House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to cover for Donald Trump after the president called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “seriously retarded" during a Thanksgiving Day rant online. Johnson was asked about Trump’s offensive remarks during a press conference on Tuesday.
Johnson: Well, look, that's not the word that I would choose. I think his reaction was probably a spontaneous one to the enormous amount of fraud that was announced there. We're thinking it may be, it could be $2 billion.