Johnson To GOP Reps: God Will Help Us Keep Majority

Politico reports:

Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a presentation at a weekend GOP retreat that — although it was billed as a map to keeping the House majority — took on a surprisingly religious tone, according to two people in the room. Johnson’s private remarks to a small group of Republican lawmakers at Miami’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel over the weekend alarmed both people. Rather than outlining a specific plan to hold and grow the majority, these people said, Johnson effectively delivered a sermon.

Johnson, a devout Christian, attempted to rally the group by discussing moral decline in America — focusing on declining church membership and the nation’s shrinking religious identity, according to both people in the room. The speaker contended that when one doesn’t have God in their life, the government or “state” will become their guide, referring back to Bible verses, both people said. They added that the approach fell flat among some in the room.

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Question: Is there a bit of a tension in preaching against “moral decline in America” and supporting for president a morally depraved man of coast-to-coast corruption? Just asking. https://t.co/K2KhAmU8WW

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