By now you’ve likely heard that Representative Mike Johnson—the congressman Republicans finally elected as the new Speaker of the House after 22 days of chaos—played a significant role in the plot to overturn the 2020 election, a lowlight on his résumé that is obviously deeply concerning for the future of democracy. Also extremely worrisome? Johnson’s wildly bigoted remarks about homosexuality over the years, and the fact that he supported criminalizing gay sex between consenting adults.
CNN’s KFile reports that prior to his career in politics, Johnson wrote a series of deeply homophobic editorials in his role as an attorney for the socially conservative legal group now known as Alliance Defending Freedom.
It’s only day two and I’m already sick of his face.
It has a “accountant that’s probably embezzling funds” vibe.
Kind of like Canada’s opposition party leader, Pierre Poilievre, who is often referred to as Millhouse … for obvious reasons.
Poilievre has always given me Toht vibes.
This Johnson guy cuts a similar jib to PP