John­son slams White House’s ‘absurd’ dis­missal over label­ing Trump a ‘threat’

House Speak­er Mike John­son (R‑LA) rebuked the White House’s dis­missal of Democ­rats refer­ring to for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump as a “threat” to the coun­try, call­ing it “absurd” for the Biden admin­is­tra­tion to side­step respon­si­bil­i­ty.
White House press sec­re­tary Karine Jean-Pierre pushed back against claims that Pres­i­dent Joe Biden and oth­er Democ­rats have been stok­ing polit­i­cal vio­lence with repeat­ed claims that Trump is a dan­ger to democ­ra­cy. The response was made two days after the for­mer pres­i­dent sur­vived a sec­ond assas­si­na­tion attempt in rough­ly two months.
“It’s absurd, KJP is absurd, and, as usu­al, Mr. Doocy asked the r …