House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., fought back against CBS News host Margaret Brennan on Sunday regarding voter integrity efforts.
On "Face the Nation," Johnson said, "There is going to be some cheating in this election. I think noncitizens are going to vote. Look, case in point."
At that point, Brennan interrupted, saying, "You know that it is against the law for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. That's established law."
Johnson replied, "Of course it is, of course it is, but of course it is. But here's the problem: There's a number of states that are not requiring proof of citizenship when illegals [who] are noncitizens register to vote.
"We know that's happening. Look, [Gov.] Glenn Youngkin in Virginia, I was going to say he issued an executive order to clean up their voting rules heading into the election. Less than 30 days out, a couple of days ago, the Biden-Harris administration sued the governor and the state, the Commonwealth of Virginia, to try to prevent them from cleaning up their voter rolls.
"That kind of thing creates a lot of doubt and concern in the minds of a lot of the American people. Why would they do that?" he asked.
Brennan accused Johnson of undermining "confidence in the integrity of state elections" for mentioning the administration's lawsuit.
"[I]t's not me undermining it. It's the actions of the Biden-Harris administration and some of these states," he said.
"We passed the SAVE [Safeguard American Voter Eligibility] Act, you know, in the House. The SAVE Act says you gotta have proof of citizenship before you register to vote. And [Senate Majority Leader] Chuck Schumer and the Democrats blocked that in the Senate.
"We could have prevented this, the questions that people have about that, but the Democrats chose not to. They opened the border wide. A lot of people theorize that that was so that they could have noncitizens to vote," Johnson said.
"These are realities, Margaret. I wish it weren't true, but that's what's, that's the concern that people have."