With The Media Banned, Mike Johnson Thought It Was Safe To Compare Himself To Moses. He Was Wrong.

[Tom of Temecula]

Speaker Mike Johnson was caught on tape comparing himself to Moses and claimed that he is leading the country through a ‘Red Sea moment.” Right Wing Watch reported:

When Johnson took to the stage, he thanked the NACL for banning media from the event, claiming that the media loves to “pick my comments out of context.”… “The Lord impressed upon my heart a few weeks before this happened that something was going to occur,” Johnson said. “And the Lord very specifically told me in my prayers to prepare, but to wait.” ... “I had this sense that we were going to come to a Red Sea moment in our Republican conference and in the county at large,” he continued. “[God] had been speaking to me about this, and the Lord told me very clearly to prepare and be ready.”

Only a delusional theocrat could believe that he was put into place by God instead of House Republican ineptitude and desperation. If Mike Johnson was chosen by God to be the Speaker of the House, why did God have to run through 4 other choices first? Was Johnson the last potential speaker at the end of the bench for God? Shouldn’t God be better at whipping votes and getting her first choice elected?

It is easy to laugh at Johnson, but he is a dangerous theocrat with alarming views on women. Mike Johnson is second in line to the presidency, and that fact is a clear and present danger to the Republic.

https://www.politicususa.com/2023/12/07/mike-johnson-moses.html

[StarryNite]

1. He is one creepy POS.

[EYESORE 9001]

12. He wears 'creepy' in the same way an adolescent wears Axe Body Spray

He absolutely exudes teh creepy. The fact that he’s getting lots of exposure now is good, showing the world that this sanctimonious prick has big plans for everyone.

[Probatim]

28. Sweet Jeebus - creepy/Axe Body Spray is a great analogy.

I don't usually laugh out loud but damn that was great. And 100% accurate.

[EYESORE 9001]

81. That's another name for Johnson

Creeping Jeebus

[usaf-vet]

40. So with this guy in leadership is the bible about to become the replacement for our Constitution.

If he leads based on his interpretation of biblical scripture, indeed, the women in this country are in jeopardy on multiple fronts.

And the rest of us will not be much better off.

[KatyaR]

66. That's what they want.

Nt

[ShazzieB]

77. Yes.

Republicans only like women one way:



Of course, it will be even worse for the LGBTQ+ community than for cishet women. I shudder to think what Johnson and his ilk would like to do to them.

[ancianita]

98. The Bible calls what Johnson does "false doctrine." Jesus Christians know he's twisting Jesus and God

into doing their political will.
People who publicly say they pray and God answers are lying.
Jesus Christians know that Jesus never taught anyone to pray like that.

Barbara Taylor Brown, an Episcopal priest, academic, and author once said,
" Jesus wasn't killed by atheists or anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly mix.

Beware those who claim to know the mind of God and who are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform. Beware those who cannot tell God's will from their own."

[alterfurz]

113. "You can safely assume you've created God in your own image...

...when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." --- Anne Lamott

[Initech]

48. Totally!

Fuck him and the people who vote for him!

And yes lurkers, we're talking about Mike Johnson.

[dalton99a]

2. Johnson is Moses, and Trump is God.

[speak easy]

30. And Nixon is the Holy Ghost.

[Jilly_in_VA]

54. I thought Ronnie Raygun was

But maybe he's Baby Jeebus...or maybe he's Archangel Michael?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

104. Saint Ronnie Raygun made an immigrant amnesty. magats are liking him less these days

Nixon created the EPA. magats hate that.

[Zambero]

55. "Orange Jesus"

...I am the Lord thy Trump, and thou shalt not have any disloyal RINOS before me.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

105. Green(e) Jesus

(fun fakery)

[eShirl]

56. Wish they were fleeing to a different land.

[BlueKota]

61. I was raised Catholic

even though I am no longer a member. I still am a person of faith though and just don't get why people don't see it as blasphemy that these people are practically worshipping Orange Stalin as the Second Coming of Jesus, and his fellow Republicans as saints? I see it clearly as that.

