House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suffered an awkward moment on Monday, during the first day of the Republican National Convention, when his teleprompter failed.
Johnson announced that Donald Trump had secured the nomination and began to introduce the next speaker.
“It is now my honor to introduce the attorney general. And there goes the teleprompter,” he said, never naming the attorney general (Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, for the record).
Then, he walked off the stage as the band played.
There was an extended delay, with the band continuing to play for much of the time.
Johnson’s inability to cope without a teleprompter was a little ironic, given Republican criticism of President Joe Biden’s reliance on the device during his events.
Johnson himself made a crack that effect earlier this month: