Politi Fact Article RatingPolitiFact - Mike Johnson sought to overturn 2020 election. As House speaker, he'll oversee 2024 certification
Oct 26, 2023 View Original Article
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| "That was the opposite of public statements by federal and state officials, who said the election was secure." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Johnson tweeted Dec. 10, 2020, that he was proud to lead the effort." | Positive | 48% Conservative |
| "When lawmakers returned after the Capitol was cleared, Johnson stuck to his promise and voted along with the majority of his Republican House colleagues to object to Biden's wins in Arizona and Pesylvania." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "When lawmakers returned after the Capitol was cleared, Johnson stuck to his promise and voted along with the majority of his Republican House colleagues to object to Biden's wins in Arizona and Pesylvania." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Johnson gried, shook his head and said, Next question.Calling Johnson the chief architect may be a stretch." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "Johnson gried, shook his head and said, Next question.Calling Johnson the chief architect may be a stretch." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "The Electoral College made Biden's victory official on Dec. 14, 2020." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., called Johnson the chief architect of the effort to overturn election results." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., called Johnson the chief architect of the effort to overturn election results." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Two days later, he posted another message of support, tweeting, President Trump called me last night and I was encouraged to hear his continued resolve to ensure that every LEGAL vote gets properly counted and that all instances of fraud and illegality are investigated and prosecuted." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "In the same radio show interview, Johnson said an election software system came from Hugo Chavez's Venezuela." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The email said Trump was anxiously awaiting the final list to see who would sign the brief." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Johnson's efforts went beyond tweets and votes, the Democrats said after the Oct. 25 speaker vote." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Johnson aligned himself with Trump's response to the election results early on." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Johnson aligned himself with Trump's response to the election results early on." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "However, Johnson played a key role in the effort to get lawmakers to sign onto trying to overturn the election in the courts and to vote against congressional certification." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Johnson's term as speaker runs through at least early January 2025 -- meaning he will preside over the House as it votes to formally accept the results of the 2024 election." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "The Biden-Harris campaign called Johnson a leading 2020 election denier." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The Biden-Harris campaign called Johnson a leading 2020 election denier." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Those four states voted for Biden." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "In Georgia, it really was rigged, it was set up for the Biden team to win, he said in the same radio show interview, in part citing the increase of absentee ballots cast by Democrats compared with 2016." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The New York Times found that Johnson gave his Republican colleagues a path to objecting to certification based on how some state officials loosened restrictions on voting due to the pandemic." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Even though he opposed the subsequent effort to impeach Trump, Johnson acknowledged in a Jan. 13, 2021, statement that Biden was the president-elect." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Even though he opposed the subsequent effort to impeach Trump, Johnson acknowledged in a Jan. 13, 2021, statement that Biden was the president-elect." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Even though he opposed the subsequent effort to impeach Trump, Johnson acknowledged in a Jan. 13, 2021, statement that Biden was the president-elect." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Johnson also sent an email to Republican colleagues asking them to join an amicus -- or friend of the court -- brief in support of Paxton's lawsuit, CNN reported." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Republicans booed ABC News reporter Rachel Scott for asking Johnson about his efforts to overturn the election." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., said on the House floor, Republicans have put their names behind someone who has been called the most important architect of the Electoral College objections, borrowing a phrase from a New York Times analysis of Johnson's role." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., said on the House floor, Republicans have put their names behind someone who has been called the most important architect of the Electoral College objections, borrowing a phrase from a New York Times analysis of Johnson's role." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Johnson said there was a lot of merit to voting machine conspiracy theories, and when the president says the election was 'rigged' that is what he was talking about; the fix was in." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The Trump side went on to lose about 60 lawsuits." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "U.S. Rep. Aa Paulina Luna, R-Fla., responded with defiance, hollering, Damn right!" | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Johnson wasn't deterred." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Johnson was not among those charged in the federal or Fulton County, Georgia, election subversion cases, and he barely got a mention in the final Jan. 6 committee report." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "As Johnson fought to continue the legal battles over the election, he spread voting machine conspiracies." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "State Attorney Fani Willis indicted Trump and 18 defendants for their efforts to overturn the state's result for Biden." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "State Attorney Fani Willis indicted Trump and 18 defendants for their efforts to overturn the state's result for Biden." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Johnson called for exhausting all the legal remedies." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "After House Republicans unanimously voted for Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as the new speaker, Democratic politicians pounced on them for choosing someone who defied democratic norms after the 2020 presidential election." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Johnson, a lawyer for decades, was not the public face of Trump's battle in the courts and in public, unlike lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Johnson, a lawyer for decades, was not the public face of Trump's battle in the courts and in public, unlike lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "On Nov. 7, the day that media outlets projected Biden's win, Johnson tweeted, I have just called President Trump to say this: 'Stay strong and keep fighting, sir!" | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "On Nov. 7, the day that media outlets projected Biden's win, Johnson tweeted, I have just called President Trump to say this: 'Stay strong and keep fighting, sir!" | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "On Nov. 7, the day that media outlets projected Biden's win, Johnson tweeted, I have just called President Trump to say this: 'Stay strong and keep fighting, sir!" | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Johnson brought up allegations about the voting machines, some of them being rigged with this software by Dominion Voting Systems." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Johnson also condemned the Capitol attack, calling it heinous violence." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Johnson aligned himself with Donald Trump and congressional Republicans who sought to overturn legitimate results ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Johnson aligned himself with Donald Trump and congressional Republicans who sought to overturn legitimate results ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "In a radio show interview Nov. 17, 2020, Johnson said he was not going to concede that Biden won because Trump and others know intuitively that there was a lot amiss about this Election Day." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "In a radio show interview Nov. 17, 2020, Johnson said he was not going to concede that Biden won because Trump and others know intuitively that there was a lot amiss about this Election Day." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "In a radio show interview Nov. 17, 2020, Johnson said he was not going to concede that Biden won because Trump and others know intuitively that there was a lot amiss about this Election Day." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Johnson supported Trump's complaints about Georgia." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Johnson supported Trump's complaints about Georgia." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
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45% : That was the opposite of public statements by federal and state officials, who said the election was secure.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.