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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to back up former President Donald Trump's claims that non-citizens were voting in presidential elections during a Wednesday news conference — but his claim was accidentally revealing in a way that is bad for the former president, wrote Aaron Blake for The Washington Post.

This comes as Johnson has also suggested that if he were in a position to block election certification in 2024, under the same "circumstances" as 2020, he would do so.

“'We all know intuitively that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections, but it’s not been something that is easily provable,' Johnson said. 'We don’t have that number."

This comment is "at least somewhat transparent," Blake said — but it "undercuts the leader of the Republican Party, former president Donald Trump, who has ridiculously pegged the number of illegal votes by undocumented immigrants in the 2016 election at 3 million to 5 million (just enough, as it happens, to explain away his 2.9 million-vote loss in the popular vote).

"After the 2020 election, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani also ridiculously pegged the number of such illegal votes in Arizona alone at between 40,000 and 250,000 — as many as 1 out of every 14 votes cast.

"Johnson, at the very least, is implicitly acknowledging that Trump’s and Giuliani’s numbers are pulled out of thin air. It’s part of a broader and long-standing effort in the GOP to water down Trump’s false voter-fraud claims and repackage them," Blake continued.

"But, given that — and given the continued GOP focus on this issue — it’s worth noting how much Republicans have found or come to admit that actual evidence of widespread voter fraud simply isn’t there."

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This includes Trump ally Rudy Giuliani admitting that there are "lots of theories" but they "don't have the evidence," far-right groups like True the Vote confessing that there's no proof of ballot stuffing when their claims went up in court, and a 2022 report from longtime Republican officials concluding that “there is absolutely no evidence of fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election on the magnitude necessary to shift the result in any state, let alone the nation as a whole."

Ultimately, concluded Blake, "Despite the lack of evidence and the abject failure of Trump’s post-2020 voter-fraud lawsuits, some lawmakers apparently feel compelled to construct a boogeyman to toe Trump’s line on combating voter fraud — even as they freely acknowledge they can’t say what the boogeyman is made of."

Rep. Lauren Boebert's Christian values came under scrutiny this week after the Colorado Republican hurled insults at a local initiative to find housing for homeless migrants.

Boebert faced immediate backlash after publishing Wednesday morning an X rant against a hotline Denver residents can call to connect with the nonprofit Hope Has No Borders, which pairs migrants with host families.

"Denver has now opened a hotline for residents to call and offer up their own homes to illegals," Boebert railed. "This is the most asinine and ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard."

According to its website, HOPE Host Home Program places migrants in need with host families who can provide spare living space for up to 90 days. It also provides job placement support.

The grassroots organization launched in November 2023 with a group of 1,000 moms and neighbors who, over the course of 12 weeks, organized host homes for more than 350 migrants, served more than 53,000 meals at Colorado encampments, raised more than $250,000, their website states.

The website also includes a quote from one local woman, Erin Frances, who says she twice volunteered to host.

"I highly recommend it," Frances says. "I didn't really know the families before they came into my extra bedroom, but now they are like family."

On May 1, Hope Has No Borders was connected to Colorado's immigration hotline in order to streamline the process of connecting hosts with those in need, local reports show.

This news apparently outraged Boebert, a far-right Republican whose false immigration statements include the claim that the Biden Administration paying migrants more than $2,000 a month. Boebert has also stated that she is "tired" of the separation between church and state.

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"We need to close the damn border and have some semblance of a sovereign nation again," Boebert wrote. "The entire world sees this stuff and thinks we’re a joke of a nation… and we’re really beginning to look like one!"

Boebert, currently running against a slate of Republicans for the right to represent Colorado's third congressional district, was almost immediately subjected to the internet's scorn.

Much of the criticism attacked Boebert's faith.

Hey Bobo....they are called Christians...or Good Samaritans," replied Peggy Gabour. "We all are aware, especially CO 04, that's a real stretch for your comprehension."

"Leave it up to a christian to be upset about ppl opening up their homes to the less fortunate," replied X user Boston Smalls.

Tell us more about how you’re a fake Christian," wrote @GOPisComplicit.

"Your Christian values are showing, Lauren," added Lee H. G. Jr.

"Bobo is peddling hate!" replied X user @JustVent6.

X user @bloretta561 posted an image of a weary Jesus Christ saying, "I'm starting to prefer the ones who don't believe in me."

"It's a good program," she wrote. "Colorado needs the workers."