[TSExile]

96. I am a person of faith and a regular churchgoer.

I am having problems using the term "Christian", because it has been commandeered by people who act the complete opposite of Christ. I'm just as baffled as you all are about why T**** is so LOVED by people who proclaim faith in Christ. (The book Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Du Mez did help explain a lot of it, though.)

Praise be to God that my pastors keep their own personal politics out of the pulpit...though I DID clash with them over Issue 1. To their credit, they listened when I told both of them why I would be voting yes. I listened to them when they said why they were voting no. We basically had to agree to disagree on that one.

[Walleye]

3. He very clearly says he thinks the Lord speaks to him, can't take that out of context

[redqueen]

13. Tons of god botherers say that.

They'll have no issue with it.

[Walleye]

16. Yes, but he didn't want the media there, because normal people don't feel that way

He would be very insulted if you reminded him that he’s hearing voices. But that’s what he said

[Bernardo de La Paz]

106. Funny how their god never rebukes them. They hear voices praising them for what they want to be praised for

They never come out and say, "That thing that failed last week -- god criticized me so I'm here to say I was wrong and make reparations."

The behaviour is confirmation-seeking. It's all part of the bubble, whether it is religious or political or science-denying. "I did my research! Online! I found lots of stuff proving I'm right!"

[Ocelot II]

27. When you speak to God, that's praying.

When God speaks to you, that's psychosis.

[NoRethugFriends]

42. Well, I think that actually they are both psychosis

[Ocelot II]

46. Maybe, but just praying is pretty harmless.

It's often nothing more than a sort of meditation. But when you start thinking God is talking to you personally and telling you things you should be doing or - worse - that you have a special mission, that's where it gets crazy. And have you ever noticed that the messages from God tend to correspond with the things the recipient wants to do anyhow?

[Ocelot II]

47. Maybe, but just praying is pretty harmless.

It's often nothing more than a sort of meditation. But when you start thinking God is talking to you personally and telling you things you should be doing or - worse - that you have a special mission, that's where it gets crazy. And have you ever noticed that the messages from God tend to correspond with the things the recipient wants to do anyhow?

[Walleye]

62. I have nothing against prayer, even atheists like me try it sometimes

[Ocelot II]

63. No harm in trying...

[LeftInTX]

100. And God Spoke

&ab_channel=Movieclips

[PTL_Mancuso]

107. Generally agnostic but

I will allow for the possibility of a hyper-consciousness that might communicate with the occasional hyper-worthy human. But surely not with prevaricating twerps like MJ. Also, to me, he looks too much like a serial-killer accountant. YMMV

[Lonestarblue]

38. And isn't it amazing that God says to do exactly what the person wanted to do!

[canuckledragger]

49. And hates all the same people they hate as well?

It's as if there is no god and it's only their own egos speaking to them...

[Attilatheblond]

82. Before Reagan closed CA mental hospitals, there were lots of guys in there who said God talks to them

See what happens when insane people are not cared for properly? They end up in politics, cramming their beliefs down everyone's throats.

Frankly, I would like to hook up a PA system, announce that I AM GOD and that I want Mike Johnson to show his true power by taking a long walk off a short pier.

[Swede]

4. He's a dangerous rightwinger.

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them.” — November, 1994, quoted by John Dean in his book, Conservatives Without Conscience.

[Hekate]

34. John Dean is quoting Barry Goldwater

[Zambero]

51. Secular conservatism

Freedom FROM religion is one of its tenets. Sadly, largely a thing of the past

[Hekate]

65. In high school I participated in mocking Goldwater. Now it feels quaint. Like McCain, he was a statesman.

And, I might add, like a certain Liz Cheney.

[H2O Man]

72. Barry became one

later in his career. But back when he ran for president in '64, he was a loose cannon.

[Hekate]

75. Chuckle. Yes he was. I loved the song "Barry's Boys"...

?si=HflLakQ36SjYK6v0

[Attilatheblond]

84. One of my favs. Still have old LP with that song.

"... so let's go back to the days
when men were men
and start the First World War
all over again...."

edited to add, there was a more recent update about a different crazy RW pol

[PTL_Mancuso]

108. and on a somewhat related topic near and dear to us all

"And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" Barry G., 1964

[Hekate]

114. Oh, yes

[byronius]

5. Okay -- insane.

[Attilatheblond]

85. Or just another hypocrite megalomaniac playing to/preying on the gullible n/t

[byronius]

97. Hard to tell which kind of Republican he is.

[pdxflyboy]

6. He's hearing "voices in his head".

Oohhh no.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Who is Mikey J going to drown when the waters join again?

