Mike Johnson Defends Nazi Fan/GOP Candidate Brandon Herrera

Source: KENT NISHIMURA / GettyHouse of Representatives Majority Leader Mike Johnson was confronted with the obscenely racist and misogynistic comments of Texas Republican candidate Brandon Herrera – and Johnson dismissed those words, backing Herrera. Johnson was being interviewed by CNN’s Jake Tapper for his State of The Union program on Sunday (September 14), and Tapper leapt right into questioning Johnson about Herrera’s past comments.“You have endorsed him. You have fund-raised him for him,” Tapper said of Johnson’s backing of Herrera before sharing footage of his comments from three years ago disrespecting mothers. “The fact that you kept your cum trophy doesn’t make you any less wrong about the dumb s— that you say,” Herrera is heard saying.The 28-year-old streamer, who gained popularity online as “The AK Guy”, also called a Nazi-era submachine gun as “the original ghetto blaster” in another video, and was seen joking while goose-stepping to a Nazi marching song in a podcast video from two years ago. He also referred toJohnson’s response? Tepid. “That’s, look, detestable language. You know how I feel about all of that, Jake,” he began. ““But I also know Brandon Herrera has bee...