Mike Johnson Would Rather Not Discuss His Robust Attempts to Overturn the 2020 Election

In 2020 and early 2021, Representative Mike Johnson—a.k.a. the guy the GOP just elected Speaker of the House—spent a significant amount of time and energy trying to overturn the 2020 election. But he’d rather not answer questions about the lengths he went to reverse the results of a free and fair election.

Asked by ABC News reporter Rachel Scott on Tuesday night, prior to his floor vote, if he stands by his attempts to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president, despite Joe Biden winning both the popular and Electoral College votes, Johnson shook his head and said, “Next question,” while his Republican colleagues booed Scott. One literally yelled at her, “Shut up! Shut up!”

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Johnson may not want to discuss his undemocratic actions from 2020 and 2021—after all, they make him look really bad!—but unfortunately for the representative from Louisiana, his past is now receiving significant scrutiny thanks to the whole Speakership situation and him being literally two heartbeats away from the presidency. As University of Texas law professor Steve Vladeck notes, Johnson led the amicus brief signed by more than 100 GOP lawmakers that asked the Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.