NY Magazine’s Carmon: Mike Johnson Has the ‘Ned Flanders Vibe’ that Seems to Be the Main Reason for Unanimous Support

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Because he ░░░░░░░░ speaker of the House ░░░░░░░░ enforce those views on ░░░░░░░░ On everyone else Irin ░░░░░░░░ interviewed Mike Johnson I ░░░░░░░░ the series you did ░░░░░░░░ in 2015 I think ░░░░░░░░ had you on to ░░░░░░░░ about it and play ░░░░░░░░ of it You interviewed ░░░░░░░░ as part of the ░░░░░░░░ on people who are ░░░░░░░░ religious folks who are ░░░░░░░░ anti abortion Talk about ░░░░░░░░ he told you Because ░░░░░░░░ tied abortion to school ░░░░░░░░ I believe That is ░░░░░░░░ Very explicitly You know ░░░░░░░░ I went to boger ░░░░░░░░ Louisiana to meet with ░░░░░░░░ because I was looking ░░░░░░░░ somebody who was really ░░░░░░░░ the core of the ░░░░░░░░ legal movement Because as ░░░░░░░░ mentioned he s someone ░░░░░░░░ used the law and ░░░░░░░░ government he had just ░░░░░░░░ elected to the state ░░░░░░░░ to advance the views ░░░░░░░░ we re seeing already ░░░░░░░░ put into practice Really ░░░░░░░░ script used to overturn ░░░░░░░░ v Wade to undermine ░░░░░░░░ rights of same sex ░░░░░░░░ can they hope to ░░░░░░░░ a lot more including ░░░░░░░░ obergefell obergefell the Supreme ░░░░░░░░ decision that allowed for ░░░░░░░░ sex marriage to be ░░░░░░░░ law throughout the land ░░░░░░░░ sat down with him ░░░░░░░░ had this ned flanders ░░░░░░░░ that seems to be ░░░░░░░░ main reason that he ░░░░░░░░ unanimous support It s ░░░░░░░░ baffling to me that ░░░░░░░░ had to Google him ░░░░░░░░ had to Google him ░░░░░░░░ me it was very ░░░░░░░░ that he was despite ░░░░░░░░ ned flanders vibe a ░░░░░░░░ breathing conservative part of ░░░░░░░░ movement that was once ░░░░░░░░ fringe part of the ░░░░░░░░ coalition It was always ░░░░░░░░ of that coalition dating ░░░░░░░░ about 51 years But ░░░░░░░░ s now rapidly moving ░░░░░░░░ the center and so ░░░░░░░░ of the things he ░░░░░░░░ me in the hour ░░░░░░░░ we spent together and ░░░░░░░░ was able to find ░░░░░░░░ 27 page transcript which ░░░░░░░░ wrote about for New ░░░░░░░░ magazine today he told ░░░░░░░░ that the coarsening of ░░░░░░░░ particularly legalized abortion has ░░░░░░░░ people to believe that ░░░░░░░░ has no meaning and ░░░░░░░░ s how you get ░░░░░░░░ shooters That part is ░░░░░░░░ direct quote He also ░░░░░░░░ me that he was ░░░░░░░░ optimistic that soon Republicans ░░░░░░░░ outnumber Democrats or he ░░░░░░░░ pro life voters would ░░░░░░░░ pro choice voters because ░░░░░░░░ pro choice people abort ░░░░░░░░ babies and eventually I ░░░░░░░░ paraphrasing eventually they would ░░░░░░░░ pro choice voters Maybe ░░░░░░░░ realized that wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ and that s why ░░░░░░░░ wanted to throw out ░░░░░░░░ votes of people who ░░░░░░░░ with him and vote ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump but needless ░░░░░░░░ say at the time ░░░░░░░░ was hard to imagine ░░░░░░░░ somebody like him would ░░░░░░░░ second in line in ░░░░░░░░ succession for presidency within ░░░░░░░░ years.