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House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson is a cross between the imaginary "intelligent Trump" and the non-existent "pleasant DeSantis" which Republicans like to fantasize about.

When his views come to light, MAGA Mike represents what people outside the MAGA-sphere thoroughly dislike about Republicans.

To understand him, it's necessary to look at where he comes from.

New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow grew up in MAGA Mike's congressional district (LA-04). Members of his family still live there. He tells us that we shouldn't be deceived by MAGA Mike's nice manners.

He is from a part of the country where your nemesis will smile at you and promise to pray for you, where people will quickly submit that they "love the sinner but hate the sin," where one hand can hold a Bible while the other holds a shackle. He is from a place where people use religion to brand their hatred as love so that they act on it cheerfully and without guilt. He is what many have feared: an example of second-wave Trumpism — politicians rising in Trump’s wake who come with the same policy priorities and ideological proclivities, but in a far more congenial and urbane package, propelled by something more than personal grievance. [ … ] Where he and I are from, even would-be oppressors can be affable. It’s not just good manners, it’s the Christian way, the proper Southern way. And it is the ultimate deception.

Does any woman want to die for Mike Johnson's religious beliefs?