House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) denounced recent protests at town halls that featured GOP lawmakers, claiming the demonstrators were “paid” by Democrats. “The videos you saw of the

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) claimed without offering any evidence Wednesday that Americans who attended recent rowdy Republican town halls were “paid protesters.” Several GOP lawmakers have been booed or confronted at the local events this month by constituents concerned about the Trump administration’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers.

You can’t argue they were all paid protestors, though, Mr. Speaker,’ CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pushed back, prompting Mike Johnson to admit: ‘I don’t know.’