WATCH: GOP Speaker Johnson’s Anti-LGBTQ Rant About ‘Depraved’ America — Just WEEKS Ago

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) was caught on camera ranting about “depraved” America just weeks ago — right before he ascended to the third-most-powerful seat in U.S. politics.

Johnson was elected speaker of the House after 23 days of chaos, and despite a record of supporting ex-President Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the 2020 election — as well as a disturbing history of anti-gay rhetoric and action.

In one of several moments flagged in a report by Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson that’s getting a lot of attention, Johnson ranted on a World Prayer Network Zoom call about a “time of judgment” for our country:

IN AN OCTOBER prayer call hosted by a Christian-nationalist MAGA pastor, Rep. Mike Johnson was troubled that America’s wickedness was inviting God’s wrath.

Talking to pastor Jim Garlow on a broadcast of the World Prayer Network, Johnson spoke ominously of America facing a “civilizational moment.” He said, “The only question is: Is God going to allow our nation to enter a time of judgment for our collective sins? … Or is he going to give us one more chance to restore the foundations and return to Him?”

The segment was filmed Oct. 3, just weeks before Johnson’s unexpected rise to become speaker of the House. Garlow pressed the clean-cut Louisiana congressman to say “more about this ‘time of judgment’ for America.” Johnson replied: “The culture is so dark and depraved that it almost seems irredeemable.” He cited, as supposed evidence, the decline of national church attendance and the rise of LGBTQ youth — the fact, Johnson lamented, that “one-in-four high school students identifies as something other than straight.”

CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski — the “K” in KFile — has previously resurfaced and revealed shocking tapes in which Johnson ranted about the evils of homosexuality as an adviser to an anti-LGBTQ group that espoused conversion therapy.

Watch above via World Prayer Network.