rightwingwatch--2020-10-20--Frank Amedia Warns That If Christians Don’t Vote, People Will Start Having Sex With Cows

Frank Amedia , the tsunami-stopping and ant-reviving pastor who founded the POTUS Shield prayer effort to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of President Donald Trump , released a video last Friday in which he claimed that God told him that he is going to shift the polls in key races heading into the election so that Republican candidates gain 5 points , while Democratic candidates lose 5 points .
And to drive home the point of just how important it is for Christians to vote , Amedia warned that failure to do so would result in an America where “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can marry a cow and have perverse sex with them.
” “ I believe it with all my heart , ” Amedia said .
“ I declare it according to the Word of God .
I believe it by what he ’ s already done and what he ’ s going to do .
God has heard the prayer of repentance from this nation and God ’ s people .
He told us the other night while we we ’ re praying , five plus five .
Well , that ’ s 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Kingdom .
And he said , ‘ If we just add 5 percentage points to every state , to every senator , and to the president , and take away five from the opposition , from those who are not pro-life , who are not lined up with the kingdom of God , that ’ s 10 .
Ten is the fullness of God , five plus five.
” “ We declared it over Lindsey Graham , that they were saying was tiltering , even and even , ” he continued .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ came out and said he had moved up six percent overnight .
Six percent had happened .
Well , I believe it ’ s going to 10 .
We need to pray it for the president.
” “ This is about morality , ” he said , “ This is about same-sex marriage not being approved and blessed in this country .
This is not about us changing genders into five and six different meanings now .
Even sexual preference has all of a sudden been changed in the dictionary to where it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they want us to go ?
Wait until animalism becomes acceptable and somebody can marry a cow and have perverse sex with them .
You think I ’ m laughing .
That ’ s what ’ s going to come .
”

Frank Amedia, the tsunami-stopping and ant-reviving pastor who founded the POTUS Shield prayer effort to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of President Donald Trump, released a video last Friday in which he claimed that God told him that he is going to shift the polls in key races heading into the election so that Republican candidates gain 5 points, while Democratic candidates lose 5 points.
And to drive home the point of just how important it is for Christians to vote, Amedia warned that failure to do so would result in an America where “animalism” is accepted and “somebody can marry a cow and have perverse sex with them.”
“I believe it with all my heart,” Amedia said. “I declare it according to the Word of God. I believe it by what he’s already done and what he’s going to do. God has heard the prayer of repentance from this nation and God’s people. He told us the other night while we we’re praying, five plus five. Well, that’s 10. That’s the number of the Kingdom. And he said, ‘If we just add 5 percentage points to every state, to every senator, and to the president, and take away five from the opposition, from those who are not pro-life, who are not lined up with the kingdom of God, that’s 10. Ten is the fullness of God, five plus five.”
“We declared it over Lindsey Graham, that they were saying was tiltering, even and even,” he continued. “The very next day a poll came out and said he had moved up six percent overnight. Six percent had happened. Well, I believe it’s going to 10. We need to pray it for the president.”
“This is about morality,” he said, “This is about same-sex marriage not being approved and blessed in this country. This is not about us changing genders into five and six different meanings now. Even sexual preference has all of a sudden been changed in the dictionary to where it’s offensive. How far do they want us to go? Wait until animalism becomes acceptable and somebody can marry a cow and have perverse sex with them. You think I’m laughing. That’s what’s going to come.”


rightwingwatch--2020-10-20--How the Plot to Kidnap Whitmer Fits Into Right-Wing Extremists’ Violent Rhetoric Around the 2020 Ele

How the Plot to Kidnap Whitmer Fits Into Right-Wing Extremists’ Violent Rhetoric Around the 2020 Election

