House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to call lawmakers back from recess early to vote on emergency hurricane relief — and instead is spreading Donald Trump’s lies about recovery efforts, a columnist wrote Monday. The Louisiana Republican will visit western North Carolina this week to survey damage from Hurricane Helene, but The New Republic’s Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling questioned his commitment to helping to clean up after the natural disaster. “While executive branch figureheads float around the American South in the wake of Hurricane Helene promising relief, one Washington politico’s actions co…