Former President Donald Trump stood beside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday and spoke of a united effort to address illegal immigration and election integrity.
The joint conference, held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, comes as some of the former president’s biggest allies in Congress have put pressure on Johnson over his efforts to push forward a foreign spending bill to boost Ukraine’s fight against Russia. But the former president spoke highly of the speaker on Friday, who once again criticized the Biden Administration’s handling of the U.S. southern border.
“President Biden has created a catastrophe, and he did it by design,” Johnson told reporters while also praising Trump’s policies on migration, such as the Remain in Mexico policy.
Johnson and Trump also both touted new legislation being introduced by House Republicans that is aimed at increasing election security before November, including requiring that voters prove their American citizenship before heading to the polls.
“Our bill will establish new safeguards,” Johnson said. “It’ll put us on par, by the way, with virtually every other democracy around the world.”
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information becomes available.
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