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

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

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Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper

Published | Video Starts at 02:00

And I'm very excited to go out and tell that story. I'm very excited about the midterm election. You know, that we're going to defy history when we grow the majority in the House because It's only twice in the last 90 years that a sitting president has picked up seats for his party in that first election cycle. But we're going to do it this time. A very favorable map regardless of how well this comes out. And we have policies we're delivering on our promises for the people. (02:00–02:06)

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Asserts historical rarity of a sitting president gaining seats in the first election cycle.

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