Speaker Johnson Finds 'No Kings' Meme Hilarious, Not Authoritarian
Speaker Mike Johnson, a man whose political career has been generously buffered by contributions from establishment forces, including those deeply invested in Washington's foreign policy consensus ( OpenSecrets.org data shows Johnson has received substantial donations from various PACs, including those aligned with hawkish foreign policy stances ), declared that Donald Trump's 'No Kings, only God'
AI video was 'clever satire.' This video, featuring Trump as a messianic figure, prompted zero concern from Johnson, who otherwise appears quite alarmed by calls for 'free speech zones' on college campuses. (One might wonder about the timing.) It seems 'satire' is in the eye of the beholder, particularly when the beholder is a House Speaker navigating a political landscape where loyalty to one's
preferred strongman often trumps, shall we say, philosophical consistency. The actual 'threat to democracy' for Johnson, it appears, isn't a former President's messianic AI-generated pronouncements, but rather, students protesting a genocide, or anyone pointing out the legislative process often bends to the will of well-funded lobbyists—a far less 'clever' form of satire, if you ask this critic.