{"id":63780,"date":"2024-11-17T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T22:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63780"},"modified":"2024-11-17T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T22:54:50","slug":"so-called-christian-mike-johnson-does-the-weave-when-asked-if-morality-matters-to-the-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63780","title":{"rendered":"So-Called ‘Christian’ Mike Johnson Does the ‘Weave’ When Asked if Morality Matters to the GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Donald Trump unveils the principle personnel of his upcoming administration, it is becoming clearer every day just how bereft of principles, knowledge, and experience will be available in some of the most critical positions in the United States government.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, it isn’t just a problem of ignorance and incompetence, but one of downright malice by nominees who have expressed ideas and intentions that are contrary to American policies and values.<\/p>\n

Among those nominees are an accused sex trafficker (Matt Gaetz) for Attorney General, a health conspiracy crackpot (Robert Kennedy Jr) for Secretary of Health and Human Services, a TV host who has defended war criminals (Pete Hegseth) for Secretary of Defense, and a suspected Kremlin sympathizer (Tulsi Gabbard) for Director of National Intelligence. What they all share is an unwavering devotion to Trump, whose own values are wanting and\/or warped.<\/p>\n

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America’s founders designed a system of government that anticipated some of the potential pitfalls that we face now. However, that system of checks and balances doesn’t work if the equal branches of government are run by lily-livered supplicants to an aspiring totalitarian. Which is precisely the situation we find ourselves in today as revealed in an interview of Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson by Jake Tapper of CNN…<\/p>\n

Tapper:<\/strong> You\u2019re a man of faith. You\u2019re a man of God. You\u2019re a man of family. With some of these nominees, Gaetz, Hegseth, RFK Jr., I wonder does it matter anymore for Republicans to think of leaders as people who are moral in their personal lives? Is that still important to the Republican Party?
\nJohnson:<\/strong> Sure. It\u2019s an important issue for anyone in leadership. This is what I\u2019ll say about the nominees that the president has put forward, is that they are persons who will shake up the status quo. And I think what the American people have believed, and what they\u2019ve delivered with the mandate in this election, is a demand that we shake up the status quo. […] Any president has the right to name their own cabinet to nominate persons that they think the people that will fulfill their agenda. And the people that are on this list will do that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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TAPPER: Does it matter anymore for Republicans to think of leaders as people who are moral in their personal lives? Is that still important in the GOP?<\/p>\n

MIKE JOHNSON: Ah, sure. What I'll say about the nominees the president has put forward is they will shake up the status quo. pic.twitter.com\/KqP1C15ZFL<\/a><\/p>\n

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n