Originally published at National Catholic Register
The speaker gave a brief interview with EWTN News in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said that Catholic voters and Pennsylvania voters will be key to the 2024 presidential and down-ballot elections during a brief interview with EWTN News in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.
“President [Donald] Trump … takes [the Catholic vote] very seriously,” Johnson told EWTN News’ Mark Irons in an Election Day interview while greeting voters outside of the Farmersville Elementary School in the Bethlehem suburb.
The speaker said the Catholic voting bloc is “absolutely” important to this year’s election outcome.
“[Trump] often asks me, ‘Will the Catholics like this? Will the evangelicals like this?’” Johnson continued. “… He wants to make sure that they understand that he’s the one fighting for their principles.”
Johnson said that Trump was “the greatest president we’ve had in the modern era with regard to issues like religious freedom and family values and the things that our people care about.” He said “we have to defend the faith in the court of public opinion” and contrasted the Republican Party’s approach to faith with the Democratic Party’s approach.
“The Democratic Party has taken a
