What are you talking about, Joe?
Shortly after President Biden arrived in Texas on Monday afternoon, one reporter asked him for a comment on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s statement calling the Supreme Court overhaul “Dead on arrival in the House.”
Biden went with the “I’m rubber, you’re glue” response.
“Mr. President, House Speaker Johnson says your Supreme Court reform is ‘dead on arrival.’ What’s your reaction, sir?” a reporter inquired.
“Who said that?” Biden responded.
“Speaker Johnson said it’s ‘dead on arrival,’” the reporter repeated.
The president then responded, “I think that’s what he is.”
Later, at an event, Biden clarified his remarks during a speech and explained that he was referring to Johnson’s thought process.
“The Republican Speaker of the House said, whatever he proposes, [is] dead on arrival,” Biden said to the audience. “I think his thinking is dead on arrival.”
“President Biden’s proposal to radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law, but the American people’s faith in our system of justice,” Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, said in a statement Monday.
“This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and Congressional Democrats’ ongoing efforts to delegitimize the Supreme Court. Their calls to expand and pack the Court will soon resume. It is telling that Democrats want to change the system that has guided our nation since its founding simply because they disagree with some of the Court’s recent decisions. This dangerous gambit of the Biden-Harris Administration is dead on arrival in the House.”
President Biden’s proposal to radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law, but the American people’s faith in our system of justice.
This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and…
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 29, 2024
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