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Mike Johnson: “Congress voted to put [the motto 'In God We Trust'] there as…”

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

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Mike Johnson's Address on the Passage of the 'Big Beautiful Bill' and the America First Agenda

Published | Video Starts at 22:22

You've probably seen your constituents and visitors and friends get the guide. If you turn. I think it's about to. Page 21. It explains why that's there. And it says Congress voted to put [the motto 'In God We Trust'] there as a rebuke to the Soviet's worldview at the height of the Cold War. Why? Because Communism, socialism find their root in Marxism. And Marxism begins with the belief that. That there is no God. It's wrong. (22:22–22:30)

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Asserts that Congress placed the motto 'In God We Trust' in the House chamber as a rebuke to Soviet ideology during the Cold War.

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