[RVN VET71]

41. Mikey ain't Moses

Democracy is the Israelites, clearly, walking to the side of freedom. Mikey, that little scabrous nose goblin, is Pharaoh charging after the Dems with his Egyptian horde, only to be engulfed and drowned by the righteous waves of love and justice as as waters of the Lord of Reason close behind the last of the righteous Dems.

There. I think I've fixed it.

[AmBlue]

87. If there is a God

...please let it be so.

[jcgoldie]

8. "why did God have to run through 4 other choices first?"

Hey I mean even god doesn't understand what the fuck Matt Gaetz is trying to do...

[dalton99a]

9. Shitty management from heaven

Crappy, sloppy, inefficient

[littlemissmartypants]

93. That's what happens sometimes when you use subcontractors.

You can't be sure of what you're going to get.

[keithbvadu2]

43. Even Gym Jordan, who tolerated teen boys being molested, was ahead of Mikey J.

[Zambero]

53. That really puzzles me

People like Jordan always attend those prayer breakfasts, and being Republicans, their forgiveness cards include unlimited punches. So why did Gymbo not get the blessed calling instead??

[LuvLoogie]

69. Because Jordan is stupid at Mach 5

Mike Johnson is blind. He doesn't see us.

[Kali]

10. is it me?

no audio from that clip?

[redqueen]

14. It's super quiet but worked for me nt

[Kali]

15. ok thanks

must be this tablet

[littlemissmartypants]

88. I had to crank up the volume, too. ❤️

[Kali]

89. it worked on my desktop

after I cranked it up, but my little tablet had nuthin'

[Freethinker65]

11. Use the tape in ads to question anyone's sanity that chooses this guy as their leader.

Add it to the picture of charlatan preachers layers their hands on Trump as if he is the Lord himself. Look, in this country, you can believe what you want to believe. But, do you really want these people leading our Nation? Let them lead their congregations of followers that choose to belong...do not let a select few overtake the governing of our country.

[redqueen]

17. Most people in the US are religious

Not sure how many voters are - or how many of those are of the type who would indeed want this brand of lunacy in charge of the country.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. While True...

...there are plenty of religiously observant people who would eye roll folks that claim to have one on one conversations with god
I was raised RC, and the speaking in tongues or prophecy believers were typically tossed into the crazy bin.
Right where Johnson belongs.

[redqueen]

21. Same here, raised RC, now agnostic.

I live in a red area and no one would bat an eye at that kind of talk. It's depressing.

[John1956PA]

44. 43 made some such comment about his decision to order the 2003 Iraq invasion.

To think that a war can be started by such an imaginary conversation is horrifying.

[ProfessorGAC]

70. You'll Like This

One of the crazy sects came to the house one day.
I went ahead & answered the door.
Before they could finish the first sentence, I said "I know who are. God told me you were coming & he said to tell you you've got it all wrong."
They left Like they were shot of a cannon!

[Hope22]

26. This might help...

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/4240049-more-people-in-new-survey-claim-no-religious-affiliation/#:~:text=The%20data%20also%20found%20the,in%20the%20same%20time%20period.


The data also found the amount of Americans identifying as “Just Christian” has dropped from 21 percent in Oct. 2021 to 18 percent in May 2023. The amount of Americans identifying as Protestant dropped from 26 to 25 percent in the same time period.

[redqueen]

32. But how many of them vote?

If the irreligious stay home while the religious flock to the polls, that would mean his idiocy won't really cost him anything.

[whfinlay]

74. 30 % of US population athiests.

[nuxvomica]

18. Do people like Johnson really believe this nonsense or is it just a scam?

Or is there a third option where they kinda believe it but they are also scamming, ie. scamming for Jesus. Reminds me of the Parable of the Two Trees and Julian Jaynes' theory of the bicameral mind at the same time.

