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“Biden Wasn’t Running the Country.” Speaker Mike Johnson on the Biden Cover-Up

Published January 18, 2025 | Video Starts at 30:05

And I started requesting a meeting with the president because, you know, I'm kind of old school. I'm a constitutional law guy. The speaker of the House should be able to talk to the President, especially in times of great national interest and calamity. But they wouldn't let me meet with him. And his staff kept putting. Giving him excuses. This went on for like eight or nine weeks. I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker, he doesn't have time. (30:05–30:11)

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Asserts that the Speaker of the House should have access to the President during national crises.

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“We have to have the strongest military in the world.”
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“We have had that stature [as the leader of the free world] since World War II.”
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