Adam Fox was worried about a rat .
In the dark and cluttered basement , Fox gathered the men ’ s phones in a bin and took them upstairs to the main floor of the nondescript vacuum store in Grand Rapids , Michigan—a measure meant to avoid surveillance .
After he returned through the trap door normally hidden by a rug , the group of men began discussing how they would storm the state capitol in Lansing , Michigan , counter law enforcement who arrived on the scene , and throw Molotov cocktails at their vehicles .
It was June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had explained in a call that they ’ d need “ 200 men ” to storm the capitol and take hostages , including the governor .
They would try her for “ treason , ” he said—and they would carry out their plan before the November presidential election .
The FBI arrested six men on Oct. 8—including Fox—for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer and overtake the state government .
Through FBI informants and FBI agents , we know how those meetings went , spelled out in detail in an FBI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20s , 30s , and 40s , belonged to Wolverine Watchmen , an anti-government , anti-law enforcement militia group .
Prior to the arrests , the group had surveilled Whitmer ’ s summer home , discussed bombing a bridge to block law enforcement response , and at another point , considered simply shooting Whitmer .
On Tuesday , the FBI revealed the group had also considered kidnapping Gov .
Ralph Northam of Virginia .
Whitmer has been the target of extremists since she implemented a series of public health measures , including a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swiftly to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Michigan .
In May , protesters and anti-government groups , some heavily armed , protested the restrictions at the state capitol , where they demanded to be let in and compared Whitmer to Hitler .
Among the protesters were members of the Wolverine Watchmen .
In addressing the conspiracy to kidnap her , Whitmer was quick to point out President Donald Trump ’ s recent rhetoric at the first presidential debate : how he tried to skirt condemning white supremacists and then told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back and stand by.
” “ Hate groups heard the president ’ s words not as a rebuke but as a rallying cry , as a call to action .
When our leaders speak , their words matter .
They carry weight , ” Whitmer said .
Right Wing Watch has seen an increase of violent rhetoric across different right-wing subgroups—from conspiracy theorists and religious-right activists to white nationalists and anti-government groups .
In some instances , extremists call for civil war , the use of force against Black Lives Matter protesters , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for treason and executed .
Trump has no doubt ushered in more radical proclamations from extremists—this is the man , after all , who won ’ t commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election .
But the right-wing media ecosystem is a two-way street , where fringe figures influence the president , and the president influences the boldness of fringe figures and their prominence in the conservative mainstream .
On the day the arrests of the Wolverine Watchmen members were announced , Rick Wiles , a conspiracy theorist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news and analysis from a conservative , Christian worldview , took to his program to put the blame on Whitmer for the plot to kidnap and potentially murder her .
“ Did you at all stop and think , what are you doing that drives middle class , law-abiding , tax-paying citizens to think about kidnapping you ?
” Wiles said .
“ What are you doing ?
Are your policies so extreme , so radical that you ’ re pushing people over the line to say we have to get that woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” While the claim is shocking , especially for an outlet that has been granted White House press credentials as recently as January , it ’ s in keeping with Wiles fear-mongering about government overreach—much of it anti-Semitic—which includes claiming that liberals intend to use the power of government to round up conservative Christians , place them in concentration camps , and kill them .
And it ’ s not surprising for the ranks of conspiracy theorists and radical right-wing commentators who distrust news reports and the government—save for Trump—and imagine a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New World Order ” that wants to take away constitutional rights , get Trump out of office , and impose their will on the people .
Wiles ’ penchant for violent rhetoric is well documented by Right Wing Watch : In the past year alone , Wiles has rejoiced in Trump ’ s use of the military to forcefully clear protesters from a church to take a photo op with a Bible , vocalized his hope that Trump will round up liberal activists and torture them , and gleefully claimed that special op @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shoot commies—which to Wiles apparently includes Black Lives Matter , antifa , and Right Wing Watch .
During the impeachment of Trump in December 2019 , he claimed to have been stockpiling ammunition to prepare for a “ violent civil war ” between the “ pagan left ” and “ religious right.
” While the enemies in the minds of right-wing conspiracy theorists are many , the hate directed at government officials who oppose Trump , particularly those who are women or people of color , in right-wing networks is particularly noteworthy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a penchant for calling for people to be executed , took to his YouTube channel earlier this month to call for Rep. Ilhan Omar to be charged with treason and executed .
Omar has faced racist , xenophobic attacks from right-wing activists and the president himself as recently as September .
Bernstein , who has said that Omar has earned every death threat she ’ s received , followed up on Trump ’ s attacks just days later .
“ I believe that the FBI and the Department of Justice should charge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treason , marriage fraud , voter fraud , illegal campaign contributions , immigration fraud , and aiding and abetting our enemies , ” Bernstein said , adding , “ this bitch should be executed.
” Last year , Bernstein urged Trump to become a “ dictator for patriotism ” and claimed that members of the Trump administration watch his broadcasts .
He ’ s not the only one talking about killing opponents to his extreme right-wing world view or calling for civil war .
Claiming his warnings about a globalist “ New World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radical conspiracy theorist Alex Jones told his listeners of his “ Infowars ” conspiracy show in August to wage war against academics and “ the establishment perverts and pedophiles that run it , ” adding that “ the best thing to do in a defensive way is kill as many of them as quickly as possible.
” In February , radical right-wing conspiracy theorist Chris McDonald declared that government officials who testified in the impeachment hearing against President Donald Trump are traitors and are “ lucky they ’ re not hanging from nooses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protests against racism , McDonald and fellow QAnon conspiracy theorist Mark Taylor claimed Black men were hanging themselves to start a civil war .
“ They ’ re trying to start a civil war in this country , a race war , ” Taylor said .
Among those fear-mongering and calling for violence against Black Lives Matter and antifa—shorthand for anti-fascist activists—is John Guandolo , a disgraced former FBI agent turned right-wing conspiracy theorist .
In June , Guandolo , who has made a new career out of peddling anti-Muslim law enforcement trainings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up the leaders and execute them for trying to revolt and overthrow the government .
And if this doesn ’ t happen soon , we will lose this.
” Like right-wing conspiracy theorists , some religious-right activists and pastors see the 2020 election as a civil war coming to America and warn that Christians need to wake up .
They paint the current political climate as a spiritual battle , and Trump ’ s opponents are frequently depicted as “ demonic.
” Such messages have been promoted through “ The Jim Bakker Show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Charisma , and networks of prominent dominionist “ apostles ” and “ prophets.
” Rick Joyner has been warning for years that civil war is coming to the United States and that the country is headed toward martial law .
In September , the right-wing pastor spoke to televangelist Jim Bakker on “ The Jim Bakker Show , ” where he told viewers that God had seeded the country with military veterans experienced in urban warfare , citing a “ prophetic ” dream .
“ We ’ re in time for war .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to mobilize .
We need to get ready .
I ’ m talking to law enforcement , talking to people .
One of the things I saw in a dream I had related to our civil war was that militias would pop up like mushrooms .
And it was God .
These were good militias.
” Joyner , who heads up Morningstar Ministries , said .
“ If God ’ s people don ’ t become a part of the militia movements , the good militias , the bad people will take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad people ” ?
In September , Joyner pointed to Black Lives Matter , declaring that Christians must take a stand against the organization because it ’ s “ the KKK of this time.
” And during the impeachment inquiry , Bakker and Joyner agreed that efforts to impeach Trump were satanic and treasonous .
Bakker , himself , warned in August that if Trump is not reelected , “ we ’ re gon na have a revolution ” with right-wing Christians taking to the streets .
At the 2019 American Priority Festival @ @ @ @ @ @ @ held at Trump National Doral Miami resort held in October , calls for civil war were loud and clear .
“ I need you to know that 2020 is a civil war that will change the face of America forever , ” Joshua Feuerstein , a former pastor turned evangelical internet personality , said on the same stage Don Trump Jr. would later speak on .
“ And it ’ s God , ladies and gentlemen , it ’ s God that calls the qualified , that qualifies those that are called , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the moment that matters , that has greatness thrust upon them .
And tonight , together here in this place to say that we are willing to fight , we may think ourselves insignificant , but that we will stand together in 2020 , and we will win the war that will change the face of America.
” Earlier in the evening at the conference ( known colloquially as AMPfest ) , televangelist Mark Burns called for war .
“ We ’ ve come to declare war !
” he yelled , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ echoing his call , shouting “ War !
War !
” in response .
This summer , Frank Pavone , a Catholic priest who runs an advocacy group committed to abolishing access to abortion in the U.S. , declared that the 2020 election “ is a spiritual battle and no less than a civil war.
” Pavone held advisory positions in Trump ’ s 2020 reelection campaign , only resigning in July at the direction of Roman Catholic Church authorities .
These messages from Trump ’ s religious-right boosters have reached the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impeachment inquiry last September , megachurch pastor and ardent Trump supporter Robert Jeffress claimed on Fox News that “ removing the president ” would “ cause a Civil War-like fracture in this nation from which this country will never heal.
” Apparently viewing the segment was Trump , who tweeted Jeffress ’ quote .
When the militant group the Oath Keepers saw Trump ’ s tweet of Jeffress ’ comments on Fox , they responded in turn .
“ This is the truth , ” read a post from the group ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the verge of a HOT civil war .
Like in 1859.
” The Oath Keepers , conceived as a group of “ patriots , ” law enforcement officers , and former military members who would defy orders they didn ’ t like in opposition to a deep state members saw as conspiring to declare martial law , have now sided with Trump and see their role as ensuring law and order .
Other militia groups have done the same .
Trump ’ s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this sentiment ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has continued to receive the support of anti-government groups , while state and local governments have been left to issue piecemeal restrictions and face the ire of such groups .
It ’ s amid this violent rhetoric , fear-mongering about government overreach , and calls for civil war that militia groups and white supremacist organizations are feeling emboldened—and Trump ’ s language has given these groups tacit , if not explicit , approval .
In April , Trump sent off a series of tweets calling for states led by three Democratic governors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberated from supposedly draconian public health measures .
“ LIBERATE MINNESOTA !
” he tweeted , followed by “ LIBERATE MICHIGAN !
” and “ LIBERATE VIRGINIA , and save your great 2nd Amendment .
It is under siege !
” Michael German , a former FBI agent who infiltrated neo-Nazis in the 1990s , is not surprised the Michigan governor was targeted by these groups following Trump ’ s message .
“ These are groups that are used to listening for dog whistle affirmation among the powerful , and so when they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indirectly , it takes on a completely different meaning , ” said German , a fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice ’ s Liberty & National Security Program .
“ You know , something like ‘ liberate Virginia ‘ and ‘ liberate Michigan ‘ would be taken as ‘ OK , this is a green light from the highest levels of our government .
We should start planning.
’ ” In August , German published a report with the Brennan Center detailing the militia groups that have law enforcement and former military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percentage of law enforcement officials are likely to be active members of white supremacist groups.
” An investigation in The Atlantic details these connections in the Oath Keepers , which recruited thousands of police , soldiers , and veterans .
As protests erupted in the days following George Floyd ’ s death at the hands of police , members of extreme right-wing movements followed Trump ’ s lead in identifying common enemies among police and far-right militants , demonizing Black Lives Matter , anarchists , and antifa .
“ We ’ ve been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and [ police ] seem to have a less antagonistic and violent response when it ’ s far-right militants who are engaging in protest violence , ” German said .
“ And I think that ’ s because the messaging that they ’ re receiving about who is the enemy of state , as the president is identifying these groups as the enemy of state and suggesting that there are friendlies among the far-right , white supremacist groups .
That sends a pretty clear message both to the groups and to the police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their violence.
” “ So when these groups feel like they have the authority granted by the state to engage in this kind of behavior , they ’ re more likely to do it , ” German said .
“ These groups operate on margin where their violence is reinforcing state action and state violence often , right—that the groups that the far-right militant and white supremacist groups target are the same groups that law enforcement targets disproportionately.
” In August , 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse , who considers himself a militia member , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ third at a protest against the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha , Wisconsin .
Much has been said about how , minutes prior to the shooting , police thanked the group for their presence and offered Rittenhouse water .
After Trump ’ s Proud Boy comments at the presidential debate , the hate group took to the social media platform Telegram where they took the president ’ s words as a command .
“ Standing by sir , ” Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio wrote .
Two days later , Tarrio @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DeAnna Lorraine—who in June had urged conservatives to form militias while awaiting the “ green light ” to take back the streets—that his group had gained 2,000 to 3,000 new followers .
Violent rhetoric and civil war chatter among extremists is nothing new .
But as we ’ ve approached the 2020 elections , the confluence of violent rhetoric among the extremists Right Wing Watch covers seems to have taken a frenzied pace , with different subgroups of the right-wing acting as an echo chamber , radicalizing each other and the president and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has cultivated that echo chamber , creating a megaphone for his messaging .
Trump has refused to say whether he will step down peacefully should he lose the election .
And since 2016 , Trump and his team has pushed the narrative that Democrats and the deep state worked tirelessly to prevent him from becoming president in 2016 and , when they failed , conspired against him to prevent his reelection .
By fear-mongering about voter fraud through mail-in voting and engaging with far-right conspiracy theories , Trump has insisted that any election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for right-wing violence should he lose .

