Yep. I think your description clearly suggests Mike Johnson is straw-manning the world, to the detriment of an open and candid America.
"So, firstly undermine that confidence with baseless, laughable, conspiracy theory based assertions about election fraud.
Then, disingenuously, dishonestly, claim that confidence in the legitimacy of the election results has been lost. 'People are saying', what you told them, at its worst. F'ing moron.
“Our extraordinary republic has endured for nearly two and a half centuries based on the consent of the governed,” he wrote. “That consent is grounded in the confidence of our people in the legitimacy of our institutions of government."
If he can't see the contradictions in his own words and behaviors he is a f'ing dickhead. If he does, which is likely, he is worse.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”