***From Rolling Stone’s Peter Wade:***

*While denying there will be another Jan. 6, the Republican House speaker is sowing seeds for one.*

Republican House speaker Mike Johnson claimed — without evidence — that there will be “cheating” in the 2024 election, once again raising unfounded doubts about electoral integrity. In 2020, Johnson voted against the certification of President Joe Biden’s win.

“I think there is going to be some cheating in this election,” Johnson said in an interview Sunday on Face the Nation. “I think non-citizens are going to vote.”

Johnson’s claims parrot Donald Trump‘s repeated baseless allegations of election fraud that he has been spreading ahead of election day.

“You know that it is against the law for non-citizens to vote in federal elections,” moderator Margaret Brennan responded. “That’s established law.”

“Of course it is,” Johnson said. “But here’s the problem, there’s a number of states that are not requiring proof of citizenship when illegals are noncitizens register to vote. We know that’s happening.”

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