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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 13, 2024
We need to work on bringing that down so that we can have thoughtful debate and we can have policy debates and discussions.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana
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Mike Johnson advocates for reducing heated rhetoric to facilitate thoughtful political discussions.

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