"Christian nationalists," such as Speaker Mike Johnson, pose a "bigger threat than al-Qaeda," according to James Carville.

The renowned Democratic strategist alerted HBO’s Bill Maher about the GOP leader.
Democrats’ James Carville warned that House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, and other “Christian nationalists” pose a greater threat to the nation than al-Qaeda.

When Carville participated as a commentator on Bill Maher’s “Overtime” episode, he was questioned concerning Johnson, who hailed from Louisiana.

“Mike Johnson and his belief that he poses one of the biggest risks to the United States right now,” Carville said to Maher on Friday. “I promise you, I know these people.”

“You’re talking about Christian nationalists,” Maher responded.

Without a doubt, Carville answered. “This is a bigger threat than al-Qaeda to this country.”

“And let me tell you something: The Speaker of the House, they got probably at least two Supreme Court justices, maybe more, don’t kid yourself,” he said. “The press doesn’t know who this guy is… The United States is fundamentally threatened by this. It is an essential component. The Constitution is not a source of faith for them. They’ll convey that to you. According to Mike Johnson, democracy is nothing more than a luncheon between two wolves and a lamb. They genuinely, sincerely, sincerely believe that.

“And to exclaim, ‘Oh, please, guy. It’s just some wild nonsense. No, nay. It is what they think. And they have been coming for a very long time. They have funding. They have funding. They are unrelenting and, well, they might win after all, but they probably won’t for a while. And when they do, the nation as a whole implodes,” he continued.

Maher has shown his dislike for Johnson in a very public way. Friday’s “Real Time” finale featured a tirade against his “religious fanaticism” and an accusation that he was “rooting for the end of the world so we can get on with the Rapture.”

“Mike thinks God personally chooses, raises up our leaders, which is a very dangerous thought because then when you lose an election you think it’s just another of God’s tricks to test your faith,” Maher stated to the crowd. “Mike claims our country was founded by Christians. We didn’t. Mike, did you miss that particular homeschool day? You simply don’t know the first thing about the Pilgrims if you don’t know that they came here in order to leave the Church of England.

“Mike says that being a Christian nation is our tradition and it’s who we are as a people,” Maher went on. It’s not. The First Amendment, which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” belongs to us. “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office,” states Article Six. I therefore believe these folks when they suggest that we ought to be nationalist Christians. John Adams stated, “The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion,” thus they must take him at his word on that.

That same opinion was expressed by Carville last month when Maher quoted Speaker at a prayer group, saying that Johnson “exactly sounds like bin Laden” and that “depraved America deserves God’s wrath.”

He likened Johnson to the Maine mass shooter who killed eighteen and wounded thirteen in October.

“There is no place for true democracy when one is this fervently religious. You don’t think like that. Today, he made that statement. Examine the Bible. Maher declared during the panel discussion, “That’s my world view.” “And I happened to be reading about this terrible Maine shooting. We don’t know much about this individual yet, but it seems like he heard voices, so I wondered, “Is he really that different from Mike Johnson?”

“I mean, what’s the degree? Indeed. But you wouldn’t believe how thin it is.” Maher continued.