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Mike Johnson: “He [the President] was ahead of most people in 2015 in the…”

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

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Inside Washington with Speaker Mike Johnson and Pastor Greg Laurie

Published | Video Starts at 02:13

And. And I have no desire to. He's. He's. It's. It's a real threat. And. And I think the president understands that threat. In fact, he was. He was a. He [the President] was ahead of most people in 2015 in the campaign when he first ran for president. They mocked him for saying, china, China, China, you know, and he was. He knew. He saw the threat coming before others did, as he has so many other issues. (02:13–24:18)

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Asserts that the President was ahead of most people in recognizing the threat from China in 2015.

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