‘What Changed, Mr. Speaker?’ NBC’s Kristen Welker Confronts Mike Johnson With Brutal Clip Of Him Denouncing ‘Single-Party Impeachment’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) attempted to explain how the GOP’s impeachment pushes against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and President Joe Biden are different than the ones Democrats initiated against Donald Trump when he was president.

Johnson appeared on NBC’s Meet The Press Sunday where anchor Kristen Welker confronted him with his own words on the matters.

“You were, as you just said, part of President Trump’s defense team at his first impeachment,” Welker said. “Here’s what you had to say about impeachment back then.”

Welker then rolled tape of Johnson repeatedly saying that “the founders of this country warned against single-party impeachments.” She included a clip where Johnson concluded, “You know why? Because they feared it would bitterly and perhaps irreparably divide our nation.”

“What changed, Mr. Speaker?” Welker asked.

“Nothing. Nothing’s changed,” Johnson answered. “I would repeat the same refrain over and over because facts are stubborn things that do not change. The Constitution does not change. Impeachment powers, probably the heaviest power that the House of Representatives is given in the Constitution, next to the declaration of war. You can argue it’s the most serious power we have. And it’s not to be used for partisan political purposes. That is exactly what they did for Donald Trump.”

Welker interrupted as the two spoke over each other.

“How is this different? Mr. Speaker, how is this moment different?”

“They telegraphed they were going to impeach Donald Trump before he even took office. It’s very different.”

“If that’s the case, how is this moment different now?” Welker pressed.

“Kristen, in many ways,” Johnson said, continuing:

Let me explain the many ways. For one, the House has methodically, slowly deliberately gone through the impeachment process, impeachment inquiry, on Mayorkas and President Biden himself. We’ve involved three different committees of jurisdiction: Judiciary, Oversight, Ways and Means. We have followed the facts where they have led, not for political purposes, not because we take pleasure in this. It’s again, a heavy thing to look at the impeachment of a president or a cabinet secretary. But these facts require it.

The House of Representatives has the constitutional responsibility of impeachment and it begins with the investigation, and it must be very carefully, methodically done in a non-partisan manner. That is exactly what the House Republican majority has done here. And it is exactly the opposite of what the House Democrats did in the previous administration. That is a fact. and we can follow those facts and understand them for what they are.

The Washington Post has declared, “The Mayorkas impeachment push is a Biden dry run.”

Watch the clip above via NBC News.