I did a bit of newspaper research on the prayer that Mike Johnson falsely ascribed to Thomas Jefferson on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday. The story of how that prayer came to be inaccurately associated with Jefferson and then became a meme is pretty wild.
— Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social) 2025-01-04T17:00:56.746Z
The prayer that Mike Johnson attributed to Thomas Jefferson did not come from Jefferson. It came from a 1928 Episcopal prayer book.But the idea that *Jefferson* said it; that it is evidence the US was founded as a “Christian nation” … hoo boy where *that* came from is … well not surprising actually
— Lindsay P Cohn (@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social) 2025-01-05T12:10:56.675Z
House leader Mike Johnson read a prayer in the House, upon being voted Speaker. Johnson: "It is said" Thomas Jefferson recited this prayer publicly every day.#1 Saying prayers in Congress violates the separation of church and state.#2 Historians say Thomas Jefferson didn't say that prayer.
— Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) 2025-01-04T05:07:54.501Z
Sad! 