Speaker Mike Johnson moved the goalposts, telling ABC that since the massive non-violent No Kings rally that happened all over America on Saturday did not say “loving things” about Donald Trump it was an un-American event. There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.
The No Kings rally flipped out Trump and Republicans before it even happened so they tried to paint every American participating in their Constitution right to free speech and public assembly as anti-American hating terrorists.
During Johnson’s interview with Jonathan Karl, he admitted the rallies and marches were not violent, but still characterized all who participated as those that hate America.
KARL: But on this notion that these are hate America rallies, and you not only talked about anarchists, Antifa advocates, pro-Hamas wing, and you said this is the modern Democratic Party.
But I remember not that long ago what you said after the murder of Charlie Kirk when you said that we should view fellow Americans not as our enemies, but as our fellow countrymen.
JOHNSON: Yeah, I’ve never called anybody an enemy, but we call out- Hate America rally or Antifa pro-Hamas, those are enemies.
Well, there were a lot of hateful messages yesterday.
