House Speaker Mike Johnson shares challenged Jefferson prayer …
Jan 6, 2025 · House Speaker Mike Johnson sparked an unusual religion controversy last week when he recited a prayer in front of Congress after being reelected as speaker of the House.
The Surprising Story of How Speaker Johnson Read a Fake Jefferson …
Jan 17, 2025 · On Friday (Jan. 3), Speaker Mike Johnson stood before the U.S. House of Representatives on the opening day of the 119th Congress and read what he called “Thomas Jefferson’s prayer.” However, as first reported by A Public Witness, that’s not true. Other outlets followed in noting the problem with Johnson’s claim, which Monticello deems as “spurious.” Yet, while the speaker told a ...
Speaker Mike Johnson wrongly attributes prayer to Thomas Jefferson
Jan 6, 2025 · Upon his re-election as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, R-La., read a prayer he said was written by Thomas Jefferson. Problem is, those who have studied the former president’s life and words say there is no evidence Jefferson either wrote or spoke the prayer Johnson attributed to him.
Thomas Jefferson did not write prayer recited by Mike Johnson - kgw.com
On Jan. 3, 2025, Mike Johnson (R-LA) was reelected as speaker of the House. After his reelection, Johnson recited a prayer that he suggested was written by Thomas Jefferson and recited...
Mike Johnson Attributes Prayer to Thomas Jefferson. But There …
Jan 4, 2025 · Shortly after being reelected as House Speaker, Mike Johnson read a prayer that he claimed was from Thomas Jefferson, despite there being no evidence the third president ever said it.
Johnson Wins Speakership, Reads Fake Prayer From Thomas Jefferson
Jan 15, 2025 · After some drama that involved a private meeting with two Republican critics to get them to flip their vote as the House speaker election stayed open for nearly an extra hour, Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana was reelected today (Jan. 3) to lead the U.S. House of Representatives.
Blowback after Johnson misattributes prayer to Jefferson
Jan 9, 2025 · WASHINGTON (RNS)—On officially accepting his post, newly reelected House Speaker Mike Johnson recited a prayer he attributed to Thomas Jefferson, saying the third president prayed it every day. Johnson had hardly finished …
Johnson attributes prayer to Thomas Jefferson, but there’s no …
Jan 4, 2025 · According to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, there’s no evidence that the third president of the United States ever recited a prayer for the nation, as Mike Johnson suggested.
It's was a nice prayer Mike Johnson, but Thomas Jefferson …
Jan 4, 2025 · Johnson may have pulled the prayer from William Federer’s America’s God and Country, a book of quotations popular with the Christian Right. On page 327, Federer says that Jefferson offered this “National Prayer for Peace” on March 4, 1805, the day of …
'No evidence': Mike Johnson flubs as he mistakenly attributes …
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) read off a prayer on Friday shortly after being re-elected to House speaker, but experts say he flubbed his assertion it was recited daily by President Thomas Jefferson.
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