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A Democratic lawmaker called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for spreading baseless claims of election fraud just days after helping to save his job. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) Friday shamed Johnson — who claimed this week he knew “intuitively” that undocumented immigrants vote illegally — for parroting election lies similar to those made before the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “These false claims of widespread election fraud echo the Big Lie that inspired the January 6th attack,” Beyer said. “Repeating them on the Capitol steps – where that attack unfolded – as we head into th…

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