Analysis
Adam Fox was worried about a rat. In the dark and cluttered basement, Fox gathered the men’s phones in a bin and took them upstairs to the main floor of the nondescript vacuum store in Grand Rapids, Michigan—a measure meant to avoid surveillance. After he returned through the trap door normally hidden by a rug, the group of men began discussing how they would storm the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan, counter law enforcement who arrived on the scene, and throw Molotov cocktails at their vehicles. It was June 20. Six days earlier, Fox had explained in a call that they’d need “200 men” to storm the capitol and take hostages, including the governor. They would try her for “treason,” he said—and they would carry out their plan before the November presidential election.
The FBI arrested six men on Oct. 8—including Fox—for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and overtake the state government. Through FBI informants and FBI agents, we know how those meetings went, spelled out in detail in an FBI affidavit. The men, in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, belonged to Wolverine Watchmen, an anti-government, anti-law enforcement militia group. Prior to the arrests, the group had surveilled Whitmer’s summer home, discussed bombing a bridge to block law enforcement response, and at another point, considered simply shooting Whitmer. On Tuesday, the FBI revealed the group had also considered kidnapping Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia.
Whitmer has been the target of extremists since she implemented a series of public health measures, including a stay-at-home order, in March, acting swiftly to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Michigan. In May, protesters and anti-government groups, some heavily armed, protested the restrictions at the state capitol, where they demanded to be let in and compared Whitmer to Hitler. Among the protesters were members of the Wolverine Watchmen.
In addressing the conspiracy to kidnap her, Whitmer was quick to point out President Donald Trump’s recent rhetoric at the first presidential debate: how he tried to skirt condemning white supremacists and then told the Proud Boys hate group to “stand back and stand by.”
“Hate groups heard the president’s words not as a rebuke but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. When our leaders speak, their words matter. They carry weight,” Whitmer said.
Right Wing Watch has seen an increase of violent rhetoric across different right-wing subgroups—from conspiracy theorists and religious-right activists to white nationalists and anti-government groups. In some instances, extremists call for civil war, the use of force against Black Lives Matter protesters, and for government leaders to be tried for treason and executed.
Trump has no doubt ushered in more radical proclamations from extremists—this is the man, after all, who won’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election. But the right-wing media ecosystem is a two-way street, where fringe figures influence the president, and the president influences the boldness of fringe figures and their prominence in the conservative mainstream.
Conspiracy Theorists and Radical Right-Wing Commentators: Fear-Mongering, Violent Language, and Anti-Government Sentiment
On the day the arrests of the Wolverine Watchmen members were announced, Rick Wiles, a conspiracy theorist whose TruNews conspiracy outlet claims to offer news and analysis from a conservative, Christian worldview, took to his program to put the blame on Whitmer for the plot to kidnap and potentially murder her.
“Did you at all stop and think, what are you doing that drives middle class, law-abiding, tax-paying citizens to think about kidnapping you?” Wiles said. “What are you doing? Are your policies so extreme, so radical that you’re pushing people over the line to say we have to get that woman out of the governor’s office?”
While the claim is shocking, especially for an outlet that has been granted White House press credentials as recently as January, it’s in keeping with Wiles fear-mongering about government overreach—much of it anti-Semitic—which includes claiming that liberals intend to use the power of government to round up conservative Christians, place them in concentration camps, and kill them.
And it’s not surprising for the ranks of conspiracy theorists and radical right-wing commentators who distrust news reports and the government—save for Trump—and imagine a “deep state” or globalist “New World Order” that wants to take away constitutional rights, get Trump out of office, and impose their will on the people.
Wiles’ penchant for violent rhetoric is well documented by Right Wing Watch: In the past year alone, Wiles has rejoiced in Trump’s use of the military to forcefully clear protesters from a church to take a photo op with a Bible, vocalized his hope that Trump will round up liberal activists and torture them, and gleefully claimed that special op forces were going to hunt down and shoot commies—which to Wiles apparently includes Black Lives Matter, antifa, and Right Wing Watch. During the impeachment of Trump in December 2019, he claimed to have been stockpiling ammunition to prepare for a “violent civil war” between the “pagan left” and “religious right.”
While the enemies in the minds of right-wing conspiracy theorists are many, the hate directed at government officials who oppose Trump, particularly those who are women or people of color, in right-wing networks is particularly noteworthy.
Josh Bernstein, a radical right-wing commentator with a penchant for calling for people to be executed, took to his YouTube channel earlier this month to call for Rep. Ilhan Omar to be charged with treason and executed. Omar has faced racist, xenophobic attacks from right-wing activists and the president himself as recently as September. Bernstein, who has said that Omar has earned every death threat she’s received, followed up on Trump’s attacks just days later.
“I believe that the FBI and the Department of Justice should charge Ilhan [Omar] with sedition, treason, marriage fraud, voter fraud, illegal campaign contributions, immigration fraud, and aiding and abetting our enemies,” Bernstein said, adding, “this bitch should be executed.”
Last year, Bernstein urged Trump to become a “dictator for patriotism” and claimed that members of the Trump administration watch his broadcasts.
He’s not the only one talking about killing opponents to his extreme right-wing world view or calling for civil war. Claiming his warnings about a globalist “New World Order” takeover were coming true, radical conspiracy theorist Alex Jones told his listeners of his “Infowars” conspiracy show in August to wage war against academics and “the establishment perverts and pedophiles that run it,” adding that “the best thing to do in a defensive way is kill as many of them as quickly as possible.” In February, radical right-wing conspiracy theorist Chris McDonald declared that government officials who testified in the impeachment hearing against President Donald Trump are traitors and are “lucky they’re not hanging from nooses,” and in June during the protests against racism, McDonald and fellow QAnon conspiracy theorist Mark Taylor claimed Black men were hanging themselves to start a civil war. “They’re trying to start a civil war in this country, a race war,” Taylor said.
Among those fear-mongering and calling for violence against Black Lives Matter and antifa—shorthand for anti-fascist activists—is John Guandolo, a disgraced former FBI agent turned right-wing conspiracy theorist. In June, Guandolo, who has made a new career out of peddling anti-Muslim law enforcement trainings, said, “we should round up the leaders and execute them for trying to revolt and overthrow the government. And if this doesn’t happen soon, we will lose this.”
Religious Right Calls for Civil War
Like right-wing conspiracy theorists, some religious-right activists and pastors see the 2020 election as a civil war coming to America and warn that Christians need to wake up. They paint the current political climate as a spiritual battle, and Trump’s opponents are frequently depicted as “demonic.” Such messages have been promoted through “The Jim Bakker Show,” influential pro-Trump Pentecostal-oriented media outfit Charisma, and networks of prominent dominionist “apostles” and “prophets.”
Rick Joyner has been warning for years that civil war is coming to the United States and that the country is headed toward martial law. In September, the right-wing pastor spoke to televangelist Jim Bakker on “The Jim Bakker Show,” where he told viewers that God had seeded the country with military veterans experienced in urban warfare, citing a “prophetic” dream.
