October 26, 2023
For Immediate Release
Contact: Corinne Day
WASHINGTON — This evening, Speaker Mike Johnson sat down for his first national interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity to discuss his first day as Speaker, his agenda, and the core principles that make America exceptional. To watch the full interview, click here.
View highlights from his interview below
Speaker Mike Johnson Highlights Core Principles of America
“America is different, and we are exceptional because we stand on certain foundational principles. … Yesterday, I talked about the core principles of American conservatism. And that’s individual freedom, limited government, the rule of law, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets, and human dignity, and under each of those there would be subcategories, but that’s what we stand for. I call them the core principles of American conservatism, but it’s really the core principles of America itself. We’re different. We’re exceptional. The reason we’re the freest, most powerful, most successful nation in the history of the world is because that’s what we stand for. And those values and those principles are under assault right now, and we have to defend them here every day with everything we have.”
Speaker Mike Johnson Addresses Biden’s Failed Presidency
“I think it’s been a failed presidency and all the problems, some of those that you’ve articulated already at the outset of the problem here were caused by policy choices. And that’s the problem I have with him: it’s philosophical.”
Speaker Mike Johnson on the Need for Strength on the World Stage
“This is what’s concerning to us is that we cannot project weakness of any kind on the world stage right now. This is a dangerous time for all the things going on around the world, the world is a tinderbox. A strong America is good for the whole world and we have to project strength. I mean Reagan used to remind us all the time, it’s peace through strength. If America shows weakness it invites aggression by our adversaries and that’s what you’re seeing around the world.”
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