mean, For 20 years before I got elected to Congress, I was a religious liberty and free speech defense attorney. We understood we've got to advance and defend and protect the free marketplace of ideas, because vigorous debate is what made our country so great. (05:02–05:09)

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Asserts his professional background as a religious liberty and free speech defense attorney.

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