A Sunday NRCC fundraising email attributed to Speaker Mike Johnson railed against the moral decay of American society that you kind of have to read to believe the shit this maniac “wrote”:
“I’m uneasy, Patriot. This is Speaker Mike Johnson, and I just had to send this email. I’ve been thinking about the state of our country, and I cannot conclude anything other than America is hanging on by a thread. Our culture has fallen so far since the founding of our country, and it’s just getting worse. I fear America may be beyond redemption. Just consider the frightening drop in church attendance over the past several decades. 1 in 4 high school students identifies as something other than straight – what are they being taught in school? God is mocked openly in the public square. And you don’t even want to see the filth that passes for popular culture these days.”
“Let’s face it – we live in a depraved culture. I didn’t want to believe it at first, but I fear God may allow our nation to enter into a time of judgment for our collective sins. The only question is, is He going to give us one more chance to restore our foundations and return to Him? I hope so, but we are teetering close to the edge. I need to know Patriot. Does America need more God? Will you respond to this urgent question as soon as possible? America needs to recognize that we have much to repent for if we want to avoid the judgment we so clearly deserve, but that starts with returning America to God’s good graces once again. Will you do me a favor and answer this one question for me, Patriot? Does America need more God?” said the body of the email, repeatedly interspersed with links reading “DOES AMERICA NEED MORE GOD? RESPOND NOW.”
The version we have, via Punchbowl News, does not have the URL in the links, but it’s obvious that they went to some WinRed fundraising page. So really Johnson (almost certainly signed off on this one way or another, even if he didn’t actually write it personally) is using “the filth that passes for popular culture,” “1 in 4 high school students identifies as something other than straight,” and “the frightening drop in church attendance over the past several decades” as something to fundraise on.
Now there might be an impulse to look at this and say “Well the emails that say ‘Our border is being invaded’ and ‘Biden is selling our country out to China’ – and even the Trump ones about ‘a weaponized Justice Department’ at least have a tenuous connection to actual policy” in contrast to Johnson’s screed above. The thing is Johnson is saying it loud and clear: Declining church attendance, gay teenagers, the “filth” in popular culture, and all sorts of other “collective sins” will be addressed by legislation in a future government under unified MAGA GOP control. Count on it.