The problem is not just that Republican officials keep peddling fake quotes from the Founding Fathers. The problem is also why they keep doing this.

One cannot say for certain that Rep. Mike Johnson was deliberately lying during his acceptance speech to return as Speaker of the House. He read what he claimed was a prayer recited by President ...

Shortly before Mike Johnson was sworn in as House speaker ... was “a prayer for the nation” that was said every day Thomas Jefferson was in the White House and “and every day thereafter ...

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.

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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 every day ...

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After all, amid a plethora of social media misinformation, we now live in a country where nearly half our voters voted for a ...

The Kentucky Republican has, after all, been caught pushing fake quotes from Thomas Jefferson ... Late last week, House Speaker Mike Johnson joined the club. The Washington Post reported: Shortly ...

They say there wasn't much damage to the Capitol, Mike Pence ... In this light, Johnson's fake prayer reads less as a mistake and more as a diss to both Thomas Jefferson and all the liberals ...

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. In fact ...