{"id":20502,"date":"2024-01-25T10:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=20502"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:32:15","slug":"steve-bannon-criticizes-mike-johnson-for-saying-bidens-presidency-is-gods-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2024\/01\/steve-bannon-criticizes-mike-johnson-for-saying-bidens-presidency-is-gods-will","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bannon Criticizes Mike Johnson For Saying Biden’s Presidency is ‘God’s Will’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former White House aide Steve Bannon disagreed with House Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s suggestion that President Biden\u2019s election was \u201cGod’s will,” arguing that the country needs a House Speaker, not a “theologian.” During an episode of his podcast “The War Room,” Bannon played a clip of Johnson’s remarks, telling his listeners to “be prepared to have your heads blow up.”<\/p>\n

Johnson was asked if he believes the Biden presidency was “God’s will,” to which he explained he’s a “Bible-believing Christian.” He said, “The Bible says that God is the one that raises up people and authority. I believe God is sovereign \u2014 by the way, so did the founders. They acknowledge that our rights don’t come from government; they come from God, and we’re made in His image; everybody’s made the same. We all are given equal rights and value, and that’s something that we defend. So, if you believe all those things, then you believe that God is the one who allows people to be raised in authority. It must’ve been God’s will then; that’s my belief.”<\/p>\n

Bannon stopped the clip during his podcast and falsely said, “Yo, dude, he’s an illegitimate president. Have you lost your freaking mind? This election was stolen. Don’t be a theologian; I don’t need a theologian. He is the Speaker of the House. That’s what the country needs.” Bannon continued, “Joe Biden’s not a legitimate president of the United States. No to the Speaker. So no, God did not raise him up.” Bannon, who left the Trump White House in August 2017 after repeated clashes with other aides and the former president, has come to the president\u2019s defense in recent years, including advancing former\u00a0President Trump\u2019s\u00a0unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen.<\/p>\n