How U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson helped derail a fight against election lies

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Benton, at a town hall meeting in Opelousas in February. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Benton, at a town hall meeting in Opelousas in February. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Back in July, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. A federal court had recently granted a temporary injunction, in Missouri v. Biden, finding that the Biden administration had violated the First Amendment by coercing social media companies to remove content, related both to elections and the COVID-19 vaccine, that it deemed false and h…