Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was elected speaker of the House on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Johnson is a known supporter of former President Donald Trump and was responsible for filing the amicus brief backing Trump’s election fraud claims, for which the former president is now being indicted.
Straight Arrow News contributor Dr. Rashad Richey says that if Trump is re-elected, Johnson will enable his unethical and self-serving behavior, putting the future of democracy itself in danger.
Donald Trump has made it crystal clear: If he gets power again, there will be no democracy for that presidency while he’s alive. Now, at this stage of the game, Donald Trump is fighting to secure his own safety from incarceration. This is an immunity plan for him. This is not about the American people. This is about the American person named Donald Trump.
He knows that if he becomes president, he can utilize the power of the presidency to stop him from being prosecuted. Now you have a guy who’s speaker of the House who signs off on that plan. He’s already shown you what he thinks, what he feels, and of course, Donald Trump did endorse him.
So, if you like democracy, you don’t vote for Trump. If you don’t like democracy, because you don’t like where democracy has taken you to a place of people having rights, individuals being heard, diversity being a reality — if you don’t like democracy, you will vote for Donald Trump. Because here’s what’s guaranteed: Donald Trump, if he gets elected, he doesn’t leave office because he will never risk being prosecuted by the next person that comes.