{"id":2222163,"date":"2024-04-16T10:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeal-to-celebrity-meet-the-groups-mike-johnson-took-his-trump-backed-plan-to-before-anyone-else\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:09:07","slug":"appeal-to-celebrity-meet-the-groups-mike-johnson-took-his-trump-backed-plan-to-before-anyone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeal-to-celebrity-meet-the-groups-mike-johnson-took-his-trump-backed-plan-to-before-anyone-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal to celebrity: Meet the groups Mike Johnson took his Trump-backed plan to before anyone else"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fappeal-to-celebrity-meet-the-groups-mike-johnson-took-his-trump-backed-plan-to-before-anyone-else%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) reportedly enlisted influencers as part of his push to publicize an election fraud bill alongside former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Johnson and Trump made their pitch on the legislation on Friday, several Republican social media accounts touted the SAVE Act. NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/speaker-johnsons-team-briefed-conservative-influencers-election-bill-t-rcna147868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reports\">reported<\/a> that Johnson\u2019s office gave several of the accounts background information before the unveiling.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, which has yet to be filed, would require states to remove noncitizens from voter rolls and require proof of citizenship to vote. In federal elections, only citizens are allowed to vote, but in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2933971\/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-dc-noncitizen-voting-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"some\">some<\/a> elections, noncitizens have been allowed to vote for local offices.<\/p>\n<p>Various accounts on X, including Students for Trump Chairman Ryan Fournier\u2019s, \u201cDC_Draino,\u201d and \u201cEnd Wokeness,\u201d promoted the legislation as \u201cgood news\u201d and implored Congress to pass it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump are announcing the SAVE Act today.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed act aims to safeguard American voter eligibility by requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration, implementing tighter verification systems, and establishing penalties for\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanAFournier\/status\/1778873448191656144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI 100% support this Act! Do you?\u201d Fournier tweeted prior to the press conference unveiling the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPASS THIS BILL,\u201d X user DC_Draino <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC_Draino\/status\/1778881299500896740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">wrote<\/a> in a post promoting the bullet points of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress must pass the SAVE ACT, now. We cannot have a situation where illegals are able to vote or register to vote,\u201d X user End Wokeness <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1778883202293113287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">wrote<\/a> in a post touting the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The bill has little chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate or being signed into law by President Joe Biden, but the proposed legislation on one of Trump\u2019s top priorities and an accompanying press conference with the former president came as Johnson has faced threats of a motion to vacate.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC_Draino\/status\/1778881299500896740\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The posts largely praised Johnson for his action on the bill, but many responses showed Johnson has lost the confidence of many in GOP audiences as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) threatens the House speaker over votes regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and foreign aid.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2964177\/trump-defends-mike-johnson-at-mar-a-lago-amid-threats-to-house-speakership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"defended\">defended<\/a> Johnson during the press conference, saying that \u201cit\u2019s not \u2026 an easy situation for any speaker\u201d but that he thinks \u201che\u2019s doing a very good job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly enlisted influencers as part of his push to publicize an election fraud bill alongside former President Donald Trump. After Johnson and Trump made their pitch on the legislation on Friday, several Republican social media accounts touted the SAVE Act. NBC News reported that Johnson\u2019s office gave several of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2222164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24103768011281-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24103768011281-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}