“We’re in time for war. We need to recognize that. We need to mobilize. We need to get ready. I’m talking to law enforcement, talking to people. One of the things I saw in a dream I had related to our civil war was that militias would pop up like mushrooms. And it was God. These were good militias.” Joyner, who heads up Morningstar Ministries, said. “If God’s people don’t become a part of the militia movements, the good militias, the bad people will take them over.”
Who are “the bad people”? In September, Joyner pointed to Black Lives Matter, declaring that Christians must take a stand against the organization because it’s “the KKK of this time.” And during the impeachment inquiry, Bakker and Joyner agreed that efforts to impeach Trump were satanic and treasonous.
Bakker, himself, warned in August that if Trump is not reelected, “we’re gonna have a revolution” with right-wing Christians taking to the streets.
At the 2019 American Priority Festival and Conference, an annual pro-Trump conference held at Trump National Doral Miami resort held in October, calls for civil war were loud and clear. “I need you to know that 2020 is a civil war that will change the face of America forever,” Joshua Feuerstein, a former pastor turned evangelical internet personality, said on the same stage Don Trump Jr. would later speak on. “And it’s God, ladies and gentlemen, it’s God that calls the qualified, that qualifies those that are called, that are willing to step up in the moment that matters, that has greatness thrust upon them. And tonight, together here in this place to say that we are willing to fight, we may think ourselves insignificant, but that we will stand together in 2020, and we will win the war that will change the face of America.”
Earlier in the evening at the conference (known colloquially as AMPfest), televangelist Mark Burns called for war. “We’ve come to declare war!” he yelled, with attendees in the back of the ballroom echoing his call, shouting “War! War!” in response.
This summer, Frank Pavone, a Catholic priest who runs an advocacy group committed to abolishing access to abortion in the U.S., declared that the 2020 election “is a spiritual battle and no less than a civil war.” Pavone held advisory positions in Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, only resigning in July at the direction of Roman Catholic Church authorities.
These messages from Trump’s religious-right boosters have reached the president. Days after Congress launched its formal impeachment inquiry last September, megachurch pastor and ardent Trump supporter Robert Jeffress claimed on Fox News that “removing the president” would “cause a Civil War-like fracture in this nation from which this country will never heal.” Apparently viewing the segment was Trump, who tweeted Jeffress’ quote.
Far-Right Militant Groups: ‘Awaiting the Green Light’
When the militant group the Oath Keepers saw Trump’s tweet of Jeffress’ comments on Fox, they responded in turn. “This is the truth,” read a post from the group’s Twitter account. “We ARE on the verge of a HOT civil war. Like in 1859.”
The Oath Keepers, conceived as a group of “patriots,” law enforcement officers, and former military members who would defy orders they didn’t like in opposition to a deep state members saw as conspiring to declare martial law, have now sided with Trump and see their role as ensuring law and order. Other militia groups have done the same. Trump’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this sentiment; by forgoing a federal response, Trump has continued to receive the support of anti-government groups, while state and local governments have been left to issue piecemeal restrictions and face the ire of such groups.
It’s amid this violent rhetoric, fear-mongering about government overreach, and calls for civil war that militia groups and white supremacist organizations are feeling emboldened—and Trump’s language has given these groups tacit, if not explicit, approval.
In April, Trump sent off a series of tweets calling for states led by three Democratic governors, including Whitmer and Northam, to be liberated from supposedly draconian public health measures. “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” he tweeted, followed by “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!”
Michael German, a former FBI agent who infiltrated neo-Nazis in the 1990s, is not surprised the Michigan governor was targeted by these groups following Trump’s message.
“These are groups that are used to listening for dog whistle affirmation among the powerful, and so when they get that affirmation spoken out loud, indirectly, it takes on a completely different meaning,” said German, a fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty & National Security Program. “You know, something like ‘liberate Virginia‘ and ‘liberate Michigan‘ would be taken as ‘OK, this is a green light from the highest levels of our government. We should start planning.’”
In August, German published a report with the Brennan Center detailing the militia groups that have law enforcement and former military members, though “only a tiny percentage of law enforcement officials are likely to be active members of white supremacist groups.” An investigation in The Atlantic details these connections in the Oath Keepers, which recruited thousands of police, soldiers, and veterans.
As protests erupted in the days following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police, members of extreme right-wing movements followed Trump’s lead in identifying common enemies among police and far-right militants, demonizing Black Lives Matter, anarchists, and antifa.
“We’ve been through a lot of these protests, and [police] seem to have a less antagonistic and violent response when it’s far-right militants who are engaging in protest violence,” German said. “And I think that’s because the messaging that they’re receiving about who is the enemy of state, as the president is identifying these groups as the enemy of state and suggesting that there are friendlies among the far-right, white supremacist groups. That sends a pretty clear message both to the groups and to the police about who should be the target of their violence.”
“So when these groups feel like they have the authority granted by the state to engage in this kind of behavior, they’re more likely to do it,” German said. “These groups operate on margin where their violence is reinforcing state action and state violence often, right—that the groups that the far-right militant and white supremacist groups target are the same groups that law enforcement targets disproportionately.”
In August, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who considers himself a militia member, fatally shot two demonstrators and injured a third at a protest against the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Much has been said about how, minutes prior to the shooting, police thanked the group for their presence and offered Rittenhouse water.
Creating the Justification for Right-Wing Violence
After Trump’s Proud Boy comments at the presidential debate, the hate group took to the social media platform Telegram where they took the president’s words as a command. “Standing by sir,” Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio wrote.
Two days later, Tarrio told conspiracy theorist and failed congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine—who in June had urged conservatives to form militias while awaiting the “green light” to take back the streets—that his group had gained 2,000 to 3,000 new followers.
Violent rhetoric and civil war chatter among extremists is nothing new. But as we’ve approached the 2020 elections, the confluence of violent rhetoric among the extremists Right Wing Watch covers seems to have taken a frenzied pace, with different subgroups of the right-wing acting as an echo chamber, radicalizing each other and the president and vice versa. Trump, himself, has cultivated that echo chamber, creating a megaphone for his messaging.
Trump has refused to say whether he will step down peacefully should he lose the election. And since 2016, Trump and his team has pushed the narrative that Democrats and the deep state worked tirelessly to prevent him from becoming president in 2016 and, when they failed, conspired against him to prevent his reelection. By fear-mongering about voter fraud through mail-in voting and engaging with far-right conspiracy theories, Trump has insisted that any election he loses will have been fraudulent—creating justification for right-wing violence should he lose.


