Johnson Defends Mask Fines For Covidiot GOP Reps

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:

When U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and two other Republicans decided to ask the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the fines they paid after refusing to wear masks on the House floor, they put the chamber’s new GOP leadership in a tough spot.

And those leaders, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, have chosen to defend the fines even as they say they don’t like the policy put into place by his predecessor, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Attorneys for Johnson argue the constitutionality of the fines as part of their response to Greene and her co-defendants, Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. Earlier this month, the trio asked the Supreme Court to review their case after two lower courts upheld the fines.

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The House’s new GOP leadership, including Speaker Mike Johnson, have chosen to defend the mask fines challenged by Reps. MTG, Massie and Norman even as they say they don’t like the policy put into place by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. https://t.co/yfP7Hcalb7

— Tia Mitchell, AJC’s Washington Correspondent (@ajconwashington) December 22, 2023