Sunday’s installment of “Face the Nation” on CBS saw moderator Margaret Brennan sit down with House Speaker Mike Johnson near the U.S.-Mexico border — but she had questions beyond the border crisis created by President Joe Biden. Another problem: she didn’t seem to do her homework.
Speaker Johnson’s trip to the border with fellow Republican lawmakers took a backseat to Brennan’s questions about him allegedly being an “election denier” — according to the “editorial standards” of CBS News (more on those in a moment).
“Back in 2021, you were the lawmaker who circulated the legal brief known as the Texas amicus brief challenging the 2020 election outcome in a number of states,” Brennan stated, “which by CBS editorial standards makes you an election denier.”
“That’s nonsense,” Speaker Johnson replied. Brennan doubled down, asking: “Can I get you on the record on that?”
“I’ve always been consistent on the record,” the Speaker reminded before asking an important question of his interviewer: “Did you read the brief? Did you get a chance to read what we filed with the Supreme Court?” he asked.
“Well- I have read extensively some criticisms of that,” was Brennan’s squirming response.
“You read commentary, but not what we submitted to the court,” Johnson summarized.
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So no, Brennan clearly has not read the brief she tried to use as a bludgeon against Speaker Johnson. All she, by her own admission, had read were “criticisms” of the brief — meaning she got the liberal interpretation of the document from the same people who insist January 6 was as bad as Pearl Harbor and 9/11.