House Speaker Mike Johnson started a furor he did not see coming ― and it’s all because of a single, itty-bitty word.Vice President JD Vance recently attempted to defend the racist texters as young boys being “edgy.”However, Johnson on Thursday shared a reminder of “the principles of the Republican Party.” He said the GOP “[stands] for the founding principles of America,” which he claimed were “individual freedom, limited government, the rule of law, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets, human dignity – the things that lead to human flourishing.”Johnson was on a roll until he made a truly head-shaking statement, one that rivals the time Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) unintentionally declared, “Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.”Johnson said, “We have stood against that; we fought the Nazis.” Then he added, “We defended that evil ideology. We roundly condemn it, and anybody in any party who espouses it, we’re opposing that.”Of course, Johnson’s gaffe raised eyebrows on social media.First Ted Cruz says Republicans need to stop attacking pedophiles, now Johnson says Republicans defend Nazism. The truth seems to be slipping out a lot these days. https://t.co/LM1kr2TCHQ— Brett Meiselas (@BMeiselas) October 16, 2025Mike Johnson: "We've defended that evil ideology."Yes, yes you have. See why we all should question Mike Johnson's Intelligence?— Rob #IncreasingSlope @rhiles2760.bsky.social (@rhiles2760) October 16, 2025“The Speaker Who Pretends He’s Powerless”You ever notice how every single day, Mike Johnson jumps on TV like it’s a campaign audition instead of a crisis briefing? Talking about how “tragic” this shutdown is for the American people — as if he didn’t cause the damn thing. Like… pic.twitter.com/x78ITAP59l— CCC (@CCC75167010) October 16, 2025Close