Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is an outspoken biblical Christian so it’s no surprise that he mentioned his faith shortly after his Republican colleagues elected him to lead the lower chamber.
“I believe that scripture, the Bible is very clear. That God is the one that raises up those in authority,” Johnson said during his inaugural speech as speaker. “He raised up each of you. All of us. And I believe that God has ordained and allowed each one of us to be brought here for this specific time.”
Speaker Johnson: “I believe that scripture and the Bible is very clear that God is the one that raised up each of you and God has allowed us to be brought here to this specific moment in time.”
You don’t see too many politicians these days that talk about faith like this. pic.twitter.com/97MTrCMAeJ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 25, 2023
Because of his belief that God plays a divine role in the things that happen on Earth and because he has a track record of living according to the Bible, Johnson was smeared by corporate media and Democrats as a “Christian nationalist,” “extreme Christian fundamentalist,” and a “Folksy Champion of Christian Right.”
“Mike Johnson is America’s most blatantly Christian nationalist House speaker,” MSNBC complained.
Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin’s pinned post on X accused Johnson of attempting to usher in “theocracy” because he believes unborn babies deserve a chance at life, marriage is between a man
