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[–] cowfodder 152 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the "R" next to his name was enough to tie him to Christian nationalism.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Came here to say this. I have assumed for at least the last 20 years that any Republican politician is a christian nationalist, and though I don't have specific figures, I think I've probably been correct 99% of the time.

That 1% is just due to caution -- I don't have anyone in mind.

[–] givesomefucks 14 points 1 year ago

There's that whole "the family" thing.

They approach young first term republicans in DC, and shower them with attention and bribes/donations. To play ball, you almost have to deal with them. Because everyone else in your party already did, you'll never get preference over another member.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Revealed implies it was hidden lol

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Seriously, the Christian Nationalism was a selling point for him and the party that elected him Speaker.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the Republican previously worked as an attorney for the [Alliance Defending Freedom, formerly Alliance Defense Fund or ADF], a Christian advocacy group Posner described as having ambitions to "eviscerate the separation of church and state."

Fuck this dude. The ADF is a horrible organization.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're pure evil and must be destroyed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In 99% of cases, I'd push back against characterizing people and groups of them as evil...but the ADF is among the exceptions for many reason.

[–] Sterile_Technique 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

~~Christian nationalism~~ Nationalist Christian. Nat-C.

[–] ghostdoggtv 3 points 1 year ago

Christian Nazi --> Crazi

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Took me a second.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

who the hell thought it was a good idea to have the speaker role not just be a neutral person who manages debate procedures in the house?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I think the bigger problem is that there are only two parties. Having the biggest party lead the house wouldn't be as big of an issue if they were still a minority of the total collection.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] ThePantser 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PFShady 16 points 1 year ago

If I don’t survive, tell my wife, hello.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 3 points 1 year ago

The parliamentarian generally does a good job

[–] distantsounds 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So I’m watching a movie with Lauren Boebert and all she wants is Mike Johnson

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does she want to take him to a musical?

[–] FuglyDuck 8 points 1 year ago

She wants to bang his gavel…

… the musical is just to set the mood,

[–] distantsounds 6 points 1 year ago

No beetle, only juice.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Political Islam and Christianity, what could go wrong

[–] PeterPoopshit 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We really are repeating the last century aren't we. Instead of jews it'll be gays and marijuana users. Canada sounds like a nice place.

[–] JJROKCZ 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh trust me, the Jews will be targeted as well. They always are, and the Christians only like the Jews in Israel because News holding Israël is a prerequisite for the end times

[–] NABDad 2 points 1 year ago

Oh trust me, the Jews will be targeted as well.

Of course! Who do you think is turning the frogs gay? It's the Jewish scientists with their 5g vaccines, rights-destroying mask mandates, and space lasers.

/s just in case...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Cadet bonespurs will be whining to oust this guy soon, before he steals the cult.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"Before arriving in Washington less than a decade ago, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a deeply religious Christian, was a legal crusader associated with a fringe evangelical movement called ‘young Earth creationism,’ based on a literal reading of the Bible’s Book of Genesis that posits the Earth is only several thousand years old,” the HuffPost reports.