It was supposed to be a routine press conference on Capitol Hill — but things took a wildly entertaining turn when House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dismantled a hysterical left-wing reporter who melted down over a Trump meme.
The press conference came as the Schumer Shutdown entered its third week, and while most questions focused on the ongoing government impasse, one activist-journalist decided to go full meltdown mode over a meme President Trump posted on Truth Social. The short, satirical video showed Trump piloting a fighter jet while wearing a golden crown as *Danger Zone* blared in the background — before the jet dumps a stream of brown sludge on a crowd of “No Kings” protesters.
The clip was clearly tongue-in-cheek, but that didn’t stop one woke reporter from losing his mind. “Speaker Johnson,” the reporter began indignantly, “you say that Democrats had a ‘Hate America’ rally, but what does it say that the President of the United States released a video of him pooping on the American people?”
Without missing a beat, Speaker Johnson delivered a masterclass in how to handle the liberal media’s absurd theatrics. “The President uses social media to make a point,” he said coolly. “You can argue he’s probably the most effective person who’s ever used social media. He’s using satire to make a point.”
Johnson went on to highlight the glaring hypocrisy of the outrage, contrasting Trump’s harmless humor with the violent rhetoric regularly spewed by the far left. “He is not calling for the murder of his political opponents — and that’s what *these* people are doing,” Johnson said. “There’s literally a photo of the president hanging in effigy by a noose at one of their rallies. It’s unconscionable.”
The Speaker then turned serious, warning that the escalating extremism on the left — including protests that glorify violence — poses a real danger. “America is built on free speech. We’ve defended that right in court. But what they’re doing now is different. They’re trying to incite violence,” he said. “You don’t mock a president who has already survived two assassination attempts. This isn’t a game.”
Then Johnson delivered one of the most powerful rebukes of Marxism heard on Capitol Hill in years. “When we give tours of the House chamber, we always begin with the words above the Speaker’s podium: *In God We Trust,*” he said. “It was put there as a rebuke to the atheistic philosophy of Soviet Marxism — because Marxism begins with the premise that there is no God. That’s the exact opposite of what America stands for. The Declaration of Independence says our rights come from God. That’s who we are as a nation.”
He didn’t stop there. Calling out the “No Kings” protest movement, Johnson said their message is “at its essence, un-American.” He continued, “When they go the next step and call for violence against political officials in an already heightened threat environment, it’s dangerous stuff.”
And then, with classic conservative wit, he closed with a jab that had the press corps chuckling despite themselves. “I guess we should congratulate them,” Johnson said dryly. “They managed to hold a protest without looting, rioting, or burning anything down. That’s a big achievement for the left these days.”
The exchange was yet another reminder of why Speaker Johnson — calm, composed, and unapologetically conservative — has quickly become one of the most effective voices standing between the radical left and the America they’re trying to destroy.
