The headline, and the issue related to that headline, from a snopes.com “fact check” today:
Did Mike Johnson say on hot mic it’d be ‘huge’ for GOP if Save America Act lowered voter turnout?
In early 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party began a renewed push for the passage of the SAVE America Act, which had failed passage the previous year as the SAVE Act. The bill would require people to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and approved identification when voting in all 50 states.
During this push, a video circulated online purportedly showing U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaking to Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a fellow Republican, about how it would be “huge” for their party if the SAVE America Act reduced voter turnout to between 12% and 18% of the electorate.
The finding (bold print is mine):
While the clip of Johnson and Landry speaking originated from an authentic, longer video, the version in the posts was edited in such a way that it left out the context that the pair were speaking about a higher than usual expected turnout in a Louisiana-only election. That election had nothing to do with the SAVE America Act, which Congress is still yet to pass, as of this writing (archived), and none of the politicians involved in the conversation ever mentioned the bill.
And the snopes conclusion?
Therefore, we have rated this claim as mostly false.
Mostly false? MOSTLY false?????
They were not talking about the SAVE act and neither of them ever mentioned the bill. But it’s mostly (not completely) true???????? There is still room for doubt?
The title of this blog is “Why I Don’t Trust Snopes”. I would think you now have your answer.
