Johnson stands by hateful statements about protesters

[Playingmantis]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/johnson-defends-calling-anti-trump-protests-hate-america/story?id=126658207

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson defended labeling this weekend's "No Kings" rallies opposing President Donald Trump as "hate America" rallies, arguing that he was not referring to Democrats themselves but the message of the protesters.

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Pressed by Karl about Johnson likening anarchists, antifa and Hamas to the modern Democratic Party, Johnson defended his remarks.

"I never said it was the whole Democratic Party, but you and I have to acknowledge the reality," Johnson said before turning his criticism to New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

"Look at what's happening in New York. They're about to elect an open socialist Marxist as the mayor of America's largest city. There's a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party. It's an objective fact, and no one can deny it," he said.

[Emile]

1. Fascists have no shame.

[eShirl]

2. they want to call us marxists but not get called fascists

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Communism is only for billionaire tax breaks.

Got it.

[bronxiteforever]

4. The "Louisiana Sleaze" is a Trump gasbag

He wants to disenfranchise Arizonans by not seating duly elected representatives. He such a weak mollycoddling moral midget.

[The Madcap]

5. "Fascist" is too polite.

Just call them "Nazis."

[NewHendoLib]

6. Fuck Mike Johnson.

[Ocelot II]

7. Holy Mike's got a sad because he was hoping for an excuse to send in the Trump goons

and beat some Marxist Antifa heads, and he didn't get one. He must have been yearning for the bad old days of the '60s when Nixon's fanboys were cheering the tear-gassing and clubbing of hippie war protestors. But it's hard to characterize a gathering as a hate rally when so many of the participants are inflatable frogs and unicorns.

[republianmushroom]

8. Little mikey is just another pimp for trump.