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Mike Johnson: “It's only twice, I think, in the last 90 years that a…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:36

No, look, I'll tell you, I mean, look, here's. Honestly, we have to defy history. I mean, that's the one, you know, the outlier. The fact from history is that It's only twice, I think, in the last 90 years that a sitting president has picked up seats for his party in that first midterm. A lot of reasons for that. The last one was George W. Bush after 9, 11. And that one's kind of an anomaly. Doesn't really, you know, doesn't really count. (11:36–11:43)

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Asserts that only twice in 90 years has a sitting president gained seats in the first midterm.

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