Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
There are currently 221 House Republicans. Of the 221, a grand total of zero describe themselves as supporters of abortion rights. With this in mind, as the public sees reports about new House Speaker Mike Johnson being a fierce opponent of reproductive freedoms, the news might not seem especially striking. He’s a Republican congressman. Of course he wants to impose restrictions on abortion rights. But Johnson is not just a run-of-the-mill opponent.
When the host asked whether he supports letting states decide on reproductive rights, Johnson replied: A casual viewer might have seen this and come away with the impression that the new House speaker is an opponent of a national abortion ban, to be imposed on states at the federal level. But that’s not his position at all. On the contrary, Johnson has pushed for federal abortion bans.
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