Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults.
Written by Scott McKay, a local Louisiana politics blogger, the book, “The Revivalist Manifesto,” gives credence to unfounded conspiracy theories often embraced by the far-right – including the “Pizzagate” hoax, which falsely claimed top Democratic officials were involved in a pedophile ring, among other conspiracies.
The book also propagates baseless and inaccurate claims, implying that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was subjected to blackmail and connected to the disgraced underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Other sections of the book defend podcaster Joe Rogan from racism charges after it was revealed he used the N-word, which Rogan later apologized for. The book also disparages poor voters as “unsophisticated and susceptible to government dependency” and easy to manipulate with “Black Lives Matter ‘defund the police’ pandering.”
“Scott McKay presents a valuable and timely contribution with The Revivalist Manifesto because he has managed here to articulate well what millions of conscientious, freedom-loving Americans are sensing,” Johnson writes in his 300-word foreword.
Or we could rely on something other than reactionism so that we do something meaningful, instead of relying on pure emotion.
Fire consumes, it can be harnessed and utilized… but it is inherently destructive, not creative.
Dude didn’t even read what I said about controlling emotions higher up in the chain. Go read the Twelve Labors of Heracles instead of this reactionist hypocrisy.
He also seems to be unaware that it much easier to prevent authoritarian tyranny via the ballot box BEFORE it seizes power than by any means after.
Apart from the better English he sounds just like every other “both sides and whatabout this and voting is useless” vodka-swilling kopek-earning Boris the Internet Research Agency ever inflicted on the rest of us.