Headlines show just how extreme the new Speaker of the House is that Republicans elected after weeks of chaos.
NEW YORK TIMES: Mike Johnson is a right-wing fever dream come to life
HUFFINGTON POST: Rep. Jamie Raskin warns -- Don't be 'fooled' by 'nice guy' Mike Johnson
GUARDIAN: Election Denier, Climate Skeptic, Anti-Abortion
NEW REPUBLIC: We Have a Speaker. He's an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist
To fix this Republican mess, we must put pro-democracy Democrats in charge in 2024.
Mike Johnson is second in line for the presidency but he:
- voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election. More than that, he led the charge. The New York Times called him "the most important architect of the Electoral College objections."
- led 100 House Republicans to formally urge the Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election.
- has blamed mass shootings on teaching evolution and on abortion.
- supported cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
- supports a national abortion ban and called for "hard labor" for doctors who perform abortions.
- wants to end marriage equality.
- introduced a national "Don’t Say Gay" bill.
- was on Trump's impeachment defense team in the House.
- advocated for the return of prayer in public schools
- derided "so-called separation of church and state" on the House floor
- is currently trying to impeach President Biden.
These progressive incumbents NEED to win re-election in battleground districts in order for Democrats to win the House in 2024:
- Congressman Matt Cartwright won in 2022 with 51% of the vote.
- Congressman Chris Deluzio won in 2022 with 53% of the vote.
- Congresswoman Angie Craig won in 2022 with 51% of the vote.
- Congresswoman Susan Wild won in 2022 with 52% of the vote.
- Congresswoman Andrea Salinas won in 2022 with 50% of the vote.
- Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI) flipped a red district in 2022 with 55% of the vote!
- Congressman Gabriel Vasquez (D-NM) flipped a red district in 2022 with 50.3% of the vote!
Thanks for being a bold progressive and helping to save our democracy.
-- The PCCC Team
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