Johnson Said in 2015 Trump Was Unfit and Could Be 'Dangerous' as President

[Uncle Joe]

“The thing about Donald Trump is that he lacks the character and the moral center we desperately need again in the White House,” Mike Johnson wrote in 2015.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Years before he played a lead role in trying to help President Donald J. Trump stay in office after the 2020 election or defended him in two separate Senate impeachment trials, Speaker Mike Johnson bluntly asserted that Mr. Trump was unfit to serve and could be a danger as president.

“The thing about Donald Trump is that he lacks the character and the moral center we desperately need again in the White House,” Mr. Johnson wrote in a lengthy post on Facebook on Aug. 7, 2015, before he was elected to Congress and a day after the first Republican primary debate of the campaign cycle.

Challenged in the comments by someone defending Mr. Trump, Mr. Johnson responded: “I am afraid he would break more things than he fixes. He is a hot head by nature, and that is a dangerous trait to have in a Commander in Chief.”

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But Mr. Johnson’s anti-Trump screed has, until now, flown under the radar, in a large part because Mr. Johnson himself did, too, before his unlikely election as speaker last month put him second in line to the presidency.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/us/politics/mike-johnson-donald-trump.html

[underpants]

1. Let's see how Trump considers this and offers a measured rest

[Walleye]

2. Johnson must be corrupt, nothing he said about Trump has changed since then, only gotten worse

[Uncle Joe]

3. Johnson claims to be guided by his faith

I was wondering if he was as committed to his faith as Pence claimed to be?

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/6/10/january_6_violence_washington_dc_proud

[czarjak]

4. All it took...

“I’m an Evangelical.” and they took it hook, line and sinker.