William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: Steven Beschloss asks readers what they hear when Mike Johnson tells us he has been ...
Steven Beschloss asks readers what they hear when Mike Johnson tells us he has been "ordained" by God to be House Speaker — and what this portends for the future. Johnson announced in his first statements after being made Speaker that God had "ordained" him for this office.
I hear theocracy. And hubris. And self-righteous arrogance. And total lack of respect for democracy and the vibrant pluralism of American democracy.
#MikeJohnson #theocracy #ChristianNationalism
https://america.substack.com/p/what-do-you-hear-when-the-new-house/commentsPublished at
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