Mike Johnson unwilling to condemn Cory Mills despite citing daughters as reason ‘we have to protect women’

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsMike Johnson unwilling to condemn Cory Mills despite citing daughters as reason ‘we have to protect women’Mills faces additional pressure to resign after Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s resignationEric Garcia Wednesday 22 April 2026 00:02 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2962240","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cory-mills-expulsion-mike-johnson-gop-ethics-b2962240.html","title":"Mike Johnson unwilling to condemn Cory Mills despite daughters working on the Hill"}}CloseJohnson says he's open to suggestions on fixing Congress's sexual harassment problemsSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","regSourceMethod":"N...