[BlueKota]

64. I think it's a scam that overtime morphs

into delusional thinking. Like the con artist starts to fall for his own con.

[drmeow]

71. I think people like Johnson

truly believe that when good things happen to them it is a direct message from God, especially if they prayed for said good thing to happen to them. They conveniently do not believe that when bad things happen to them it is also a message from God. Bad things happening to OTHER people is a message from God but bad things happening to them is not. It is the intersection of cognitive bias (same as the people anti-abortion people who get abortions - THEIR abortion is DIFFERENT - also same as people who try to make a distinction between the "deserving poor" and the "undeserving poor&quot combined with the use of religion as a crutch. It is a common characteristic of conservative religious people which liberal religious people seem to be able to avoid.

[Paladin]

19. "Delusional theocrat" covers it quite well. Thanks. (nt)

[LiberalFighter]

22. I went to the politicususa site and it sucks with the formatting.

Whoever is the webmaster is an idiot.

[Qutzupalotl]

23. Moses divided the Red Sea...

so let's hope he divides the conference into Trumpers and never-Trumpers, and half stay home in 2024.

[LiberalFighter]

24. Here are my questions.

What will be the 10 plagues he is going to drop on America?

What country will he lead his people to?

Will he issue 10 new commandments?

Will he spend forty years wandering in the desert until all of his followers are dead?…

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

83. 40 years wandering in a desert

That it takes about a week to walk across, at its widest.

That's how stupid they all were.

[Initech]

25. Holy crap these people are batshit insane.

[republianmushroom]

29. Mike Johnson would have tough time leading a dog to water in the summer.

Wow, these republicans do have a lot of nuts and crools in political office.
They due think a lot higher of themselves than most people think of them.

[Tanuki]

31. "Did the Lord also tell you to overthrow the election?"

Link to tweet

[flashman13]

33. That is simply the ravings of a certifiable lunatic.

If someone starts to tell you about how they are having conversations with god - turn around and run away as fast as possible.

[Eyeball_Kid]

35. That tops the cake.

Mike is a hard-core delusional clown. His delusional thinking is GLOBAL in nature. Everything that happens to him is at the direction of a God whom he thinks is speaking directly to him. In reality, "God" has never worked this way, and the only people who believe otherwise are or were equally delusional. Anyone who is in this "club" cannot fathom the fact that their "God" is decidedly "hands-off" when it comes to human endeavors. You sink or swim on your own, Mikey. It doesn't make a difference what you believe. You are the agent of your own actions.

[AllaN01Bear]

36. correction. the vp is the second in line for the prez.

[JoseBalow]

60. There's the president, then there is a line for who comes next

Who first in that line?

[Jimvanhise]

37. WHERE IS THE CHRISTIANITY?

He talks about things Jesus never mentioned (homosexuality) and never talks about what Jesus stood for, helping the poor and the downtrodden. Republicans want to gut Social Security and Medicare and they are opposed to things like school lunch programs for the poor. Like most Republicans, he is for helping the super rich and corporations.

[Zambero]

58. Virtual mannah for the masses

While the big enchilada goes to those who need it least. Best to leave it be, however. After all, it's not cool to covet thy neighbor's "goods"!

[mysteryowl]

39. THIS is what is oozing into America's leadership and is making a huge mess of things

puke!

[brewens]

45. I'll give him that. Now just go poof and go away like your fairy tale. n/t

[Oneironaut]

50. This man is arrogant and dangerous. People like him are an existential threat to the US.

His rhetoric is ISIS-level absurdity.

He is the chosen one, on a mission sanctioned by God. He is as powerful and prestigious a character as Moses, therefore deserving of endless worship and loyalty himself. Questioning anything that comes from his mouth is an act no different from questioning God, as, God speaks directly to him.


These people are fucking insane.

[Ocelot II]

52. I expect he'll lead the GOP contingent through the desert for 40 days

until they're all dead.

[bahboo]

91. inshallah....

[Jilly_in_VA]

57. Hearing voices?

Yeah, right. He's crazy. Batshit, even!

