{"id":37045,"date":"2026-08-10T19:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37045"},"modified":"2026-08-10T19:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:28:32","slug":"speaker-mike-johnson-launches-website-targeting-socialist-insurgency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37045","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Mike Johnson launches website targeting socialist insurgency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>House <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_809259\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republicans have<\/a> adopted a new weapon on the campaign trail as they fight to keep control of Congress for the latter half of President Donald Trump&#8217;s term \u2014 using Democrats&#8217; own intraparty civil war against them.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_809260\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,<\/a> is unveiling a website on Monday that will highlight the contrast between what he calls &#8220;common sense and crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The name for the new initiative is &#8220;Contrast for America,&#8221; a play on the Newt Gingrich-led &#8220;Contract with America&#8221; GOP policy platform used during the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_809261\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1994 midterm election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">That same year saw a massive red wave help the GOP retake the House and Senate for the latter two years of former President Bill Clinton&#8217;s first term, and Republicans are hoping to harness that energy now as they fight an uphill battle to retain the House and Senate.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_809262\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/mike-johnson-predicts-gop-could-gain-seven-eight-seats-midterms-defying-historical-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MIKE JOHNSON PREDICTS GOP COULD GAIN UP TO EIGHT SEATS IN MIDTERMS, DEFYING HISTORICAL TRENDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/mike-johnson-abdul-el-sayed.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A split image of Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Speaker Mike Johnson is seizing on the momentum of far-left candidates like Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan to push Republicans to victory in November.<\/span> <span>(Tierney L. Cross\/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Finn Gomez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The website is divided into five separate parts, beginning with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EJdarWBG5Bo&amp;t=42s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video message<\/a> from Johnson that includes a montage of Fox News clips and compares images of unrest in U.S. cities to videos of patriotic displays of the country&#8217;s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It must be fought for. It must be protected. It has to be taught, passed along to the next generation. Thirty-five years ago, Republicans and Democrats in Congress, they were fighting communism on a distant shore. Now it&#8217;s here,&#8221; Johnson says in the video.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The website also includes a timeline of failed communist governments throughout the world, followed by dueling lists that show what Republicans are running on versus what Democrats&#8217; far-left insurgency is pushing.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_809264\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/socialist-victories-show-dems-descent-down-deadly-path-communism-johnson-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOCIALIST VICTORIES SHOW DEMS&#8217; DESCENT DOWN &#8216;DEADLY PATH OF COMMUNISM,&#8217; JOHNSON WARNS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A screengrab from Mike Johnson's new website for the midterm elections. It begins with the words, &quot;SOCIALISM IS THE FIRST STEP TO COMMUNISM, AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY, EVERY SINGLE ATTEMPT AT SOCIALISM OR COMMUNISM HAS FAILED \u2013 LEAVING POPULATIONS STARVING AND COUNTRIES GUTTED.&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s new website includes a timeline of failed communist governments throughout global history.<\/span> <span>(Mike Johnson for Louisiana)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">It comes as candidates linked to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) surge to the top of Democratic primaries across the United States, even toppling establishment and progressive incumbents in places like <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_809265\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/colorados-socialist-surge-shakes-democratic-establishment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado and New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Johnson&#8217;s website highlights those specific DSA-linked candidates along with Republicans who are endorsed by House GOP leaders.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;House Republicans have delivered working families tax cuts to put more money in your pocket, a secure border, safer streets, American energy dominance, an end to woke indoctrination for our kids, and renewed American strength abroad. Meanwhile, Democrats have surrendered to the socialist and communist far-left that wants to abolish borders, defund police, abolish prisons, raise your taxes, and shred our Constitution, leaving America less safe, less prosperous, and less free,&#8221; Johnson told Fox News Digital in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;By highlighting this decisive contrast for America and our common sense polices and America first candidates, House Republicans are ready to defy history and win the midterms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_809266\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/100-day-sprint-midterms-kicks-off-republicans-democrats-clash-control-across-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>100 DAY SPRINT TO THE MIDTERMS KICKS OFF AS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS CLASH FOR CONTROL ACROSS THE COUNTRY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Political history shows that the party in power in the White House usually loses one or both houses of Congress during the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But the slate of DSA victories is giving Republicans new hope that they can buck tradition.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/mike-johnson-midterms-website-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A checklist of what Republicans say Democrats are for versus GOP victories\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Johnson&#8217;s new website also contrasts what Republicans believe are their victories and goals so far, with far-left positions.<\/span> <span>(Johnson for Louisiana)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Among the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_809267\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-sound-alarm-over-far-left-groups-push-transform-america-cuban-dictatorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DSA&#8217;s policy goals<\/a> are abolishing the Senate, police, and the prison system, extending voting rights to noncitizen permanent residents, and establishing public ownership of large corporations.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">DSA candidates have also called for abolishing the nation&#8217;s borders and granting mass amnesty to people in the U.S. illegally.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">It&#8217;s a message Johnson has made on the campaign trail already as he&#8217;s campaigned in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska, with plans to hit a total of 30 districts across 18 states.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Whether the message is potent enough to buck decades of political history, however, will become clear in November.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> 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