rightwingwatch--2020-10-21--Right Wing Round-Up: Rudy Can’t Fail

Right Wing Round-Up: Rudy Can’t Fail

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rightwingwatch--2020-10-21--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Look What the Devil Did


rightwingwatch--2020-10-21--Trump Administration Launches New Manifesto With Anti-Choice, Anti-Equality Regimes

On Thursday , Oct. 22 , less than two weeks before an election that could bring the Trump administration to a close , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar are scheduled to join Brazil , Egypt , Hungary , Indonesia , and Uganda in sponsoring a virtual ceremony to sign the “ Geneva Consensus Declaration , ” reports the Independent , which notes that , other than the U.S. , the sponsoring nations involved “ have strict laws on both abortion and same-sex or ban each entirely.
” The HHS announcement of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a coalition to achieve these four pillars : ( 1 ) better health for women , ( 2 ) the preservation of human life , ( 3 ) strengthening of family as the foundational unit of society , and ( 4 ) protecting every nation ’ s sovereignty in global politics.
” The event appears to be a culmination of Pompeo ’ s intensive efforts to build opposition to any international recognition of a right to reproductive choice—and his zeal to undermine international recognition of the rights of LGBTQ people while celebrating governmental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on gender , sexuality , and family .
Pompeo and Azar have been working for at least a year and a half to create a new international anti-choice and anti-equality coalition .
On Jan. 16 , in a closed-door meeting at Blair House , across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House , Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar addressed representatives of 35 countries , one in a series of meetings held since the previous May .
“ Together , we built a pro-life , pro-family , pro-sovereignty coalition that is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azar declared of the 2019 organizing efforts .
But , he added , “ our informal coalition needs to grow and be more active .
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On Thursday, Oct. 22, less than two weeks before an election that could bring the Trump administration to a close, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar are scheduled to join Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, and Uganda in sponsoring a virtual ceremony to sign the “Geneva Consensus Declaration,” reports the Independent, which notes that, other than the U.S., the sponsoring nations involved “have strict laws on both abortion and same-sex or ban each entirely.”
The HHS announcement of the event says the declaration “further strengthens a coalition to achieve these four pillars: (1) better health for women, (2) the preservation of human life, (3) strengthening of family as the foundational unit of society, and (4) protecting every nation’s sovereignty in global politics.”
The event appears to be a culmination of Pompeo’s intensive efforts to build opposition to any international recognition of a right to reproductive choice—and his zeal to undermine international recognition of the rights of LGBTQ people while celebrating governmental enforcement of “traditional” religious values on gender, sexuality, and family.
Pompeo and Azar have been working for at least a year and a half to create a new international anti-choice and anti-equality coalition. On Jan. 16, in a closed-door meeting at Blair House, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar addressed representatives of 35 countries, one in a series of meetings held since the previous May.
“Together, we built a pro-life, pro-family, pro-sovereignty coalition that is a force to be reckoned with,” Azar declared of the 2019 organizing efforts. But, he added, “our informal coalition needs to grow and be more active.”


rightwingwatch--2020-10-21--Mark Taylor Demonstrates Why It’s Impossible to Reason With Conspiracy Theorists

Last week , President Donald Trump retweeted a right-wing conspiracy theory that baselessly asserts that the United States never killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 and that former President Barack Obama and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden orchestrated a cover-up that involved paying Iran $ 152 billion and arranging an attack that killed 25 U.S. Navy SEALS .
Needless to say , this false claim is not sitting well with members of the SEAL team that carried out the Bin Laden raid , and William McRaven , the admiral who oversaw the raid , publicly endorsed Biden yesterday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crazy.
” But for QAnon conspiracy theorists like so-called “ firefighter prophet ” Mark Taylor , the fact that McRaven endorsed Biden is proof that the conspiracy theory is true .
“ The fact that he ’ s endorsing Biden should tell you what we are hearing about Barack Hussein Obama , Hillary Clinton , and Biden having Seal Team 6 assassinated is , in fact , true , ” Taylor said during his Tuesday night appearance on “ The MC Files ” program , hosted by fellow conspiracy theorist Chris McDonald .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ or the truth to come out.
” “ This is the guy who was in charge of the raid , ” Taylor continued .
“ He obviously doesn ’ t want something coming out .
That already tells me that this is the truth that is coming out right here , that it ’ s verifiable .
”

