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Mike Johnson: “Congress voted to put 'In God We Trust' above the rostrum as…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson delivers remarks at the SBA Pro-Life America Gala

Published | Video Starts at 08:24

It says in the guide, probably it says, I don't know who, I don't know who wrote it. I just like, wasn't GK Chesterton. It's more recent than that. It says that Congress voted to put 'In God We Trust' above the rostrum as a rebuke to the Soviets because of their philosophy during the Cold War. Now what was the Soviet's philosophy? Marxism. And you see, Marxism and its deviations, Communism and socialism begin with the premise that there is no God. (08:24–08:35)

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Asserts that Congress placed 'In God We Trust' as a response to Soviet Marxism.

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