Mike Johnson Raises Eyebrows With Admission About George Santos

Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this weekend confessed that he’d welcome former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) again to Congress with open arms if he ran for a seat once more and gained.

On Sunday, Fox Information’ Peter Doocy requested Johnson if Santos can be welcomed again. “Effectively, after all,” Johnson replied, unequivocally. “I imply, that’s our system. If the individuals duly elect a consultant, then we’ll welcome them into the physique. That may be the job of a speaker.”

The admission sparked anger over a attainable Santos return to Congress.

It additionally prompted critics to level out how Johnson has to this point refused to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) over, Democrats allege, her help for a measure that might transfer towards the discharge of information associated to the late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, a onetime shut affiliate of Trump.

On Santos, although, Johnson claimed that “if somebody’s turned their life round and so they wish to do the suitable factor, then we ought to be open to that.”