"House Speaker Mike Johnson's Controversial Remarks and Actions Spark Backlash"

Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing criticism for referring to abortion as "a holocaust" in a 2005 op-ed. In the piece, Johnson linked the judicial philosophy that legalized abortion to Hitler and expressed his opposition to the termination of unborn children. Johnson, a lawyer for the conservative Christian advocacy group Alliance Defense Fund at the time, has consistently denounced abortion rights and celebrated the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Democrats and advocacy groups have condemned his language and analogies, calling them extreme and out of touch.