Speaker Johnson Shrugs Off DNC ‘Sugar High,’ Says ‘Real Campaign’ Begins After Labor Day

The “real campaign” starts next month — after Labor Day — when the “sugar high” that Democrats are feeling right now comes to an end, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Tuesday.

During a Fox News interview, Johnson dismissed the high level of excitement Democrats are trying to exude during their national convention while rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris after many of them pressured President Joe Biden into dropping out of the White House race.

“Everything that we’re seeing at the convention — everything they’re saying, is patently untrue,” Johnson said. “They’re trying to convince the American people that what we’re seeing, and experiencing, and feeling isn’t real.”

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Johnson argued that when Democrats brag about a hot economy, they ignore a reality that is not quite so rosy as Americans grapple with the increased prices of goods and services.

“That’s why they’re out there, you know, touting the economy when they broke the economy, clearly,” Johnson said. “Inflation is at record highs and everyone’s struggling and they’re looking right into the camera and trying to pretend like everything’s great.”

Johnson also talked about national security and illegal immigration.

“They’ve put us in jeopardy on the world stage,” he said. “They’ve appeased our adversaries and that’s why we have hot wars around the globe right now. They’ve opened the border wide and that is a catastrophe in every city in every state around the country.”

Bringing his response to the Democratic National Convention full circle, Johnson said, “They want people to believe that what we see is not actually true, and that’s not going to work. I think they’re on a sugar high right now.”

Johnson predicted the Democrats will “come off it after the convention, and the real campaign starts after Labor Day, as it does every presidential cycle.”

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He added, “I’m absolutely convinced, y’all, we’re going to grow the House majority, win back the Senate for the Republican Party, and Donald Trump is going to be returned to the White House because of all of this.”

Before the interview ended, Fox News host Dana Perino noted that she heard about House Republicans being warned their races in November might be closer than previously expected.

Pressed on what he encourages House Republicans to do, Johnson replied that they should “keep fighting, to run like we’re 10 points behind.” He added, “But we’re ahead in the polls, we are going to grow the majority, and we are very bullish about November.”