Remember this one? "In your guts you know he's nuts;" Barry looks quite sane next to these guys.

[Ford_Prefect]

59. In my experience those people who need a biblical refence for every personal choice often make decisions poorly, and

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frequently use their "Faith" to excuse their prejudices and poor judgement.

Mike is a dangerous sociopath hiding under a "Christian" lamb skin.

[PTL_Mancuso]

109. and he is still still still just a couple of heartbeats away from the New Jeebus Reich that the voices guaranteed him

It would not take much in the way of a one-in-a-million type accident (like the thousand-year weather events we see weekly) to install him on the holy throne to become our direct line to god (i.e. Baal) without all the Drumpfian distractions.

[irisblue]

67. NACL- National Association of Christian Lawmakers

According to historians, the NACL is the first formal national association of Christian lawmakers in the history of the United States and it is the only faith based para-legislative organization operating in the country today.
https://christianlawmakers.com
National Association of Christian Lawmakers

[tanyev]

68. I think Moses's brother Aaron, who made the golden calf, is a more apt comparison.

[Pas-de-Calais]

73. WHO in a right mind speaks to others that

The Lord spoke to him?

Creepy as fugh

[John1956PA]

76. 43: "God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/07/iraq.usa

[czarjak]

102. Not the first.

Will not be the last politician to claim Divine Providence.

[SWBTATTReg]

78. What a creep and know-it-all, who thinks that GOD personally spoke to him about issues of the day.

Eh, no. No, Mike we will not follow you across the River Jordan or wherever your voices to telling us to go.

Maybe to an institution where you can get some help, instead of the one you've been going to, and getting brainwashed (obviously).

[bluesbassman]

79. Hey Mike, unless you got some stone tablets, I ain't buying it.

Go wander around the wilderness for forty years and then get back to us.

[brush]

80. Ahhh...ok...the Lord spoke to you personally thru your prayers. I think we've got that...

whether we believe it or not is another thing.

Wonder how he does it...thru a burning bush; or does he send archangel Gabriel down to deliver the message; maybe a lightening bolt...no, no, that's Zues, the Greek king of the gods .

Anyway, it's a little, no, it's a lot hard to believe these evangelicals who claim that God talks to them all the time.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

86. I dunno...

...these phonies probably never even cracked open a bible.

Maybe he compares himself to Charlton Heston. Even the movie Moses gave credit for parting the sea to god: "Behold his mighty hand!"



I've seen that movie a zillion times. John Derek as Joshua....hoo baby!

[dlk]

90. Delusion of grandeur...

It is a pathology.

[Cha]

92. Oh I can't wait Until that FAKE Moses Go DOWN! he's a MF Dangerous Idiot.

[littlemissmartypants]

94. Freak!!

[TSExile]

95. He has a rather high opinion of himself, doesn't he?

Talk about delusions of grandeur.

[flying_wahini]

99. Johnson is a charlatan and a grifter just like Trump.

A criminal through and through.

[Aussie105]

101. "[God] had been speaking to me about this"

Seriously dude?

Talking to God is ok I guess, but when he talks back to you, ummm, no, that is one bridge too far for most of us.

I don't have God's cell number but I have his email, and I've emailed him.
Basically, is this bloke telling the truth or is he just talking cow manure?

Let you know when I get a reply.

I might have to wait for an answer though, God is kind of busy with the Middle East and Ukraine - watching, but not interfering.

EDIT: I apologise to any religious people who find the above frivolity offensive.

But Mike claiming he is directly in communication with the Deity and hence has a powerful backer, is an old shyster trick that basically challenges you to prove he is wrong.
Impossible to prove - either way.

My response to anyone who claims to be acting on orders from God, is to ask to see those orders in writing.
In God's handwriting.
Otherwise it doesn't count.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

103. It's like tRump saying "American carnage. Only I can fix it." . . . nt

[mwb970]

110. Religious nutjobs like this make me sick to my stomach.

Evil monsters acting in the service of an appallingly stupid delusion.

Is it still the Bronze Age on the far right??

[Oopsie Daisy]

111. The son of a bitch is delusional.

[Magoo48]

112. He is continually parting the sea of his own bullshit so we can better see him.