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Mike Johnson: “The 14th Amendment, the original intent was to enhance and…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream

Published | Video Starts at 08:42

Well, I used to litigate constitutional law cases, so I really enjoyed Justice Clarence Thomas's dissent. It's everybody should read that, must read. And he explained that The 14th Amendment, the original intent was to enhance and really value citizenship, and it's been devalued because of birthright tourism. which is what we have now. It's a threat to the rule of law and national security. We do need to address it. We're looking at all angles. (08:42–08:51)

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Asserts that the original intent of the 14th Amendment was to enhance citizenship, which has been devalued by birthright tourism.

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