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Source: The Hill
05/18/24 6:00 AM ET
Speaker Mike Johnsons (R-La.) decision to appear this week at former President Trumps hush money trial in Manhattan is sparking new blowback from some House Republicans, who are questioning why he would inject himself so prominently in a case involving an alleged affair with a porn star.
These Republicans, who requested to speak anonymously to discuss the sensitive topic, are accusing Johnson a devout Southern Baptist who built a career around the fight for Christian values and moral conservatism of undermining the partys family values image simply to ingratiate himself with Trump, the partys presumptive presidential nominee.
Its clear that Johnson thinks that this is to his political advantage to be at the courthouse at the most salacious bits of detailed, pornographic testimony. I think hes got to answer for that, one House Republican told The Hill.
It seems like an odd place for him to be given what he has said.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4671263-johnsons-trump-trip-unsettles-some-republicans-tell-me-this-isnt-so/