Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#Democrats hope to use #Speaker #MikeJohnson’s #conservatism and #Religious #Extremism against the #GOP.

While #House #Republicans are hailing Johnson as a #unifying #force for their fractured #party, the #Speaker’s unique brand of #evangelical #conservatism places him at the #farright of the #GOP #spectrum.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4285732-democrats-hope-to-use-speaker-johnsons-conservatism-against-the-gop/

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#House #Speaker #MikeJohnson was once the #dean of a #Christian #lawschool. It never #opened its doors.

The establishment of the #Judge #PaulPressler #SchoolofLaw was supposed to be a capstone achievement for #Louisiana #College, which #administrators #boasted would “#unashamedly #embrace” a “#biblical #worldview”

https://apnews.com/article/mike-johnson-house-speaker-2d1a3399e8fe61bf0619d66ba29a1520

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

Does New #Speaker of the #House #MikeJohnson Have a #Bank #account?

#Speaker #MikeJohnson has never listed a #bank #account on his #financial #disclosure #forms. In fact, on his newest #disclosure he doesn’t list a single #asset at all.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/does-new-speaker-of-the-house-mike-johnson-have-a-bank-account

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#Fascist #Congressman #MattGaetz defends new #speaker after #reports of #odd #financial #disclosures.

It came after #RawStory exclusively reported last week that the new #speaker apparently had few #assets.

https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-speaker/

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#StephenColbert Went To Town On New #House #Speaker #MikeJohnson For Believing ‘Early #Humans Had #Dinosaurs As #Pets’

Again, as a #devout #Catholic, Colbert knows The #Bible and he peppered Johnson with all of the things he’ll need to do to live a #literal #life according to the #Bible.

https://uproxx.com/viral/stephen-colbert-mike-johnson-biblical-views-dinosaurs/

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#Speaker #MikeJohnson’s #Wife Removes #Website #Equating #Homosexuality to #Bestiality and #Incest.

The site, representing #OnwardChristianCounselingServices, where #KellyJohnson serves as #owner and #CEO, came under #scrutiny when #HuffPost unearthed #documents there likening #homosexuality to #bestiality and #incest.

https://www.advocate.com/politics/mike-johnson-wife-homosexuality-incest

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

Will new #House #Speaker #MikeJohnson's #hardright #views #hurt the #GOP in 2024.

Johnson is on the #wrongside of the #issues that #voters care most about right now.

https://news.yahoo.com/will-new-house-speaker-mike-johnsons-hard-right-views-hurt-the-gop-215620411.html

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#MikeJohnson’s #Greatest #Fear
Appearing virtually at a #London #conference, the new #speaker of the #House warned of the “ultimate #decline of our #civilization.”

He divides those #threats into three categories: the #redwave (#Marxism), the #Rainbowwave (“the #LGBTQ #revolution”), and the #Blackwave (“#Islamic #radicalism”).

https://newrepublic.com/article/176536/mike-johnsons-greatest-fear

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

‘The #Embodiment of #White #ChristianNationalism (#Fascism) in a #Tailored #Suit’.

Christian nationalists assert that #America is and must actively remain a ‘#Christian #nation'.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/opinion/mike-johnson-christian-nationalism-speaker.html

SrRochardBunson, 7 months ago

@Susan_Larson_TN https://archive.ph/O3dpW

#ChristianNationalism is #Fascism #ChristoFascism #ChristoFascist

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

@SrRochardBunson Oh I know. I have been aware of it and screaming it from the rooftops for years!

dricibone, 7 months ago

@SrRochardBunson @Susan_Larson_TN Interesting that they seem to have changed the headline since it was originally published and captured on archive.org.

peterbutler, 7 months ago

@dricibone @SrRochardBunson @Susan_Larson_TN I don’t see anything nefarious there. It’s a better headline. Sites update headlines ALL the time for SEO/traffic

dricibone, 7 months ago

@peterbutler @SrRochardBunson @Susan_Larson_TN Agreed. Kind of funny to me though, as I find the original headline to be more powerful (it was the one I clicked), while I would probably groan and scroll past the other. But SEO gonna SEO!

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#Republicans #manufactured a "#crisis" — now they are ready to #exploit it.

The #GOP's #speaker #debacle has resulted in the most #radical #leader of the #House of #Representatives in #history.

— Now let him be a cross-shaped wooden stake to the heart of the Republican Party.

https://www.salon.com/2023/11/01/manufactured-a-crisis---now-they-are-ready-to-exploit-it/

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#LGBTQ #activist who knows #MikeJohnson #warns he must be #takenseriously.

Johnson his work was #ADF “would tell you that was #legal #work, but also #moral work in the #sense that I think that he thought he was helping carry out #Godswill on #Earth,” Parker said.

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/11/01/lgbtq-activist-who-knows-mike-johnson-warns-he-must-be-taken-seriously/

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago

#MikeJohnson says it’s “#impossible” to think he’s #fullofhate because he’s a #Christian.

He #complained about people bringing up his #antiLGBTQ+ #past.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/11/mike-johnson-says-its-impossible-to-think-hes-full-of-hate-because-hes-a-christian/

Susan_Larson_TN, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

#Elected #officials who say they were put in place by #God are as #scary as they sound.

#NewYork #Mayor #EricAdams and #House #Speaker #ike Johnson are two of the latest #officials who want us to believe #God put them where they are.

#Religion #EmptyThePews

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/eric-adams-mike-johnson-god-appointed-rcna122243

JamesGleick, 7 months ago

@Susan_Larson_TN “I wish you didn’t exist and I don’t want you to have any rights but don’t take it personally.”

Lizette603_23, 7 months ago

@Susan_Larson_TN They are both disgusting