Letter to the editor: Mike Johnson and Democrats' turmoil

Regarding the letter “Johnson as speaker bad news for America” (Oct. 31, TribLive): I find the left’s take on new House Speaker Mike Johnson quite interesting. The writer begins by rightfully stating how much turmoil there is in the world but descends into the usual liberal rhetoric about abortion, gay marriage and election denial. He fails to acknowledge that numerous Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters, denied the 2016 election, calling Donald Trump “an illegitimate president.”

He utters the left’s same divisive, magniloquent rhetoric about abortion. The Supreme Court rightfully sent the matter back to the states. (We are a constitutional republic.) Johnson has every right to believe what he believes.

As far as aid to Ukraine, Johnson rightfully saw that we are spending recklessly, and he got a stand-alone bill on support for Israel utilizing money allocated for 87,000 more IRS employees. Ukraine I’m sure will follow. So, Democrats, what’s more important, hiring more IRS agents or supporting Israel?

The writer said that having an “ultra-right-wing speaker is wholly inappropriate.” But I would guess he was fine with Pelosi, an ultra-left-wing speaker, holding the gavel.

The world is in turmoil. My question is, when did the turmoil begin? The Democrats’ failures are numerous. Two proxy wars, energy independence gone, interest rates over 8%, supply chains in disarray, China threatening Taiwan. But let’s focus our energy and political will on abortion, gay marriage and other divisive social issues. I’m sure those debates will have a big effect on the turmoil in the world.

Richard Bell

Ligonier Township