Longtime Democrat strategist James Carville threw a hissy fit on Friday over newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, going so far as to claim the speaker and other Christians like him are a bigger threat to America than even the terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
Carville offered up the bizarre, unhinged, and emotional take while appearing on liberal comedian and talk show host Bill Maher’s HBO program, “Real Time.”
“Mike Johnson and what he believes is one of the greatest threats we have today to the United States. I promise you, I know these people,” he said.
Listen via CNN:
This prompted Maher to ask Carville whether he was referencing Johnson’s alleged Christian nationalist beliefs. In response, the Democrat strategist doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down on his conspiracy theorizing.
“Absolutely,” Carville replied. “This is a bigger threat than Al-Qaeda to this country. Let me tell you something. They have the speaker of the House. They got at least two Supreme Court justices, maybe more. Don’t kid yourself. People and the press have no idea who this guy is, how he was formed, what the threat is, and this is a fundamental threat to the United States. It is a fundamental threat. They don’t believe in the Constitution. They’ll tell you that.”
“Mike Johnson himself says, what is democracy, but two wolves and a lamb having lunch? That’s what they really, really believe. And to say, oh, come on man, that’s just some crazy sh-t. No, no. They believe that and they’re coming and they’ve been doing it forever. They’re funded. They’re relentless. And, you know, they probably won’t win for a while, but they might. And if they do, the whole country blows a gasket,” he continued.
He offered no evidence to substantiate his theory that Johnson, who’s been in office since 2017, doesn’t believe in the U.S. Constitution or is a radical loon — unless the speaker’s Christian normal beliefs are the “evidence.”
Regardless, Johnson’s fans were not happy about Carville’s attack on him and his staunch Christian beliefs — beliefs that millions of Americans share.
Look:
You’re an idiot. You just hate Christians. Thats what it amounts to
— Aggies! (@aggie1985_) December 2, 2023
@JamesCarville Shame on you lying about Christians. The Lord rebuke you.
— Lee (@LeeGrace777) December 2, 2023
@JamesCarville hates Christians and thinks that they are the biggest THREAT to America…..What a deranged, BIGOT!
— Mz Barnes ❤️ (@SchnauzerMom40) December 2, 2023
I see you on Maher calling Johnson the biggest threat to America? Really? We are living real time in a shit hole made by Dems for last 3 yrs. Your extremist rhetoric is why we are divided. Disagree but tone it down.
— Red Cardinal (@RedCardinal2088) December 2, 2023
@JamesCarville Johnson bigger threat than Al-Qeada? You have lost it. In a panic are you? Guess you would have said the same of the founding fathers. Idiot! But you have the right to say what you did? Isn’t that great? But you want conservatives silenced?
— Dan Kelley (@kelley_dan) December 2, 2023
Hey leftist snakehead. You criticized Mike Johnson’s faith on the Bill Maher show. You’re sounding just like Hamas now who also hate Christians (and Jews of course). You wouldn’t have 1 problem if a Satanist was the Speaker…if he had a D by their name.
— Carl Corbin (@CarlRCorbin3) December 2, 2023
Maher himself also blasted Johnson during another segment of the show.
“Mike thinks God personally chooses, raises up our leaders, which is a very dangerous thought because then when you lose an election you think it’s just another of God’s tricks to test your faith. Mike says we began as a Christian nation. We didn’t. Did you miss that day in homeschool, Mike? If you don’t know that the Pilgrims came here to get away from the Church of England, then you don’t know, literally, the first thing about our country,” he said
“Mike says being a Christian nation is our tradition and it’s who we are as a people. It’s not. We’re the people who have a First Amendment which says ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.’ And we have an Article Six which says ‘no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office.’ So I take these people at their word when they say that they think we should be Christian nationalists. But then they have to take John Adams at his word when he wrote, ‘The government of the United States of America is not in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,’” he added.
Listen from the 6:40 mark below:
This isn’t the first time Johnson has been attacked on Maher’s program. Last month, he reportedly claimed the speaker — who has a black adopted son, FYI — sounds “exactly sounds like bin Laden.” As in the bin Laden who orchestrated a terror attack that killed thousands of Americans.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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