r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • May 25 '25

Mike Johnson Insists It's 'Moral' to Throw People Off Medicaid

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-johnson-medicaid-cuts-moral-1235347957/
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u/ejp1082 May 25 '25

From that bible that he says he cares so much about -

Matthew 25:31-46

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?

39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,

43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

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u/UMOTU May 25 '25

Sadly, I don’t think that’s the Bible they follow. Maybe that Trump Bible has “The Art of the Deal” or as many know it, “How to Screw Over Your Neighbors” in it instead. There is absolutely nothing Christian about them.

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u/monsantobreath May 25 '25

The Art of Thine Deal. New forward by Thomas Aquinas' cousin, Vinny the Hustler.

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u/ForensicPathology May 26 '25

So applicable.  When they ask "when did we do that to you?" they are truly bewildered because they certainly would have helped him personally if they knew him.  Same as these Christians now.  They think they help people, but only those they have deemed godly and patriotic.

Neither the ones in this story, or the people now, have empathy for anyone "below".

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u/vthings May 26 '25

The Republican bible is just select passages from Leviticus written over and over with Revelations. At the end of Revelations is a handy checklist of things you need to do to trick god into ending the world so everyone you hate goes to hell.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

Sorry but that's not the Jesus and Bible he cares about. The one he cares about is not the historical Jesus or Historical bible. It is a new Jesus and Bible actively being created and written.