NEWS: Congressman Greg Casar on Election of Speaker Mike Johnson

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) released the following statement after the election of extremist Speaker of the House Mike Johnson: 

“Three weeks ago, Republicans shut down the U.S. House so they could fire Kevin McCarthy, who supported overturning the 2020 election and a nationwide abortion ban. Today, they returned to elect Mike Johnson, the chief architect of plans to overturn the 2020 election — and one of the most radical, anti-abortion voices in Congress. 

“Democrats will continue to stand united against the right-wing extremists pushing our government into unprecedented dysfunction and chaos. For Republicans, breaking our government isn’t the problem: it’s the point.

“Whether it’s Mike Johnson, Kevin McCarthy, or any other right-wing extremist sitting in the Speaker’s chair, Democrats in Congress will continue fighting to make progress on issues that matter to working Americans.”

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Congressman Greg Casar represents Texas’s 35th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which runs down I-35 from East Austin to Hays County to the West Side of San Antonio.  A labor organizer and son of Mexican immigrants, Casar serves as the Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for the 118th Congress. He also serves on the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on Agriculture.