Restoring Justice in America: Benny Johnson at CPAC in DC 2025

Even to the most hopeful, the four years under the Biden administration seemed bleak. Our nation and children were under attack, and those speaking out against it were punished, both by the court of public opinion and by literal courts as the administration weaponized the Department of Justice to go after political opponents, including now-President Donald J. Trump himself. 

However, as Benny Johnson would repeat in his Friday, February 21 speech on the CPAC stage, “what man intends for evil, God intends for good.”  

“You live in a red country, ladies and gentlemen, that’s getting redder,” Johnson rejoiced, citing the unintended yet obvious consequence of Biden’s disastrous administration – the return of Trump to the White House. 

Johnson even saw a silver lining in the lawfare committed against Trump. “They tried to lock up our boy,” he said, “but what they ended up giving him was a rap album, the hottest banger of the summer. Rappers actually got this tattooed on them. When I saw them making murals of it, I knew it was game over.” 

Indeed, Trump’s mugshot, in which he stared defiantly in a display of strength amid the government’s attempts to silence him, became a symbol of resilience among conservatives.  

Watch the full discussion on Rumble @ CPAC. 

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