Mike Johnson warned the US was going down a 'dark and depraved' path before he was named speaker and said the country 'almost seems irredeemable'

• Mike Johnson in an October broadcast lamented the rise of LGBTQ+ youth and the waning role of the church in the US.
• The now-House speaker called US culture "dark and depraved" on a World Prayer Network call.
• In the past, Johnson has championed sodomy laws and sought to criminalize homosexuality.

Mike Johnson during remarks made weeks before he ascended to the House speakership called American culture "dark and depraved" as he pointed to the rise of LGBTQ+ youth and waning religious attendance, Rolling Stone reports.