Sarah Posner is the author of 'Unholy: How White Christian Nationalists Powered the Trump Presidency, and the Devastating Legacy They Left Behind.'
The sudden elevation of Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to House speaker pushed his record's vetting to after his election. So it was only once he became second in line to the presidency that most people learned Johnson played a key role in the House’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is virulently anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ Americans, and has promoted teaching the Bible as a history book in public schools. Now Johnson and his allies are hitting back against his critics.
” Or, as Johnson stated this week without equivocation, “God invented civil government.” While these views are commonplace on the Christian right, they are far from commonplace among Christians more broadly.
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