House Speaker Mike Johnson made the gaffe while trying to defend the Republican Party amid the government shutdown standoff.

However, when addressing the principles of the Republican Party, Johnson said, “We fought the Nazis. We’ve defended that evil ideology.”

Johnson was addressing an incident where a staffer of Republican Representative Dave Taylor appeared to have a swastika in the background of a video call.

“He says that that’s not his, and there’s a proper investigation ongoing,” Johnson told reporters. “And the congressman did exactly what he should have done and that is report it.”

Johnson said he could not comment more until the investigation has been completed, but “obviously, that is not the principles of the Republican Party.”

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Didn’t he just do this last week, or was that Vance? They’re Nazis.

    Here is the article on the guy’s swastika.

    Republican Congressman Responds to ‘Vile’ Swastika Found in Office

    An image surfaced on X on Wednesday that appeared to show a small American flag altered to include a red swastika among its stripes pinned on a board in Taylor’s office in Washington, D.C.

    The image was publicized when an X account called The Rooster, which comments on Ohio politics, shared a screengrab from a virtual meeting that appeared to show one of Taylor’s staffers, Angelo Elia, sitting in front of the flag.