Mike Johnson pressed on Donald Trump's 'enemy from within' comments, Arnold Palmer joke

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Source: USA Today

Published 12:54 p.m. ET Oct. 20, 2024 | Updated 1:01 p.m. ET Oct. 20, 2024


House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was pressed during a tense interview on former President Donald Trump's recent rhetoric, including his threats against what he calls "the enemy from within" and an off-color joke at a rally Saturday. Trump told Fox News last week that, "if really necessary," he believes the military should be called to deal with “radical-left lunatics” and “the enemy from within" in the event of election-related unrest next month.

When asked about Trump's comments by CNN's Jake Tapper, Johnson said Sunday morning that the former president was referring to threatening, violent individuals, not necessarily his prominent political opponents.

However, Trump has referred to Democrats more broadly as he's repepeatedly (sic) attacked the nation's "enemies" in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign.

In a heated exchange between the Louisiana lawmaker and CNN anchor, Tapper told Johnson "if a Democratic presidential candidate said you and your wife were evil, and that the military should be used against you, I would say that's disgusting."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/20/mike-johnson-trump-comments-enemy-within-arnold-palmer/75763835007/

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1. Mike Johnson wants to jam his morals down America's throat and yet, he is bankrupt of them himself

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2. "All for thee and none for me...."

He wants us down on our knees in the church of HIS choice.

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3. "I don't want to talk about Arnold Palmer's penis" - coming from guy named Johnson

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4. All these sanctimonious prudes, backing a grifter, traitor, molester and all around pig.

There has to be a breaking point.

I'll just avoid Mikey when his holy head explodes.