Mike Johnson: In Search Of A Woodpile -- Tom Sullivan

[erronis]

https://digbysblog.net/2026/07/14/mike-johnson-in-search-of-a-woodpile/

You, Dear Readers, are deadly enemies

When I wrote this morning that Republicans would resort to "barbarians at the gates" rhetoric if they lose and lose big this fall, I was wrong. I apologize. They are resorting to it today.

"This philosophy has led to the murder of tens of millions of innocent people in the 20th century alone. It is a nightmare and is a trail to certain death. And that's why we're speaking in such stark terms, because we need America to wake up," Speaker Johnson said. "35 years ago, Republicans and Democrats in Congress, the Reagan years, they were fighting communism on a distant shore. Now it's here."

Anti-American communists are taking over the Democrat Party, says Speaker Mike Johnson. It spells CERTAIN DEATH!

Our rights come from our Creator, God; they do not come from the government. The communist believes the opposite. They believe that the government of the state is God and that the state is the one that gives you all your rights. And you know what? The state can also take those rights away. And that's exactly what happens. It's inevitable in communism. And this philosophy has led to the murder of tens of millions of innocent people in the 20th century alone. It is a nightmare. It is a trail to certain death and that's why we're speaking in such stark terms, because we need America to wake up. 35 years ago, Republicans and Democrats in Congress, the Reagan years, they were fighting communism on a distant shore. Now it's here.

[...]

There has been a small number of times in the history of America where the actual experiment in self-governance was on the ballot. The idea that we would preserve a constitutional republic, one nation under God, a government of, by, and for the people. All that is in question right now. For the first time, really in my lifetime, this is a real question. The American people have to decide in November, in a midterm election for Congress and Senate. It's not something that we would've projected. I hoped and prayed it would never come to this, but here we are. The barbarians are in the gate.

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[lame54]

1. Every other president managed to keep them out

[Ocelot II]

2. Got some names, Mike? History doesn't repeat itself, but it echoes.

Remember this? “I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department.” Does that ring any bells, Mike? Also, have you no decency?

[Solly Mack]

3. "...that the state is the one that gives you all your rights. And you know what? The state can also take those rights

away."

Which republicans do all the time - take away rights.

[underpants]

4. 2020 "THEY will take over the suburbs!!!"

2024 “They are are eating cats and dogs”