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Mike Johnson: “Today, our nation is the envy of the world.”

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

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Mike Johnson addresses House of Representatives after winning speaker bid

Published | Video Starts at 05:14

We best serve our own country and most successfully discharge our obligations to humanity by continuing to be openly and candidly, intensely and scrupulously American. I love that. I love that today. That's right. That's an applause line. Today, our nation is the envy of the world. Why? Because we have been marked by a spirit and a people who are explicitly that. We are explicitly American. We don't try to be like other nations. (05:14–05:18)

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