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Mike Johnson: “If they make the next two years about retribution and lawfare and partisan games, every American will suffer by that”

On the recordNovember 4, 2026
If they make the next two years about retribution and lawfare and partisan games, every American will suffer by that
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana
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