Johnson Gave Netanyahu 'Jews Killed Jesus' Bible Study
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- Speaker Mike Johnson gave Netanyahu a Capitol Ministries Bible study pamphlet during a July 2025 Capitol Hill meeting; the pamphlet argued the US should defend Israel and asserted the deicide claim that Jews killed Jesus.
- Capitol Ministries, led by Ralph and Danielle Drollinger, posted the recycled two-part Israel lessons on June 13-14, 2025, to make a biblical case for the US to join Israel's offensive against Iran, with similar Abrahamic Covenant language appearing since at least October 18, 2021.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been involved with Capitol Ministries for over ten years, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth participates in its White House Bible studies, the Pentagon confirmed to Larsen.
- President Trump launched three separate strikes against nuclear targets in Iran on June 21, 2025, roughly a week after the lessons were posted, while Russell Vought and Brooke Rollins had revived White House cabinet Bible study meetings earlier in 2025.
- The 2024 Antisemitism Awareness Act died after disputes over whether blaming Jews for the crucifixion should count as antisemitism, with Senator Bill Cassidy pushing a deicide exemption and Representative Josh Brecheen voting against the bill on biblical grounds.
Why it matters: The previously unreported pamphlet exchange links the Speaker of the House to theological claims renounced by major Christian denominations, distributed through a Bible study network that reaches Trump's cabinet — including Defense Secretary Hegseth — in the weeks before the US struck Iran's nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025.
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