Mike Johnson on midterm results: "The people have spoken"
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[0:04] We want to take you now to Capitol Hill
[0:06] where House Speaker Mike Johnson is
[0:07] speaking.
[0:09] >> Hey everybody, welcome back. Um it's
[0:12] good to be back here in the capital with
[0:14] all of our colleagues after a long and
[0:16] and demanding campaign cycle to be
[0:19] certain. Um the results were not what we
[0:22] hoped for and worked for as you all
[0:23] know. Uh but this is our our system. I I
[0:26] know without any shadow of a doubt that
[0:28] we left it all on the field. Um I
[0:30] personally raised well over half a
[0:32] billion dollars for this campaign cycle
[0:34] and I I logged enough miles uh
[0:37] campaigning for my colleagues to circle
[0:38] the globe over nine times. Um there's
[0:41] not much more uh that any of us could
[0:43] have done uh and that the people have
[0:46] have spoken. Um are we disappointed with
[0:48] the results? Of course we are. Uh but
[0:50] we're never discouraged. That's not in
[0:52] our worldview. And I just want to say we
[0:54] made our case uh in in plain and simple
[0:57] terms. The American people voted and
[1:00] we're going to have a new crop of
[1:01] members take their seats at the start of
[1:03] the new year. This is our system. I was
[1:05] delighted to welcome all the new uh
[1:06] members on the House floor last night.
[1:09] Uh Hakeim Jeff and I uh met them and
[1:12] we'll be doing a reception dinner for
[1:14] the new Republican freshman class. And
[1:17] we're very excited about this group.
[1:19] It's an extraordinary talented group of
[1:21] people, patriots who are willing to step
[1:23] forward and and serve their country and
[1:25] I could not be more proud of of who they
[1:27] are. You're you're going to get to know
[1:28] them well and you'll be duly