Johnson Backs Trump On Disaster Aid For California: We Lost Three House Seats Due To “Lack Of Voter Security”

The Hill reports:

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is keeping the door open to conditioning California disaster aid on the state enacting voter identification laws, days after President Trump said he wanted to link the two priorities.

The comments from Johnson came during a press conference at Trump National Doral in Miami on Monday. Asked if linking voter ID to California disaster aid was a “red line,” Johnson stopped short, but he signaled he was open to combining the two matters.

“We have been lamenting the lack of voter security there for some time. We were deeply concerned in this last election cycle and we saw 3 of our seats frankly slip away from us in California.”

Read the full article. So because the GOP lost three House seats in 2024, California doesn’t get disaster aid until they implement voter ID.

REPORTER: Will you insist on voter ID as a condition for disaster aid for California?

MIKE JOHNSON: We have been lamenting the lack of voter security there for some time. We were deeply concerned in this last election cycle and we saw 3 of our seats frankly slip away from us in California.

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM