Newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson slams liberal media trashing his Christian faith after he was compared to 'mullahs in Iran' and dubbed a 'Christo-fascist'

Newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson took purpose astatine nan backlash to his hardline Christian beliefs, slamming comparisons betwixt himself and vulnerable extremists arsenic 'disgusting'. 

Johnson, 51, has travel nether scrutiny successful nan week since he took power of nan House for his past comments, including calling homosexual relationships 'inherently unnatural' and same-sex matrimony 'the acheronian harbinger of chaos and intersexual anarchy'. 

He has since defended his views by saying anyone questioning what beryllium believes should 'go prime up a Bible... that's my worldview'. 

Left-leaning media figures including HBO big Bill Maher and erstwhile White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki person slammed Johnson for his views, pinch Maher sparking contention by comparing nan speaker to Maine wide shooter Robert Card arsenic they some 'heard voices'. 

In response, Johnson told Fox News that nan criticisms don't fuss him arsenic they 'come pinch nan territory', but said that specified comments often tally against nan principles that shaped America. 

Johnson is an Evangelical Christian who has proudly invoked his religion since being elected arsenic nan caller speaker. 

He fired a changeable astatine MSNBC host Jen Psaki, Maher and different group who criticised him for his faith, noting that nan attacks don't shape him.

'Media wasn't ever truthful friends to personification pinch a Judeo-Christian worldview, and successful your case, immoderate of nan things that had been said, Politico interviewed a historiographer astir your worldview, and this historiographer said you're a Christian nationalist, it comes from that of Christian supremacy,' Kayleigh McEnany of Fox News said to Johnson.

She quoted Psaki labeling Johnson arsenic a Christian 'fundamentalist'.

McEnany asked what he thinks erstwhile he hears that.

'Look, location are full industries that are built to return down nationalist leaders – effective governmental leaders for illustration me. I'm not amazed by that. I mean, it comes pinch nan territory. It doesn't fuss maine astatine all,' Johnson replied.

'I conscionable wish they would get to cognize me,' he said, adding, 'I'm not trying to found Christianity arsenic nan nationalist belief aliases something. That's not what this is astir astatine all.'

He past said of really nan Bible commands group to show bid and emotion to all.

McEnany raised different media disapproval of Johnson's faith, including immoderate from nan Daily Beast, successful which he was branded a 'Christo-fascist' who seeks to enforce his belief connected others specified arsenic nan Taliban and nan 'mullahs successful Iran'. 

Maher's comments successful which he likened Johnson to nan wide shooter suspected of murdering astir 20 group successful Maine because nan shooter 'heard voices' were besides raised successful nan interview.

Johnson said he saw those comparisons arsenic 'disgusting' and 'absurd'.

He said: 'Of course, our belief is based connected emotion and acceptance. So, to comparison that worldview pinch nan Taliban, who activity to destruct their enemies, aliases pinch immoderate deranged shooter who murders group is perfectly outrageous. And I deliberation that everyone who follows and believes successful a Judeo-Christian worldview should beryllium conscionable terribly offended by that.'

He noted his willingness to look specified attacks, adding that he will 'take nan arrows' and that he is alert that it comes pinch a activity role.

He said that what does fuss him is that specified remarks are targeted astatine group successful nan federation and nan principles that made America what it is.

'But what really hurts maine is that it really is simply a connection astir everyone who believes successful this, that nan state was built upon – our Judeo-Christian instauration is nan practice of our country,' Johnson said.