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Mike Johnson: “When a couple of Democrats won special elections under Nancy…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Cheryl Casone on Fox Business

Published | Video Starts at 07:16

She won that in very similar circumstances to Rep. Electra Halva, who's taken her father's seat. But Nancy Pelosi administered the oath to her 25 days after she won that seat when. When. When a couple of Democrats won special elections under Nancy Pelosi's speakership, Pat Ryan and Joe Sempolinski, she waited 21 days to administer the oath. Why? Because they won during an August recess of Congress. So she waited, logically till the next legislative days to do that. I'm doing the exact same thing. (07:16–07:22)

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Asserts that Nancy Pelosi waited 21 days to administer the oath to Pat Ryan and Joe Sempolinski.

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