Mike Johnson tricked by false right-wing article accusing Joe Biden of declaring war on Easter. The Daily Caller retracted its article but Johnson hasn’t apologized or even removed his social media posts.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/mike-johnson-tricked-by-false-right-wing-article-accusing-joe-biden-of-declaring-war-on-easter/

47 comments

  1. How stupid do you have to be to believe the daily caller?

  2. >The publication’s claim, combined with the fact that Biden officially declared March 31st TDOV, led Republicans to proclaim that the White House had declared a war on Easter and Christianity.

    >Even House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) – who no doubt had access to better information sources than *The Daily Caller* – fell for the misinformation.

    >The misleading article became part of the [transphobic frenzy](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/republicans-explode-in-rage-at-joe-biden-for-honoring-trans-day-of-visibility/) over the fact that the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) happened to fall on Easter this year (it always takes place on March 31st, whereas Easter changes dates annually).

    First, the right saying Starbucks was declaring War on Christmas for having “Happy Holidays!” cups.

    Now, Christian nationalists are saying being loving and kind towards trans people is declaring War on Easter.

    So, to Christian nationalists, being kind and respecting towards trans people is somehow declaring war on Jesus?

    Christian nationalists are just tearing the “Love thy neighbor” part out of their Bibles, apparently.

  3. This is an example of the consequences of unchecked propaganda. This is why a neutral editorial position on disinformation is not morally tenable. Do you hear that, mods?

  4. I see something like as ironclad proof that people like Johnson are fake Christians. You can’t fear God and also use God’s name in vain to make outrageously stupid political hits like this. The two are utterly incompatible. Johnson knows he’s lying about Biden, and lying about Biden’s observance of Easter. And he’s throwing God’s name around like a rag doll for his stupid little win. The fact that he won’t apologize or correct the record means he’s doing this knowingly and is at peace with it.

  5. I don’t think Johnson super cares if stuff is true, just that he has an excuse to say it

  6. 1) cherry pick quotes from the bible.

    2) Focus on these quotes through the ‘lens’ of the church.

    3) SCREEECH

  7. maybe he left it up because he knew his son was masturbating to it?

  8. Being a Republican means never having to say you’re sorry.

    (They’re never sorry.)

  9. Mike Johnson needs time for things to sink into his brain. It’s hard, dense soil.

  10. Or: the Daily Caller knew it was bullshit when they first ran it, and Johnson knew it was bullshit when he first read it. It was never about truth, just about what they can get away with.

  11. Reality is not this guys jam. He believes in ancient fairytales. So not hard to believe that the critical thinking skills are not there.

  13. I hope Mike Johnson understands Biden celebrates Easter religiously (literally), and (I’m admittedly assuming) understands his support for the orange thing that has never read the Bible

  14. I don’t believe he was “tricked” he saw an opportunity to attack Joe Biden and took it if he really was tricked he would apologize and make a public statement about it

  15. If you can’t celebrate Christian holidays without adopting a warlike mindset, you’re not a Christian.

  16. Ask a MAGA about it.

    Do you think Ronald Reagan, two George Bushes and Donald Trump were wrong to forbid religious designs on Easter eggs at the White House?

  17. Its not like they care about truth. Why woukd he retract just that one lie?

  18. He knew it wasn’t true from the start. He’s part of the lying cult that is the Republican Party.

  19. I think that’s giving him too much credit. He knows it’s false, he just doesn’t care.

  20. Tricking Mike Johnson isn’t the highest bar out there.

  21. Too stupid to understand, if it’s not porn he’s got no idea 😂

  22. Keep those father son porn guardrails on you glorious bastard!

  23. They’re shameless fucks. None of them will go back on what they said about this because it would mean being nice to a democrat and that’s tantamount to being a traitor in their voters’ eyes.

  25. You say “tricked,” I say “chose to support a known fallacy.”

    It’s all politics, & there’s no reason for the right to advocate for the truth when the lies work so well.

  26. Why would a Republican let facts get in the way of their agenda? That’s nonsensical

  29. We finally won the War on Christmas. I suggested waging war on Thanksgiving, but Easter was decided on instead.

  31. I’m calling it now. Biden is to blame for Hitler being born on Easter next year.

  32. He’s a stupid man a stupid puppet with no back bone

  36. Because a foundational principle of the modern conservative is changing your mind or admitting fault is a cardinal sin and the definition of weakness. They have created their own reality and are dug in like guinea worms.

  37. Raise your hand if you believe Johnson was actually “tricked”?

  39. He wasn’t tricked, he just knows the GOP base is so astoundingly stupid that they’ll believe this regardless.

  40. So he wasn’t tricked as much as going along with the narrative.

  42. The War on Easter- we lost some really good peeps during that key 2022 battle of Robins Egg and during the 2023 battle of Cadbury.

  43. If he was smart he’d never be religious or a Republican but here we are, the stupidest speaker we’ve had

  45. Dude always reminds me of Cyril Figgus any time I see him

  46. Well. If you create a world where facts do not matter for many but emotions do, you can post and write whatever you feel at the moment.

    Should a person that is 2nd in line for the presidency act with dignity though and not do shit unchecked? Sure he should. But he really really doesn’t want to lose the speakership. Or maybe he wants to, because if he is as antagonistic to Biden as he is, democrats might not save his ass.

  47. He wasn’t tricked, he just doesn’t care if it’s true or not as long as it helps him

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