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Mike Johnson claims Chinese trickery to blame for bipartisan opposition to Trump priority

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took to Fox Business on Monday to dismiss the concerns of a majority of Americans as being the result of a foreign influence campaign, one that he argued had deceived voters into opposing a major priority of President Donald Trump. Speaking on “Mornings With Fox Business,” Johnson was asked about the bipartisan “pushback” against AI data centers, which an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose building in their own communities, a recent study found. “It is a Chinese psyop, I really believe that,” Johnson said. “It's not a conspiracy theory, I think they're pushing those ideas. But the community concerns are important, and I think our candidates on the campaign trail have made a very good case for this.” The mass construction of AI data centers has been a major priority for Trump, who last year signed an executive order to accelerate permitting for data center construction. He also lashed out at Americans opposed to AI data center construction, accus