Johnson And Liz Cheney Have “Tense” Text Exchange

Axios reports:

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) engaged in a tense text exchange last week, Axios has learned. Johnson told Axios in an exclusive interview on Saturday that he reached out to Cheney — a former close ally and friend — after she took aim at him on NBC’s “Meet the Press” over certifying the election.

Johnson said the two “agreed to disagree” over whether Trump is a threat to democracy. Cheney disputed Johnson’s characterization of the exchange, telling Axios that she and the speaker “used to be friends, but we did not ‘agree to disagree.'”

Johnson said he had not spoken to Cheney in a “very long time,” but decided to text her after “she said some very uncharitable things.”

Read the full article. Johnson tells Axios that Cheney is being “dishonest” about his intentions. Johnson has said that he will certify the election as long as it’s “free, fair, and legal.”

Liz Cheney: “I do not have confidence that Mike Johnson will fulfill his constitutional obligations … he has a record repeatedly of doing things that he knows to be wrong, that he knows to be unconstitutional, in order to placate Donald Trump. You saw that sycophancy just now” pic.twitter.com/rwyQVUCJcH

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 13, 2024

.@PabloReports: Mr Speaker, do you commit to observing regular order in the certification process of the 2024 election, even if Harris beats Trump?

MIKE JOHNSON: Well of course — if we have a free, fair, and safe election we’re gonna follow the Constitution, absolutely pic.twitter.com/IsASJnIyYD

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 24, 2024