Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney expressed doubt that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would certify the 2024 election results, citing his past actions after President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Cheney, who has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and is supporting her on the campaign trail, pointed to how Johnson has supported former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of not legitimately losing the 2020 presidential election. Johnson was one of over 120 House Republicans to back a Texas lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results in December of that year, with Cheney stating she did “not have faith” Johnson would fulfill his obligations as House speaker ahead of the 2024 election.
“We had very clear and specific conversations about that,” Cheney said on NBC News’s Meet the Press. “He knew that courts had specifically found that those claims were false. He knew they weren’t true. He also knew that what he was urging Congress do in terms of throwing out the votes of millions of Americans, he knew with specificity that that was unconstitutional. He was told that not only in discussions with me, but also by the House Republican council.”
Cheney added that Johnson has “a record” of taking actions to “placate” the former president. As such, she claimed that it is “very important” the Republican Party does not have the majority in the House come 2025.
The House speaker has stated that the House would “absolutely” certify the results of the 2024 election “if we have a free, fair, and safe election.” House Administration Committee ranking member Joe Morelle (D-NY) has stated that Democrats are “clearly paying attention” to the process of certifying the next president, and that Johnson’s comments “give me greater concern.”
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Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) has similarly expressed concern over Johnson’s comment on certifying the election results. Like Cheney, Aguilar pointed to Johnson’s record as a lack of indication “that he should be believed.”
On Sunday, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) was pressed on if he would support certifying the election results next month. The Florida congressman contended that voters want local jurisdictions to “follow the law” passed by their respective states in reporting the election results.