Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults.

Written by Scott McKay, a local Louisiana politics blogger, the book, “The Revivalist Manifesto,” gives credence to unfounded conspiracy theories often embraced by the far-right – including the “Pizzagate” hoax, which falsely claimed top Democratic officials were involved in a pedophile ring, among other conspiracies.

The book also propagates baseless and inaccurate claims, implying that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was subjected to blackmail and connected to the disgraced underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Other sections of the book defend podcaster Joe Rogan from racism charges after it was revealed he used the N-word, which Rogan later apologized for. The book also disparages poor voters as “unsophisticated and susceptible to government dependency” and easy to manipulate with “Black Lives Matter ‘defund the police’ pandering.”

“Scott McKay presents a valuable and timely contribution with The Revivalist Manifesto because he has managed here to articulate well what millions of conscientious, freedom-loving Americans are sensing,” Johnson writes in his 300-word foreword.

  • be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    It would be legitimately refreshing to see a no-shit feelgood story about a truly good person who happened to be a Republican. In reality though, it’s become very clear that every last one is a piece of shit, it’s just a matter of degree.

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      11 months ago

      Hell, at this point finding out a Republican is only dogshit is a feel-good story.

      But this should be a feel-good for you: even though Kentucky re-elected a Republican for our Secretary of State, he strongly encouraged voters to vote early to reduce waiting times on election day (his words) and has been generally working towards making voting easier. So that’s nice.