voteinorout on Instagram: "Speaker #MikeJohnson (R-LA) on Tuesday declined to condemn Rep. #AndyOgles (R-TN) for saying that “#Muslims don’t belong in American society.”⁠ ⁠ “Look, there’s a lot of energy in the country, and a lot of popular sentiment, that the demand to impose #Sharialaw in America is a serious problem,” he said at a press conference during House Republicans’ policy retreat at Trump Doral in Florida. “That’s what animates me.”⁠ ⁠ Rep. Ogles’s social media post on Monday also declared that “Pluralism is a lie,” adding in a later post that Islam leads to “rape,” “beheadings” and “burning people alive.”⁠ ⁠ Democrats quickly condemned the remarks as clearly Islamophobic.⁠ ⁠ “Andy Ogles is a malignant clown and pathological liar who has fabricated his whole life story,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded on social media. “Disgusting Islamophobes like you do not belong in Congress or in civilized society.”⁠ ⁠ Speaker Johnson said it was not the language he would have used but defended the sentiment, claiming that the “demand to impose Sharia law in America is a serious problem.”⁠ ⁠ “We respect everyone’s beliefs and their right to live out their beliefs and to speak freely about their beliefs and have that conviction. But when you seek to come to a country and not assimilate but to impose Sharia law … that is the conflict that people are talking about,” he told reporters.⁠ ⁠ “It’s not about people as Muslims. It is about people who seek to impose a different belief system that is in direct conflict with the Constitution. That’s where I think that comes from.”⁠ ⁠ Watch more by tapping the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #mikejohnson #cspan Follow @cspan for more.⁠ ⁠ Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson"

0 likes, 0 comments - voteinorout on March 11, 2026: "Speaker #MikeJohnson (R-LA) on Tuesday declined to condemn Rep. #AndyOgles (R-TN) for saying that “#Muslims don’t belong in American society.”⁠ ⁠ “Look, there’s a lot of energy in the country, and a lot of popular sentiment, that the demand to impose #Sharialaw in America is a serious problem,” he said at a press conference during House Republicans’ policy retreat at Trump Doral in Florida. “That’s what animates me.”⁠ ⁠ Rep. Ogles’s social media post on Monday also declared that “Pluralism is a lie,” adding in a later post that Islam leads to “rape,” “beheadings” and “burning people alive.”⁠ ⁠ Democrats quickly condemned the remarks as clearly Islamophobic.⁠ ⁠ “Andy Ogles is a malignant clown and pathological liar who has fabricated his whole life story,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded on social media. “Disgusting Islamophobes like you do not belong in Congress or in civilized society.”⁠ ⁠ Speaker Johnson said it was not the language he would have used but defended the sentiment, claiming that the “demand to impose Sharia law in America is a serious problem.”⁠ ⁠ “We respect everyone’s beliefs and their right to live out their beliefs and to speak freely about their beliefs and have that conviction. But when you seek to come to a country and not assimilate but to impose Sharia law … that is the conflict that people are talking about,” he told reporters.⁠ ⁠ “It’s not about people as Muslims. It is about people who seek to impose a different belief system that is in direct conflict with the Constitution. That’s where I think that comes from.”⁠ ⁠ Watch more by tapping the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #mikejohnson #cspan Follow @cspan for more.⁠ ⁠ Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson".

Mike Johnson Greenlights GOP Bigotry

3.11.2026

Speaker Johnson Defends Ogles, Fine, Amid Calls to Condemn Islamophobic Rhetoric – The USA Potato