Last week, President Donald Trump retweeted a right-wing conspiracy theory that baselessly asserts that the United States never killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 and that former President Barack Obama and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden orchestrated a cover-up that involved paying Iran $152 billion and arranging an attack that killed 25 U.S. Navy SEALS.
Needless to say, this false claim is not sitting well with members of the SEAL team that carried out the Bin Laden raid, and William McRaven, the admiral who oversaw the raid, publicly endorsed Biden yesterday, decrying Trump’s assertion as “crazy.”
But for QAnon conspiracy theorists like so-called “firefighter prophet” Mark Taylor, the fact that McRaven endorsed Biden is proof that the conspiracy theory is true.
“The fact that he’s endorsing Biden should tell you what we are hearing about Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Biden having Seal Team 6 assassinated is, in fact, true,” Taylor said during his Tuesday night appearance on “The MC Files” program, hosted by fellow conspiracy theorist Chris McDonald. “He doesn’t want justice or the truth to come out.”
“This is the guy who was in charge of the raid,” Taylor continued. “He obviously doesn’t want something coming out. That already tells me that this is the truth that is coming out right here, that it’s verifiable.”


rightwingwatch--2020-10-21--Steve Hotze Issues an ‘Imprecatory Prayer’ That God Will ‘Destroy’ His Political Enemies Ahead of 20

Steve Hotze Issues an ‘Imprecatory Prayer’ That God Will ‘Destroy’ His Political Enemies Ahead of 2020 Election

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Steven Hotze appeared on Rick Scarborough ’ s “ Mixing Church & State God ’ s Way ” podcast Tuesday , where he encouraged listeners to pray for the upcoming election by asking God to literally “ destroy ” those who oppose Hotze ’ s radical right-wing Christian political agenda .
Hotze , a long time virulently anti-LGBTQ activist in Texas , urged conservative Christians to engage in “ imprecatory prayer , ” which is the practice of praying that God will unleash punishment upon those against whom the prayer is targeted .
Hotze said that when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ September for “ The Return , ” they prayed that God would “ intercede to stop and bind in the name of Jesus and through the power and blood of Christ to bind anarchy and communism and the ungodliness that ’ s going on in our country , and to give us a victory in the upcoming election.
” But Hotze noted that it ’ s equally important to pray against their political enemies .
“ I highly encourage you go to the Psalms and pray imprecatory prayers , ” he said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he causes them to be in confusion , he causes them to flee .
And we need to pray that those that are wicked and that want to destroy our nation and our Christian values , that God would work in their lives—first to cause them to turn to Christ—but those that refuse to turn to Christ , I want God to take his enemies and rid us of them and destroy them so they don ’ t destroy you and me and our wives , our spouses , our families , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friends , and our businesses .
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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Steven Hotze appeared on Rick Scarborough’s “Mixing Church & State God’s Way” podcast Tuesday, where he encouraged listeners to pray for the upcoming election by asking God to literally “destroy” those who oppose Hotze’s radical right-wing Christian political agenda.
Hotze, a long time virulently anti-LGBTQ activist in Texas, urged conservative Christians to engage in “imprecatory prayer,” which is the practice of praying that God will unleash punishment upon those against whom the prayer is targeted.
Hotze said that when Christians gathered on the National Mall in September for “The Return,” they prayed that God would “intercede to stop and bind in the name of Jesus and through the power and blood of Christ to bind anarchy and communism and the ungodliness that’s going on in our country, and to give us a victory in the upcoming election.”
But Hotze noted that it’s equally important to pray against their political enemies.
“I highly encourage you go to the Psalms and pray imprecatory prayers,” he said. “[God] troubles the wicked, he causes them to be in confusion, he causes them to flee. And we need to pray that those that are wicked and that want to destroy our nation and our Christian values, that God would work in their lives—first to cause them to turn to Christ—but those that refuse to turn to Christ, I want God to take his enemies and rid us of them and destroy them so they don’t destroy you and me and our wives, our spouses, our families, our children, our grandchildren, our friends, and our businesses.”


rightwingwatch--2020-10-22--Right Wing Round-Up: Trump’s Latest Train Wreck


rightwingwatch--2020-10-22--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: The Latest Sign of the End Times


rightwingwatch--2020-10-22--‘Prophet’ David Herzog Says Election Will Bring ‘Great Awakening’ or ‘Mass Persecution’

“ Prophet ” David Herzog , who participated in End Times author Jonathan Cahn ’ s recent “ The Return ” rally on the National Mall in Washington , D.C. , released an “ urgent word ” about the upcoming election this week .
In an email to supporters , Herzog said the outcome of the election will determine whether Christians in the U.S. experience “ a great awakening ” or “ mass persecution.
” We are now less than 2 weeks until the election .
This election is by far the most life altering election for America , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will determine the future of America and the church towards a great awakening with stadiums and parks filled or mass persecution and the church going underground .
It will affect everything from the future of freedom to simply attend Christian meetings , the legality of spreading the gospel freely , to the future of our children , the future of the unborn , the US position with Israel and so much more .
Not to mention the possibility of the greatest economy or the worst crash ever depending on the outcome of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the best or worst of times and God put the ball in our court as believers !
Herzog ’ s fear-mongering is part of a campaign by religious-right leaders to mobilize conservative Christians to vote by convincing them that Democrats and leftists are out to shut down churches and criminalize Christianity .
He encouraged people to pray and fast before Election Day , and to vote because “ your vote is a spiritual act permitting destruction or restraining the enemy ’ s plans.
” Herzog ’ s message linked to an 18-minute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ not political , ” but he told Christians that “ if you vote Democrat , you are literally helping kill the babies.
” “ This is the last moment in history that we can hold back the demonic Antichrist spirit around the world , ” Herzog said .
Herzog called public health restrictions on churches to slow the spread of COVID-19 a sign of worse persecution to come .
“ What the Democrats are talking about is dictatorship , ” Herzog claimed .
“ It ’ s not like during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re about to—we ’ re about to get , if we don ’ t get Trump as president , something really evil and wicked .
It ’ s the globalism , it ’ s the demonic one-world plan.
” Herzog told readers that their actions will influence the course of the End Times : The culture is rapidly changing and we need the next 4 years to allow God to use the church to spread the gospel , bring one more national awakening and shift the tide .
It ’ s now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ determines how fast end time events will speed up .
The enemy knows his time is short and the great harvest is at hand but If we obey God He can do another miracle !
Prophesy is always conditional as we must do our part .
That ’ s why we are already seeing churches forced to shut down , cities burning and pastors in America threatened with jail time for holding services and this is just a taste and forewarning if we don ’ t pray , fast and vote .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by mail , and urged people to pray against assassination attempts on President Donald Trump .
Herzog ’ s message linked to state-by-state voter guides produced by the Hispanic Action Network , which is run by POTUS Shield member Mark Gonzales .
Herzog also claimed that God chose to have “ Jewish judge ” Ruth Bader Ginsburg die on Rosh Hashanah as part of a grand divine plan to deal with the national sin of legal abortion .
God ’ s plan , he said , was to fill Ginsburg ’ s seat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Catholic , but she ’ s spirit filled , ” which he called “ a sign that God ’ s hearing our prayers of repentance and shifting that situation.
” He said that Trump ’ s announcement of Amy Coney Barrett ’ s nomination to the Supreme Court came as he was blowing the shofar horn—normally used in Jewish religious ceremonies—at “ The Return , ” which he called a sign from God that “ this thing is rigged in our favor .
”

