(The Hill) — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday blasted the opening ceremonies of the Olympics for what he considered mocking the Last Supper with a recreation that featured performers in drag.
“Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and insulting to Christian people around the world who watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games,” Johnson wrote in a post on X.
“The war on our faith and traditional values knows no bounds today. But we know that truth and virtue will always prevail,” Johnson wrote before quoting John 1:5 of the Bible: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
The opening ceremonies in Paris included a group of performers, some of them in drag, in a scene that appeared to resemble the da Vinci painting of “The Last Supper.”
The painting depits the final meal of Jesus with his apostles, night before the crucifixtion.
Many on social media ripped the decision to have the performance, though there were also posts complimenting it.
Johnson was far from the only figure critiizing the ceremonies. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) also weighed in, accusing the Olympic Committee of trying to censor the right by taking down posts critical of the performance that used video from the ceremonies.
Piers Morgan, the television personality, asked whether the Olympics would “have mocked any other religion like this” in a post on X.
Harrison Butker, the Kansas City Chiefs placekicker who triggered controversy earlier this year, also weighed in with criticism.
