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Mike Johnson: “Only twice in 90 years has the sitting president picked up…”

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

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Speaker Mike Johnson Delivers Remarks at Faith and Freedom

Published | Video Starts at 07:12

I have a very boring 90 minute slideshow that I could go through with you right now. All the reasons we're going to win. We are going to defy history. It is true we have to defy history Only twice in 90 years has the sitting president picked up seats for his party in that first two-year cycle. But this is a midterm unlike any other. Not only because of the threats that we face that are very real and must be confronted, but it's because of a lot of reasons on paper why we should win. (07:12–07:20)

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Asserts historical rarity of a sitting president gaining seats in midterms.

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