MAGA Speaker Mayhem
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With the fight over the Speakership looming, MAGA Republicans are gearing up to double down on their extremism once again.
All the top Republican candidates for Speaker – Mike Johnson, Tom Emmer, Patrick McHenry, Steve Scalise, Kevin Hern, and Jim Jordan – are die-hard MAGA extremists. Every single one:
• Voted to overturn the 2020 election and/or voted against establishing the January 6th investigative committees.
• Supports extreme restrictions on abortion.
• Voted to cut funding for nutrition assistance for moms and children, benefits for our veterans and critical programs to help seniors and people with disabilities.
• Continues to attack Social Security and Medicare.
One thing is abundantly clear: each of them is far too extreme to be Speaker.
Mike Johnson
- Johnson is an election denier who voted to overturn the election results in 2020.
- Johnson signed onto “an amicus brief in a Texas lawsuit to invalidate millions of votes and the election results from four key swing states that went for President-elect Joe Biden.”
- CNN reporter Andy Kaczynski on X: “Emmer signed on to the Texas lawsuit trying to throw out the results in all of the swing states to throw the election to Trump though. It was probably outside of January 6 the second most extreme action in that whole post 2020 period.”
- Johnson voted against establishing the January 6th investigative committees.
- Johnson voted for a national abortion ban and cosponsored a 15-week abortion ban in 2022.
- He holds an ‘A+’ Rating from Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America, a national, extreme anti-abortion group.
- In September 2023, Johnson voted for the House Republicans’ continuing resolution that would cut access to Social Security.
- Johnson is a member of the Republican Study Committee, a group of Republicans proposing to cut Social Security and Medicare, which will put millions of senior and low-income Americans at risk.
- Johnson repeatedly voted against the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would allow the Department of Justice to overturn discriminatory state and local voter suppression laws.
Tom Emmer
- Emmer signed onto “an amicus brief in a Texas lawsuit to invalidate millions of votes and the election results from four key swing states that went for President-elect Joe Biden.”
- CNN reporter Andy Kaczynski on X: “Emmer signed on to the Texas lawsuit trying to throw out the results in all of the swing states to throw the election to Trump though. It was probably outside of January 6 the second most extreme action in that whole post 2020 period.”
- Emmer has voted for a national abortion ban multiple times and cosponsored a 20-week abortion ban in 2021.
- He holds an ‘A+’ Rating from Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America, a national, extreme anti-abortion group.
- In September 2023, Emmer voted for the House Republicans’ continuing resolution that would cut access to Social Security.
- Emmer voted twice against establishing the January 6th investigative committees.
- Emmer voted against the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would allow the Department of Justice to overturn discriminatory state and local voter suppression laws. He also voted against the Freedom to Vote Act, which would protect voters and prohibit discriminatory voter purges and the partisan removal of election officials.
Patrick McHenry
- McHenry voted twice against establishing the January 6th investigative committees and voted against impeaching Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
- McHenry repeatedly co-sponsored national abortion bans, including bills that ban abortion from fertilization, with no exceptions.
- He holds an ‘A’ Rating from Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America, a national, extreme anti-abortion group.
- McHenry is a member of the Republican Study Committee, a group of Republicans proposing to cut Social Security and Medicare, which will put millions of senior and low-income Americans at risk.
- Just last month, McHenry voted for the House Republicans’ continuing resolution that would raise the cost of housing, home heating, food, and health care. It would also cut access to Social Security, cut Head Start slots, cut loans for farmers, cut support for small businesses, and take food away from women, children, and seniors.
Steve Scalise
- Scalise is an election denier who voted to overturn the election results in 2020.
- Scalise allegedly described himself as “David Duke without the baggage.”
- Scalise is a “staunch anti-abortion advocate” who said the overturning of Roe v. Wade was “the first phase of this battle” to ban abortion.
- He holds an ‘A’ Rating from Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America, a national, extreme anti-abortion group.
- Just last Friday, Scalise voted for the House Republicans’ continuing resolution that would cut access to Social Security, cut Head Start slots, cut loans for farmers, cut support for small businesses and take food away from women, children, and seniors.
- Scalise is an executive of the Republican Study Committee, a group of Republicans proposing to cut Social Security and Medicare, which will put millions of senior and low-income Americans at risk.
Kevin Hern
- Hern is an election denier who voted to overturn the election results in 2020 and was part of a lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election.
- Hern repeatedly co-sponsored national abortion bans, including a bill with no exceptions for rape or incest.
- He holds an ‘A+’ Rating from Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America, a national, extreme anti-abortion group.
- In September 2023, Hern voted against the continuing resolution that avoided a government shutdown, which would have impacted millions of Americans, especially our troops and veterans, seniors and people with disabilities.
- Just last Friday, Hern voted for the House Republicans’ continuing resolution that would raise the cost of housing, home heating, food, and health care. It would also cut access to Social Security, cut Head Start slots, cut loans for farmers, cut support for small businesses, and take food away from women, children, and seniors.
- Hern is the chair of the Republican Study Committee, a group of Republicans proposing to cut Social Security and Medicare, which will put millions of senior and low-income Americans at risk. Under Hern’s leadership, the Republican Study Committee is also proposing to end Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices, cut SNAP and Medicaid, and ban abortion nationwide.
Jim Jordan
- Jordan is an insurrectionist who voted to overturn the election results in 2020.
- As a “significant player” in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Jordan endorsed MAGA conspiracy theories, even encouraging fellow lawmakers to object to certification on Jan. 6, calling for a “special counsel” to investigate so-called voter fraud, meeting with a group of Trump loyalists in the White House on Dec. 21 to coordinate plans to prevent Congress from certifying the election results, and coordinating directly with the White House in the days leading up to the insurrection.
- Jordan repeatedly co-sponsored national abortion bans, including a bill with no exceptions for rape or incest.
- He also co-sponsored a bill that would classify abortion as murder and could impact contraception access.
- Jordan called the story of a 10-year-old rape victim from his home state of Ohio “a lie.”
- He holds an ‘A+’ Rating from Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America, a national, extreme anti-abortion group.
- In September 2023, Jordan voted against the continuing resolution that avoided a government shutdown, which would have impacted millions of Americans, especially our troops, veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities.
- Just last Friday, Jordan voted for the House Republicans’ continuing resolution that would cut access to Social Security, cut Head Start slots, cut loans for farmers, cut support for small businesses and take food away from women, children, and seniors.
- In 2014, Jordan voted to raise the retirement age for Social Security and Medicare to 70 years, which would have cut benefits for tens of millions of seniors who have paid into the system for years.
- Jordan co-founded the House Freedom Caucus, a group of “unabashed agents of chaos” and “legislative terrorists.”