Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), who claims to be a Christian and is a member of a Southern Baptist church, thought he’d try and give Pope Leo a lesson on the Bible, but his attempt only led to humiliation.
Johnson was asked if he had any comment on remarks made by the Pope citing Matthew 25:35 when he called for “deep reflection” regarding how immigrants are currently being treated in the United States by the Trump administration. The verse reads, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.”
That led Migrant Insider editor Pablo Manríquez to ask Johnson, “Pope Leo has cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?”
“So you want me to give you a theological dissertation?” Johnson responded. “Alright. I tell you what. I’ll post it on my website later today, but let me give you a quick summary.”
The Bible, Johnson began, welcomed immigration but teaches that “assimilation is expected and anticipated and proper.”
“When someone comes into your country, comes into your nation, they do not have the right to change its laws or to change a society,” he added. “They’re expected to assimilate. We haven’t had a lot of that going on.”
“We did not take care of our borders,” he continued. “Sovereign borders are biblical and good and right and they’re just, because it’s not because we hate the people on the outside, it’s because we love the people on the inside.”
“We should love our neighbor as ourselves, as individuals, but as a civil authority and the government has to maintain the law and that is biblical and it’s right and it’s just,” Johnson concluded.
Later in the day, Johnson posted a 1,300-word screed on Twitter in an attempt to justify what he’d said earlier.
It didn’t take long before Johnson was ripped apart for being a fake Christian.
Have you ever noticed that some of the worst people in the world call themselves Christians? Mike Johnson is no exception.
