'Fix this': House Republicans spread theory Mike Johnson just outlawed the New Testament

  (Raw Story) : House Republicans Thursday spread a conspiracy theory that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) this week made the Bible's New Testament illegal. Reps Eli Crane (R-AZ) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) both shared on X a conversation between Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News pundit the Southern Poverty Law Center warns has descended into radical extremism, and Charlie Kirk, the activist for former President Donald Trump with a reported history of pushing "right-wing hoaxes." "Did the House of Representatives just make parts of the Bible illegal?" Kirk tweeted Wednesday night. "Yes," Carlson replied Thursday morning. "The New Testament." Crane then picked up the baton and ran with it by casting blame on Johnson. "Worst part is that 4 of us went to the Speaker’s Office hours before the vote asking him to fix this," Crane wrote in a message shared by Gaetz. "He told us he would, but then brought it to the Floor as is." Kirk's question arrived hours after the House of Representative passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act designed to combat the problem on college campuses by directing the Education Department to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of the term. Critics of the legislation include the American Civil Liberties Union, which argues federal law already prohibits antisemitic discrimination and the bill could chill students' free speech, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) who told followers it would see Christians arrested for their faith. ALSO READ: ‘Lord of the Flies’: Inside ..