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Mike Johnson: “In 2018, we had, we were in, I think it was maybe 22 or 23…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Scott Wong for a Fireside Chat

Published | Video Starts at 24:48

And I'll say, in spite of the false narrative, there's only five competitive Republican seats that someone is retiring out of only five. And In 2018, we had, we were in, I think it was maybe 22 or 23 seats that was in that category. So we're comfortable about that. We know we can win the seats where people are leaving. But some of the, some of the wise counsel is leaving the building. (24:48–24:55)

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Asserts that in 2018, there were 22 or 23 competitive Republican seats with retiring incumbents.

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