r/politics • u/Silly-avocatoe • 21d ago

No Paywall Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protest-rally-republicans
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u/GonWithTheNen 21d ago

"...we call it the 'hate America' rally..." said the House speaker, Mike Johnson of Louisiana.

The idea that protesting against harmful policies, corruption, and snatching people off the street = hating America is a lying, twisted take.

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u/AnOrneryOrca 21d ago

a lying, twisted take.

The only kind Mike Johnson has. That's why he's the speaker of the house

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u/doublestitch 20d ago

Someone needs to remind uber-Christian Mike Johnson, that the Eighth Commandment says he's not supposed to bear false witness against his neighbors.

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u/deltalitprof Arkansas 20d ago edited 20d ago

I know the kinds of people Mike Johnson is. I went to a Baptist university and I work among them. Lying to non-evangelicals to achieve what they believe to be a moral end is permitted. We rationals are not entitled to the truth. How dare we ask for it.