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WASHINGTON — This morning, at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson addressed the alarming rise in far-left violence, Democrats anti-American agenda, and activist judges blocking the Trump agenda in district courts nationwide.

Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here

On Democrats inciting far-left violence:

Chuck Schumer engaged in a lot of unusual activity last week, but among the most concerning was his invitation to activists nationwide… This is what he said on that particular program: “We are mobilizing in New York. We have people going to the Republican districts and going after these Republicans who are voting for this and forcing them to either change their vote or face the consequences.” It was reminiscent of the threats he made to Supreme Court Justices a year and a half ago or so on the steps of the Supreme Court.

It's dangerous rhetoric. And that message was received. We had far left activists go into some of these events, they engaged in a physical altercation at at least one of them, Representative Lawler in New York, just hours after he made that call to action. This isn't just a problem in that state, it’s a problem across the country. And we had members who were rightfully concerned about threats of physical violence at their events and in their districts, in some cases, they even went to events for their children at school. It's gotten out of hand…So I'm calling on Leader Schumer and Leader Jeffries in the House to put an end to this, to explain that threats of violence and intimidation like that is not an acceptable form of political protest. We all believe in free speech. I used to defend it in courts, but this is something very different and it's a very serious situation, and they need to get control of that.

On Democrats anti-America agenda:

Congressional Republicans are at our highest mark ever, we're at +69 points with our own base. That's a pretty stark contrast, and I think we all know why. Axios reported yesterday that Democrats are “in their deepest hole in nearly 50 years.” This is not a mystery. Everyone understands what's happening and why.

In their haste to oppose President Trump and our efforts to make government more efficient, Democrats are cutting off their noses to spite their own face. They're cheering the decline of an American company which employs over 100,000 workers. They refused to celebrate the return of stranded American astronauts because SpaceX facilitated their return. Without a hint of irony, they're trading in their electric vehicles for SUVs, They publicly refused to stand for a childhood cancer survivor, victims of violent crimes during President Trump's joint address. Their message has gone from more than just anti-Trump, now it's anti-American. Everyone sees that, and the polling reflects it.

On activist judges blocking the Trump agenda:

We're working with the Judiciary Committee, which is the appropriate area of jurisdiction for that. I talked to Chairman Jordan this morning about it, and they'll be having a hearing early next week, I believe, to highlight these abuses. Let me just say this, and I know that you all have seen the numbers, but this is a serious problem. I used to be a litigator. I was constitutional law attorney. I used to litigate all these cases for 20 years. Routinely I would have activist judges issue opinions against me, and I would go get them over overturned on appeal. That is the process. But something that's happening right now that has not happened before in the last 100 years. 67% of the injunctions issued against a President were issued against one president alone. And that's Donald J. Trump.

67% of the injunctions over the last 100 years. That's a problem. 92% of those were issued by judges who were known or accused of being partisan, Democratic appointees to the court. So that’s something unusual that is happening, something that is out of the norm. It is a dangerous trend, and it violates equal justice under law.

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