“Prophet” David Herzog, who participated in End Times author Jonathan Cahn’s recent “The Return” rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., released an “urgent word” about the upcoming election this week. In an email to supporters, Herzog said the outcome of the election will determine whether Christians in the U.S. experience “a great awakening” or “mass persecution.”
Here’s an excerpt from Herzog’s email:
We are now less than 2 weeks until the election. This election is by far the most life altering election for America, the Church, Israel and the unborn and will determine the future of America and the church towards a great awakening with stadiums and parks filled or mass persecution and the church going underground. It will affect everything from the future of freedom to simply attend Christian meetings, the legality of spreading the gospel freely, to the future of our children, the future of the unborn, the US position with Israel and so much more. Not to mention the possibility of the greatest economy or the worst crash ever depending on the outcome of this election and our prayers. It can be the best or worst of times and God put the ball in our court as believers!
Herzog’s fear-mongering is part of a campaign by religious-right leaders to mobilize conservative Christians to vote by convincing them that Democrats and leftists are out to shut down churches and criminalize Christianity. He encouraged people to pray and fast before Election Day, and to vote because “your vote is a spiritual act permitting destruction or restraining the enemy’s plans.”
Herzog’s message linked to an 18-minute video in which Herzog said his message was “not political,” but he told Christians that “if you vote Democrat, you are literally helping kill the babies.”
“This is the last moment in history that we can hold back the demonic Antichrist spirit around the world,” Herzog said.
Herzog called public health restrictions on churches to slow the spread of COVID-19 a sign of worse persecution to come. “What the Democrats are talking about is dictatorship,” Herzog claimed. “It’s not like during the Obama years—that’s not what we’re about to—we’re about to get, if we don’t get Trump as president, something really evil and wicked. It’s the globalism, it’s the demonic one-world plan.”
Herzog told readers that their actions will influence the course of the End Times:
The culture is rapidly changing and we need the next 4 years to allow God to use the church to spread the gospel, bring one more national awakening and shift the tide. It’s now or never. What we do now determines how fast end time events will speed up. The enemy knows his time is short and the great harvest is at hand but If we obey God He can do another miracle! Prophesy is always conditional as we must do our part. That’s why we are already seeing churches forced to shut down, cities burning and pastors in America threatened with jail time for holding services and this is just a taste and forewarning if we don’t pray, fast and vote.
He also spread some conspiracy theories about voting by mail, and urged people to pray against assassination attempts on President Donald Trump.
Herzog’s message linked to state-by-state voter guides produced by the Hispanic Action Network, which is run by POTUS Shield member Mark Gonzales.
Herzog also claimed that God chose to have “Jewish judge” Ruth Bader Ginsburg die on Rosh Hashanah as part of a grand divine plan to deal with the national sin of legal abortion. God’s plan, he said, was to fill Ginsburg’s seat with “a born-again spiritual believer—she’s Catholic, but she’s spirit filled,” which he called “a sign that God’s hearing our prayers of repentance and shifting that situation.” He said that Trump’s announcement of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court came as he was blowing the shofar horn—normally used in Jewish religious ceremonies—at “The Return,” which he called a sign from God that “this thing is rigged in our favor.”


rightwingwatch--2020-10-22--Sean Feucht Says God ‘Ordained’ His DC Rally to Fall Day Before Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Vote

Right-wing musician-politician Sean Feucht , who is planning a “ worship protest ” on the National Mall in Washington , @ @ @ @ @ in Tuesday ’ s announcement that the Senate will vote on Amy Coney Barrett ’ @ @ @ @ @ Court Monday .
“ YOU CAN ’ T MAKE THIS STUFF UP , ” he @ @ @ @ @ Only God could have ordained # LetUsWorship on the National Mall the night before this @ @ @ @ @ SURELY ORDAINED THIS DAY !
!
!
His hand is all over it !
” @ @ @ @ @ Feucht ’ s mentor , dominionist Lou Engle , has declared that Barrett is anointed @ @ @ @ @ in America .
Feucht ’ s D.C. event is part of a tour of largely @ @ @ @ @ has been hosting across the country as COVID-19 infections spike .
Feucht started his political @ @ @ @ @ after the failure of his run for Congress earlier this year .

Right-wing musician-politician Sean Feucht, who is planning a “worship protest” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , Sunday, exulted in Tuesday’s announcement that the Senate will vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court Monday.
“YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP,” he posted on Twitter. “Only God could have ordained #LetUsWorship on the National Mall the night before this vote.”
“GOD HAS SURELY ORDAINED THIS DAY!!! His hand is all over it!” Feucht wrote on Facebook.
Feucht’s mentor, dominionist Lou Engle, has declared that Barrett is anointed by God to end abortion in America.
Feucht’s D.C. event is part of a tour of largely mask-less potential superspreader gatherings he has been hosting across the country as COVID-19 infections spike.
Feucht started his political mobilization group Hold the Line after the failure of his run for Congress earlier this year.


rightwingwatch--2020-10-22--‘Prophet’ Frank Amedia Asks God to ‘Surge’ Specific Republican Senate Candidates in Polls

Frank Amedia , the tsunami-stopping and ant-reviving pastor who founded the POTUS Shield prayer effort to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of President Donald Trump , released a video last Friday in which he claimed that God told him that he is going to shift the polls in key races heading into the election so that Republican candidates gain 5 points , while Democratic candidates lose 5 points .
During a Wednesday night service at his Touch Heaven Ministries in Canfield , Ohio , Amedia spent several minutes leading his congregation in prayer for a dozen specific Senate races around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservative Christians to get out and vote .
“ Father , you know how important it is for this country and this critical time to have a Senate that can be relied upon for some things , Father , that are conservative and for the things of God , ” he said .
“ We desperately need it , Lord.
” Among the Republican candidates whom Amedia asked God to give a “ surge ” in the polls were Sens .
Joni Ernst in Iowa , Thom Tillis in North Carolina , David @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arizona , Steve Daines in Montana , John Cornyn in Texas , Lindsey Graham in South Carolina , Dan Sullivan in Alaska , as well as challengers Tommy Tuberville in Alabama , John James in Michigan , Jason Lewis in Minnesota , and Roger Marshall in Kansas .
For good measure , Amedia also asked God to “ speak in the congressional districts across this land ” and “ to give us [ wins in ] 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 new congressional districts.
” “ Let it be something that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by surprise to show , Father , a mandate in Jesus ’ name , ” he asked .

