Mike Johnson: “The President has had three failed assassination attempts.”

“You know, he accepts it as part of the responsibility, the duty of the job, the risk of the job says a lot about him. And everybody understands that we're in a heightened threat environment. The President has had three failed assassination attempts. you know, that were direct. I was with him for two of the three. It's becoming too common. But we understand the risk. We need to turn the temperature down in this country.” (02:17–02:21)

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