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Mike Johnson: “He was at the age where he kind of fell through the cracks…”

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

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Speaker Johnson on Pod Force One with Miranda Devine

Published | Video Starts at 24:03

Yeah. Yeah. And was that something difficult to make that decision for the two of you at the time? We really didn't have a choice. It's a long story, but He was at the age where he kind of fell through the cracks in the social system in Louisiana. and he wasn't yet an adult, so there wasn't a place for that. And then he had kind of aged out a little bit out of the juveniles kind of situation, and there really was no option. (24:03–24:08)

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Asserts that his adopted son fell through the cracks in Louisiana's social system.

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