'Unfit For The Oval Office': Speaker Mike Johnson Hammers Biden Over Special Counsel Report

thank you good morning everybody thank you for being here um it is Ash Wednesday and also Valentine's Day as has been mentioned um the American people are not feeling very loved right now though they're not they're not feeling heard by the Biden Administration and I'm going to recap a few of the things that we've you've heard here this morning already first of all regarding this Fitness for Office of the President Americans have been speaking out about the president's mental acuity and the double standards within his justice department on Thursday as you know the special Council confirmed that President Biden mishandled classified materials in a way that presented serious risk to National Security he broke the law but he's not going to be charged why is that well special counsel said that it decided not to indict the president in part because there are significant limitations on his memory and a jury wouldn't convict him because he would be presented as quote an elderly man with a poor memory that that did not Inspire confidence among the American people it's of great concern to us ultimately they're indicting remember now the doj is indicting one president with politically motivated charges and they are now carrying the water for another amid very similar allegations a Man Too incapable of being held accountable for mishandling classified information is certainly unfit for the Oval Office and everyone in this room if you just ask yourself that question you will come to the same conclusion on energy this isn't the only issue you know that the Biden Administration is facing criticism for Americans have expressed their frustration with his attacks on energy Independence we say all the time here that energy security is National Security the two things are directly related it's also the lifeblood of the US economy in so many ways but the president has paused pending approvals on exports of liquefied natural gas why why would he do that it's completely counterproductive for our country and it is dangerous my home state of Louisiana happens to be the largest producer producer of America's LNG we we try to export that around the world but he is stalling LNG export terminals like calaso pass to it's nothing but a political ploy to appease radical climate activists at Great cost job creators and energy producers are going to have to pause their projects it's going to jeopardize thousands of us jobs and our partners in Europe who were promised an alternative to Russian energy will now have to Source fuel from Moscow they're going to line Putin's Pockets if we don't send American LG to our friends and allies in that part of the world they will have to go to Moscow to get it we'll have to turn energy sources that AR is clean that that our European friends and allies will turn to these sources that are not as clean Russian gas is not as clean as us gas uh to make up for all those losses and that's why this week the house is moving on legislation to depoliticize the LG permitting process House Republicans are going to do our job we're listening to to our energy producers who are standing for energy Independence which is good for every single American regarding the Border you know talk about the American people not being listened to they are crying out to the Biden Administration to secure the Border this is not a republican issue it's an issue for every single person and everybody knows it we know the stories of children being poisoned by fentel and cities being overwhelmed by migrant surges we know House Republicans have shown that we are listening to and and and holding the administration accountable for this catastrophe we're listening to the people we're taking action to hold Biden accountable last night the house voted to approve articles of impeachment against secretary mayorcas desperate times call for desperate measures we had to do that he has abdicated his responsibility he's breach the public trust and he's disregarded the laws Congress has passed but but much more has to be done of course to secure the border and what the Senate produced this week is silent on that issue Senator McConnell and I have spoken about this in Frank sessions and let me bear clear here again this morning the Republican lead house will not be jammed or forced into passing a foreign aid bill that was opposed by most Republican Senators and does nothing to secure our own border it's time for Washington to start showing some love to Americans on Valentine's Day this is a good day to point this out we need to listen to the American people and their needs and take action and that's why house leadership will continue to govern with Americans interests at heart with that I'll take some question

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Published: Wed Feb 14 2024