The new House Speaker is being criticized for his previous ties to an anti-LGBTQ religious group.
Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of having strong ties to Christian nationalism, a movement that believes the U.S. is a solely Christian nation and that its laws and government should be focused on the religion's values.Republicans ended their long and chaotic attempt to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Speaker on Wednesday after Johnson got the 217 majority votes needed on the House floor with 220 GOP lawmakers voting for the Louisiana congressman to get the gavel.
Seidel, a constitutional attorney and author of the book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American, posted on X : 'Reminder that Mike Johnson is a virulent Christian Nationalist who pushed all kinds of hateful anti-LGBTQ bigotry while at ADF, a Christian Nationalist legal outfit that wants to drag this country back to the 5th century.
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