“It’s a true story, true story. On Inauguration Day, at noon under our Constitutional system the President ceased to be the President. So Joe Biden was no longer the President at noon on inauguration day. We were running a little bit behind on the schedule and J.D. Vance did not take his oath of office, he was about 37 seconds late.
So I just want ya’ll to know, for that brief moment in time, I was the acting President of the United States.”— Speaker Mike Johnson, speaking to KEEL.