James McGovern

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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) called out Johnson and his party over their “stunning” response to the red wipeout.

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) challenged lame-duck House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday over his claim that voters made the “wrong choice” in last week’s midterms.

“Are you kidding me?” said McGovern in remarks from the House floor.

Johnson — when asked by CNN’s Manu Raju whether President Donald Trump should “course correct” after Democrats took control of Congress — said he won’t tell Trump how to do his job and predicted “more success” in the days ahead before adding, “I’m sorry that the voters made the wrong choice.”

“I really do believe that this next two years is going to be a bit of a circus. It’s going to be chaos ... ” he said.

“And that’s a great tragedy, it really is, because if we had kept the majority, we would stay on course to continue delivering for the people and I just don’t know how that’s going to work going forward.”

In the week since America delivered its verdict on him and his agenda, Trump has elevated immigration hardliner Stephen Miller to serve as his chief of staff and rallied behind Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he faces an impeachment push over the Iran war.

McGovern stressed that it’s “stunning” to him that Republicans, instead of taking the hit, are “doubling down on the same tactics and messaging they’ve been jamming down our throats” the past two years.

“And it’s a perfect example of why they lost in the first place,” he continued. “They do not listen.”

McGovern stated that while Johnson may disagree with the voters’ ruling, it’s not a “wrong one.”

He later pointed to Trump’s promotion of Miller, the architect of “all the cruel policies that most people hate.”

“What planet are these people living on?” he stated.

“Republicans need to take a long, hard look in the mirror because if they don’t break with this delusional thinking and actually start listening, start rejecting extremism, it’s going to be a long, long, long, long time before they’re ever in the majority again.”

McGovern: "They do not listen. Speaker Johnson said yesterday that 'the voters made the wrong choice.' Are you kidding me? ... you just ain't listening." pic.twitter.com/Swu9TCpc0n