The
checklist of Speaker Mike Johnson’s betrayals has grown fairly lengthy in just
a short time. Jeff Crouere gives a good
summary:
At one time, Johnson was regarded as a
staunch supporter of the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement. In fact,
his nickname was “MAGA Mike.” His lifetime Heritage Action voting record
was 90%, but, in this session of Congress, it has plummeted
to 53%.
As House Speaker, Johnson supported the
horrific omnibus spending bill, which fully funded the Department of Justice
and the FBI, which has been weaponized against President Donald Trump and MAGA
supporters. He was the deciding vote in extending FISA powers, allowing our
intelligence services to spy on Americans without a warrant.
Previously, Johnson had railed against
omnibus spending bills and extending FISA surveillance powers, but, in a
stunning twist, his positions changed as House Speaker.
In his latest betrayal, Johnson supported
a $95 billion aid package for Taiwan, Israel, and
Ukraine. The bulk of the package, $61 billion, was targeted to assist Ukraine fend off the
Russian invasion, which began in February of 2022.
Previously, the United States has
authorized $113 billion for Ukraine, more than the rest of the
world combined. Once again, Johnson had previously opposed such funding. He
also vowed to make sure that our border was secure before sending billions of
dollars to secure the border of another country.
Sadly, on Saturday, with the help of
Democrats and a minority of his Republican colleagues, Johnson rammed through
the foreign aid package, which supported other countries, while providing zero
assistance to our Border Patrol.
The spectacle disgusted Brandon Judd,
President of the National Border Patrol Council. He told Bill Melugin of Fox
News, “We are beyond disappointed that the House would give aid to secure the
borders of foreign countries but gave nothing to allow the Border Patrol to
secure the safety of the United States. There’s nothing more backwards.”
In the raucous aftermath of the vote,
Democrats celebrated the passage of the foreign aid package and
the exclusion of border funding by waving Ukrainian flags on the House floor.
This disgusting display just reinforced the feeling of many Americans that
Congress is more concerned about foreign nations than American citizens.
At least some Republicans in Congress
denounced this outrageous exhibition. U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) tweeted,
“Ukrainian flags fly in the chamber of the UNITED STATES House of
Representatives as they vote to send more of your hard-earned money to a corrupt
foreign regime. And just like that they shout “UKRAINE! UKRAINE!” while happily
working to secure Ukraine’s borders, not ours.”
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) also
condemned the Ukrainian flag celebration, referring to it as “the U.S. House of
Representatives under the direction of Speaker Mike Johnson. Democrats are
celebrating his total capitulation with no victory for securing our border.”
There have
been numerous stories now about his being captured by the Deep State. That is horrid enough. Yet there is something worse about all of
this. Speaker Johnson has
trumpeted his Christianity quite loudly over the years:
Johnson -- a supporter of
former President Donald Trump and a 2020 election denier -- told a Baptist newspaper when
he was running for Congress in 2016, "I'm a committed Christian and my
faith informs everything I do." In an interview that aired Thursday night
on Fox News, Johnson told host Sean Hannity that "Someone asked me today
in the media, 'People are curious, what does Mike Johnson think about any issue
under the sun?' I said, 'Well, go pick up a Bible off your shelf and read it.
That's my worldview."
His
capitulation on the issues touched on above give the Christian Faith he
proclaims a bad reputation: Here is yet
another very public figure who says he is a committed Christian but who then
betrays that Faith by his duplicitous actions.
This is not
the boldness for Christ that we see in the heroes of the Faith throughout
Church history: from the Holy Apostles
themselves to the New
Martyrs under the Soviet communists in the 20th century.
Recall how
bold and defiant the Apostles were toward the Jewish authorities when the
latter ordered them to stop preaching about the Resurrected Christ: ‘We must obey God rather than men’ –
. . .
The rest is
at https://thehayride.com/2024/04/garlington-what-speaker-johnson-can-learn-from-saint-george/.
--
Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us
sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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