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Mike Johnson: “That, my friends, is the root of our Judeo Christian…”

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

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The Foundation of a Great Nation | Speaker Mike Johnson at AmFest 2025

Published | Video Starts at 06:47

The only two words left on the board, three words, God and the people. So then I draw all the arrows straight down to the people and I step back and I say, That, my friends, is the root of our Judeo Christian heritage. That is the root of the truth that made us the greatest nation in the history of the world. That's it. Many years after the founding, Abraham Lincoln famously summarized it in the Gettysburg Address. (06:47–06:53)

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Asserts that the principles in the Declaration of Independence are rooted in Judeo-Christian heritage.

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