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House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else. He has said his “faith informs everything I do.” He has told people curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly runs a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself notarized, states, “We believe and the Bible teaches that any form of sexual immorality, such as adultery…is sinful and offensive to God.” He has said he and his son use a software program called Covenant Eyes to ensure neither is looking at porn.

Given all this, you may think that Johnson would not be comfortable showing up to a criminal trial to defend a guy who allegedly had an affair with an adult film star (according to the adult film star anyway, though Trump denies it), paid her to stay quiet about the alleged affair, and then was accused of covering up said payment. But you would think wrong!

On Tuesday, Johnson attended Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, where—prior to the proceedings getting underway—the congressional leader nodded approvingly at Trump from behind a metal barrier, like a groupie at his favorite band’s concert.

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[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

Average modern Christian behavior at this point.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

tHoSe aRe nOt rEaL cHrIsTiAnS!!

[-] rasmus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well mainly normal for the us in Sweden the church is almost more progressiv than the Democrats

[-] Carlo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

Not a super high bar, tbf. Y'all's overton window is considerably to the left of ours. Your point is solid, though, I think, in that cultural identity is a much better predictor of personal politics than religion.

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