Slotkin mocks ‘good boy’ Mike Johnson after failed DOJ indictment: ‘Take a beat’

Published February 11, 2026 4:12pm ET



Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) mocked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as a “good boy” for President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he argued that she and five other congressional Democrats should be charged with obstruction.

“The speaker of the House should take a beat and remember why he’s there, and that our founding fathers designed this as a separate branch of government to provide checks and balances on the president, not salute like a good boy and do what he says every single time,” Slotkin told the Washington Examiner.

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