Raw Story⁠93%

Mike Johnson just revealed his true 'panic' with 'astonishing' remarks: ex-GOP operative ⁠75%

By Bennito L. Kelty⁠84%

6/27/2026, 9:24:46 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 43.8% saturation with 98 hits. Analysis detected 683 faulty-reasoning hits from 224 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (5,412 of 20,874 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 74.10% of the article peer group.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's recent "protection program" comment reveals his true fear, according to an ex-GOP operative. 
Johnson's comments came at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual conference on Friday, where he said, "I run the protection program. 
I'll take care of you." 
Johnson made the remark in the context of a warning about electing Democrats in the midterms, which he said will lead to committees investigating Trump along with his family, Cabinet, donors and allies. 
According to a Saturday piece by Steve Schmidt, the "extraordinary" and "astonishing" remarks reveal that "Mike Johnson is panicking" about accountability. 
"Mike Johnson isn't panicked because he believes innocent people will be persecuted," Schmidt wrote. 
"He's panicked because he understands that accountability may finally be coming to Washington." 
Johnson's speech "sounds like dialogue written for Burgess Meredith playing the Penguin in the old 'Batman' TV series," Schmidt continued. 
"He knows there will be subpoenas. 
He knows there will be hearings. 
He knows there will be oversight," Schmidt wrote. 
"He knows investigators will begin asking questions that should have been asked years ago — and he knows the answers may be devastating." 
Schmidt predicted that if a Democratic majority "should reclaim the Speaker's gavel in the House" after the November midterms, they would "understand the assignment." 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 11.6%Bennito L. Kelty: 12.0%Rawstory: 7.8%Confirmation Bias11.6%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.8%Rawstory: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 5.4%Bennito L. Kelty: 3.5%Rawstory: 4.4%Availability Heuristic5.4%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.8%Rawstory: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 10.7%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.2%Rawstory: 1.0%Hindsight Bias10.7%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 2.5%Rawstory: 2.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 31.7%Bennito L. Kelty: 11.4%Rawstory: 13.7%Framing Effect31.7%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.2%Rawstory: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.1%Rawstory: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.3%Rawstory: 0.7%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 10.3%Bennito L. Kelty: 2.7%Rawstory: 2.8%Pessimism Bias10.3%This article: 43.8%Bennito L. Kelty: 18.4%Rawstory: 21.8%Negativity Bias43.8%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.5%Rawstory: 1.1%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 23.2%Bennito L. Kelty: 3.6%Rawstory: 2.9%Fundamental Attribution Error23.2%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.1%Rawstory: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.5%Rawstory: 2.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 1.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.1%Rawstory: 0.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.8%Rawstory: 0.9%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 3.6%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.7%Rawstory: 1.7%Recency Bias3.6%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.5%Rawstory: 0.7%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 2.6%Rawstory: 6.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.2%Rawstory: 0.7%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 4.9%Rawstory: 3.8%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 10.7%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.6%Rawstory: 2.9%False Dilemma10.7%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.1%Rawstory: 1.2%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.9%Rawstory: 0.3%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 6.9%Rawstory: 11.9%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.5%Rawstory: 0.7%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 22.3%Bennito L. Kelty: 7.5%Rawstory: 9.3%Appeal to Emotion22.3%This article: 12.1%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.7%Rawstory: 1.6%Begging the Question12.1%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 9.3%Rawstory: 3.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.6%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 16.5%Bennito L. Kelty: 2.4%Rawstory: 1.5%Burden of Proof16.5%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.4%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 22.8%Bennito L. Kelty: 3.5%Rawstory: 3.9%Anecdotal22.8%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.3%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 3.0%Rawstory: 2.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.4%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 25.9%Bennito L. Kelty: 8.9%Rawstory: 5.4%Unattributed Quote25.9%This article: 17.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 4.3%Rawstory: 4.2%Quote-first Misdirection17.0%This article: 37.5%Bennito L. Kelty: 9.5%Rawstory: 15.6%Biased Writer Voice37.5%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.1%Rawstory: 3.1%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 7.6%Rawstory: 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.9%Rawstory: 1.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.3%Rawstory: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

224 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers87%attributed speech30writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 100.0% coverageMike Johnson • 21 words • 100.0% coverageMike Johnson • 5 words • 100.0% coverageMike Johnson • 33 words • 0.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 21 words • 100.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 14 words • 100.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 13 words • 100.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 20 words • 100.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 6 words • 0.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 6 words • 0.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 8 words • 0.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 23 words • 100.0% coverageSteve Schmidt • 24 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Steve Schmidt

100%flagged-word coverage
135 attributed words70% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-60.0 ptsWriter: 100.0%Steve Schmidt: 40.0%40.0%Quote-first Misdirection-40.0 ptsWriter: 40.0%Steve Schmidt: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote+27.4 ptsWriter: 0.0%Steve Schmidt: 27.4%27.4%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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