"What was a bit surprising - galling, really - was the occasion for Johnson's remark: A reporter had asked him about an upstate New York man charged with threatening the life of the Democratic House minority leader. "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC. I cannot allow this terrorist to live," 34-year-old Christopher Moynihan allegedly texted an associate. "Even if I am hated he must be eliminated. I will kill him for the future.""
"At a press conference on October 21, Mike Johnson - appearing in his usual mien: bespectacled, boyishly coiffed, and vaguely offended, like a ninth-grader confronted with a pop quiz on picture day - confidently blamed the left for advancing an "assassination culture" that is endangering American public servants. "They call every Republican a fascist now," he said. The comment itself was unremarkable."
On October 21 Mike Johnson, appearing bespectacled and boyishly coiffed, blamed the left for advancing an 'assassination culture' that endangers American public servants. He said, "They call every Republican a fascist now." A reporter asked about an upstate New York man charged with threatening House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries. Christopher Moynihan allegedly texted that Jeffries "must be eliminated" and "I will kill him for the future." Moynihan was among the first rioters to breach the Senate chamber on January 6, 2021, and was pardoned by President Donald Trump on his first day in office. The juxtaposition exposed partisan hypocrisy.
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