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Mike Johnson: “Soros funded that individual to be elected.”

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

Speaker Johnson Joins John Berman on CNN News Central

Published August 29, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:47

There's a lot of reasons for that. But we have a Democrat DA there who has not been prosecuting crime as some other more aggressive DAs have around the country. Soros funded that individual to be elected. But I'll say that, you know, it's a. It's an urban area that has a lot of problems that are happening around the country, and we have to address it. (01:47–01:51)

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Asserts that George Soros funded the election of the Democratic District Attorney in Shreveport.

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