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<p>Secular liberals and the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mainstream-media-fucked-itself-now-were-paying-the-price">mainstream media</a> are playing a dangerous game when it comes to their criticism of House Speaker <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/mike-johnson">Mike Johnson</a>’s faith.</p>
<p>By painting their opinions with too broad a brush, they risk alienating a wide swath of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/christianity">Christians</a> in the process.</p>
<p>This thought first occurred to me after <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-johnson-got-elected-but-matt-gaetz-is-big-winner-of-gops-house-speaker-battle">Johnson</a> had just won the speakership. Explaining why his wife couldn’t be there, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=mike%20johnson%20wife%20knees&src=typed_query">he said</a>, “She’s spent the last couple of weeks on her knees in prayer to the Lord. And, um, she’s a little worn out.”</p>
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Secular liberals and the mainstream media are playing a dangerous game when it comes to their criticism of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s faith.
By painting their opinions with too broad a brush, they risk alienating a wide swath of Christians in the process.
This thought first occurred to me after Johnson had just won the speakership. Explaining why his wife couldn’t be there, he said, “She’s spent the last couple of weeks on her knees in prayer to the Lord. And, um, she’s a little worn out.”
