Home Speaker Mike Johnson put infamous ABC ‘reporter’ Jon Karl on the defensive with a primary reminder after the host tried to play gotcha on one in all final week’s main tales.
On ABC’s “This Week,” Karl interrogated the Speaker on numerous issues, together with yesterday’s “No Kings” rallies and President Trump’s pardon of George Santos on Friday.
When the subject turned to the latter, Johnson calmly flipped the tables on the liberal hack.
Karl tried to play gotcha with the Speaker by mentioning not solely the pardon, but in addition inferring that President Trump was corrupt for having the audacity to pardon different Republicans persecuted underneath Democratic regimes.
The ABC propagandist not solely ignored Joe Biden’s corrupt actions pardoning his relations, but in addition the truth that Trump had additionally pardoned a number of Democrats, together with former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Johnson fortunately reminded Karl of the previous, leaving the host fully triggered and hyperventilating.
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Jonathan Karl: “[There have now been] 10 former Republican members of Congress whom the president has both pardoned or issued clemency for.”
Home Speaker Mike Johnson: “You need to discuss what Joe Biden did with that energy? He pardoned his circle of relatives. The one factor he… pic.twitter.com/WJchnmSOk9
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KARL: What do you make of the pardon of George Santos?
JOHNSON: The President has the fitting underneath the Structure…We consider in redemption, that’s a private perception of mine. I hope Mr. Santos makes essentially the most of his second likelihood.
KARL: However how about the truth that the president issued the pardon…There have now been 10 former Republican members of Congress whom the president has both pardoned or issued clemency for. 10!
JOHNSON: You need to discuss what Joe Biden did with that energy? He pardoned his circle of relatives.
The one factor he signed, by the best way, along with his personal pen; all the things else is autopen. However classes of hardened criminals, they (Biden’s handlers) simply launched from jail.
At the very least President Trump is absolutely clear.
Precisely. The place was Karl’s outrage again then?
Whereas Johnson has divided conservatives since taking on as Speaker, he deserves some credit score for his ability in pushing again in opposition to leftist interrogators like Karl, and when he delivers on the Trump agenda.
