Posted on 12/02/2023 3:18:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults.
Written by Scott McKay, a local Louisiana politics blogger, the book, “The Revivalist Manifesto,” gives credence to unfounded conspiracy theories often embraced by the far-right – including the “Pizzagate” hoax, which falsely claimed top Democratic officials were involved in a pedophile ring, among other conspiracies.
The book also propagates baseless and inaccurate claims, implying that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was subjected to blackmail and connected to the disgraced underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Other sections of the book defend podcaster Joe Rogan from racism charges after it was revealed he used the N-word, which Rogan later apologized for. The book also disparages poor voters as “unsophisticated and susceptible to government dependency” and easy to manipulate with “Black Lives Matter ‘defund the police’ pandering.”
“Scott McKay presents a valuable and timely contribution with The Revivalist Manifesto because he has managed here to articulate well what millions of conscientious, freedom-loving Americans are sensing,” Johnson writes in his 300-word foreword.
Johnson’s endorsement of the book extends beyond the foreword: In 2022, he actively promoted the book on his public social media platforms and even dedicated an episode of his podcast he co-hosts with his wife to hosting McKay.
During the podcast episode, Johnson expressed his belief in the book, stating, “I obviously believe in the product, or I wouldn’t have written the foreword. So I endorse the work.” He also referred to McKay as a “dear friend” and highlighted that the book “really could make some waves.” Over the years, Johnson had written opinion pieces for McKay’s blog, the Hayride, and engaged with the author on public platforms like Facebook.
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What’s the difference between a conspiracy theory and the truth?A- 6 months
Simply saying something is debunked, baseless,unfounded, fake…. Does not make it so, you see this in the media all the time.
The choke hold on information by the state sponsored media has caused them to go even more crazy
Yeah? Sounds like flak over the target to me. One day there will be a fact based documentary on USA politics 2000-2025 and the undeniable truth of how the evil, corrupt liberal democrat division machine influenced the entire world. Jeffrey Epstein did NOT kill himself.
Sounds like a good read
If we still had investigative journalism in the large corporate owned media, a lot of those conspiracies would not be “unproven”
Yet they had no problem with Sanders writing an essay saying women dream of being gang raped.
Should have tread
The LOSS of the choke hold on information has caused them to go crazy
“Homophobic” is a made up word used to defend deviancy.
This guy is perfect.
He’s not part of a Q plan, but if he were part of a Q-related plan, then his taking over of the House of Reps could not have been scripted any more perfectly.... just sayin
We’ll see if Johnson tells the hyenas in the press to take a hike instead of apologizing to the cancel mob.
The homosexual agenda’s “Prime Directive” is to legalize adult/child sex.
That is the goal. They have made inroads to that affect by lowering the age of consent to 16 in many countries. Next they will incrementally push to lower it to 12 years, and finally no age restriction at all.
Whenever you see the words “homophobic insults”, always remember that NAMBLA is the force behind the LGBT movement. They are the HAMAS of the culture wars.
I, now, have more respect for Johnson.
He’s one of us.
Good for him for calling it out but he continues to fud everything they want so he quickly goes from someone who is noticing all the problems to himself being the problem.
“Claudius was the only one whose taste in love was entirely correct.”
This is my thought about the Roman Empire for today.
To themselves, the Left can do no wrong and the Right can do no, well, right.
Does anyone believe CNN?
I need new conspiracy theories. All my old ones have come true. - Dan Bongino
ooh, slap me softly with a pink mitten
If it’s got Car-vile spewing, then it’s a good thing!
Kaczynski has no real social media history, having scrubbed it before he started using the online presence of his enemies to attack them.
May God punish him more.
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