Speaker Johnson Issues Chilling Warning: ‘Trail To Certain Death’
The Democratic Party has been moving sharply left for nearly 20 years, accelerating under President Barack Obama and intensifying during Joe Biden’s term.
But now, the party’s voters are electing members who are embracing a form of government completely at odds with our founding, and Republicans are sounding the alarm.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., delivered a forceful warning on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, arguing that the United States is confronting what he described as a growing Marxist movement that threatens the nation’s values and institutions.
“The barbarians are in the gate,” Johnson declared during a tense press conference.
“There’s a small number of times in the history of America where the actual experiment in self-governance was on the ballot,” he said.
“The idea that we would preserve a constitutional republic: One nation under God, a government of, by, and for the people. All that is in question right now,” Johnson continued.
“For the first time, really in my lifetime, this is a real question the American people have to decide in November, in a midterm election for Congress and Senate,” he said.
“It’s not something that we would have projected. I hoped and prayed it would never come to this, but here we are. The barbarians are in the gate,” Johnson went on.
The Louisiana Republican and constitutional attorney argued that the upcoming November midterm elections represent far more than a typical political fight over taxes or government regulation.
Instead, Johnson said the country is engaged in what he called a “philosophical war” over America’s future and its founding principles.
Invoking former President Ronald Reagan, Johnson recalled Reagan’s warning that freedom is only “one generation away from extinction.”
While Reagan confronted the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Johnson argued that socialist ideology has now taken root within the United States.
Pointing to the “In God We Trust” motto displayed in the House chamber—installed in 1962 during the Cold War—Johnson criticized the Democratic Socialists of America, accusing the organization of seeking to undermine the nation’s foundational values.
According to the DSA’s own platform, the party seeks to:
Pack the Supreme Court and abolish the Senate to create a Marxist-run legislature.
Abolishing all borders and granting mass amnesty to everyone, including dangerous criminals and terrorists.
Emptying the prisons and completely defunding the police.
“This is not a game,” he warned. “Everybody needs to understand: These crazy little mini-Mamdanis, who are popping up all around the country, they are a danger to you and your family.
“This is not a game.”
“We are here as the Republican Party to stand on the founding principles of the greatest nation in the history of the world. It is our duty to do that,” the GOP leader continued.
“And we’re doing it on behalf of all of you, even the journalists who don’t agree with our policies all the time. You’d better agree on these principles because that’s what keeps you free,” he said.
“This is essential for your well-being, and your family. This is not a game,” Johnson said.
“This is not our father’s Democrat Party. We’re not arguing over marginal tax rates anymore,” he noted.
“We’re arguing over whether or not freedom is going to survive. And that’s why we’re so serious about this.”
He described himself as a “happy warrior,” but he added that the time for pleasantries is past.
“Our rights come from our creator, God. They do not come from the government,” he said.
“The communists believe the opposite. They believe that the government, the state, is God. The state is the one that gives you all your rights. And you know what? The state can also take those rights away,” Johnson correctly pointed out.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