Frank Amedia, the tsunami-stopping and ant-reviving pastor who founded the POTUS Shield prayer effort to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of President Donald Trump, released a video last Friday in which he claimed that God told him that he is going to shift the polls in key races heading into the election so that Republican candidates gain 5 points, while Democratic candidates lose 5 points.
During a Wednesday night service at his Touch Heaven Ministries in Canfield, Ohio, Amedia spent several minutes leading his congregation in prayer for a dozen specific Senate races around the country and asking God to motivate conservative Christians to get out and vote.
“Father, you know how important it is for this country and this critical time to have a Senate that can be relied upon for some things, Father, that are conservative and for the things of God,” he said. “We desperately need it, Lord.”
Among the Republican candidates whom Amedia asked God to give a “surge” in the polls were Sens. Joni Ernst in Iowa, Thom Tillis in North Carolina, David Perdue in Georgia, Martha McSally in Arizona, Steve Daines in Montana, John Cornyn in Texas, Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, Dan Sullivan in Alaska, as well as challengers Tommy Tuberville in Alabama, John James in Michigan, Jason Lewis in Minnesota, and Roger Marshall in Kansas.
For good measure, Amedia also asked God to “speak in the congressional districts across this land” and “to give us [wins in] 15, 16, 17, 18 new congressional districts.”
“Let it be something that sneaks up and catches all of those by surprise to show, Father, a mandate in Jesus’ name,” he asked.


rightwingwatch--2020-10-22--Hank Kunneman Claims Trump ‘Cried Out to God’ in the Hospital and Thereby Secured His Reelection

Right-wing pastor and self-proclaimed “ prophet ” Hank Kunneman appeared on Daystar Television Tuesday night , where he claimed to have received a prophetic dream in which he was sent to warn President Donald Trump that he would be pulled off the campaign trail to have “ an encounter with God ” that would secure his reelection .
“ I had a dream , ” Kunneman said .
“ I was in a room with the president , and he asked me to pray for him .
I said , ‘ Yes ’ .
He said , ‘ Now pray @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I prayed for him .
And he pulled me to his left ear—which is interesting , Marcus—it was his left ear because he wanted me , God wanted me to comfort him regarding the left .
And I said to him , ‘ President Trump , they ’ re going to pull you off of the campaign trail , you ’ re going to be pulled off for a short season .
Don ’ t worry about it , it ’ s for your safety .
But the second thing is there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . '
” Hezekiah was a biblical king who , in Isaiah 38 , upon finding himself upon the verge of death , called out to God to remind him of all the good things he did as king , prompting God to heal him and add 15 years to his life .
Kunneman says that when Trump was in the hospital after contracting COVID-19 , he too cried out to God , and God responded by securing not only Trump ’ s reelection , but by extending his hand “ over three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Mike Pence will be elected president in 2024 and again in 2028 .
“ President Trump said he talked to God more than you ever talked to him in that hospital , ” Kunneman said .
“ He cried out to God , and just like Hezekiah said , ‘ God , remember the good that I ’ ve done , ’ so did President Trump .
As a result , God extended what was a Hezekiah moment 15 years not only to the king but to the nation .
Because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , his calling out to God has extended God ’ s hand that ’ s going to extend over three elections .
”

Right-wing pastor and self-proclaimed “prophet” Hank Kunneman appeared on Daystar Television Tuesday night, where he claimed to have received a prophetic dream in which he was sent to warn President Donald Trump that he would be pulled off the campaign trail to have “an encounter with God” that would secure his reelection.
“I had a dream,” Kunneman said. “I was in a room with the president, and he asked me to pray for him. I said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Now pray the way that you pray.’ And I prayed for him. And he pulled me to his left ear—which is interesting, Marcus—it was his left ear because he wanted me, God wanted me to comfort him regarding the left. And I said to him, ‘President Trump, they’re going to pull you off of the campaign trail, you’re going to be pulled off for a short season. Don’t worry about it, it’s for your safety. But the second thing is there is coming a Hezekiah moment to your life.'”
Hezekiah was a biblical king who, in Isaiah 38, upon finding himself upon the verge of death, called out to God to remind him of all the good things he did as king, prompting God to heal him and add 15 years to his life.
Kunneman says that when Trump was in the hospital after contracting COVID-19, he too cried out to God, and God responded by securing not only Trump’s reelection, but by extending his hand “over three elections,” presumably meaning that Vice President Mike Pence will be elected president in 2024 and again in 2028.
“President Trump said he talked to God more than you ever talked to him in that hospital,” Kunneman said. “He cried out to God, and just like Hezekiah said, ‘God, remember the good that I’ve done,’ so did President Trump. As a result, God extended what was a Hezekiah moment 15 years not only to the king but to the nation. Because of what happened with President Trump just recently, his calling out to God has extended God’s hand that’s going to extend over three elections.”


rightwingwatch--2020-10-23--Right Wing Round-Up: How Not To Take Full Responsibility


rightwingwatch--2020-10-23--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Retribution Will Be Served


rightwingwatch--2020-10-23--Steve Bannon Tells Messianic Gun-Toting Conspiracy Theorists That the Left Wants to Steal Pennsylvan

Steve Bannon Tells Messianic Gun-Toting Conspiracy Theorists That the Left Wants to Steal Pennsylvania From Trump

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon made a virtual appearance earlier this month at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival in Pennsylvania , The Trace ’ s Champe Barton reported Thursday .
The Rod of Iron rally was organized by two sons of the late Sun Myung Moon , a messianic Korean religious leader who founded and bankrolled the right-wing Washington Times newspaper .
Bannon delivered a message seemingly meant to incite the several thousand attendees : “ What the left intends to do — and you ’ re seeing it in Pennsylvania right now , ” Bannon told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use social media , use the mainstream media to try to make sure Trump is not declared the winner that night.
” He said falsely that “ uncertifiable ” mail-in ballots would be used to “ steal the presidency ” away from Trump .
“ Look we ’ re going to win this thing , ” he said .
“ Pennsylvania is the key that picks the lock for a second Trump term.
” The group is continuing to promote Trump .
A group of South Korean and Japanese members of the Moons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Pennsylvania , about 25 miles south of Joe Biden ’ s hometown of Scranton—showed up outside an early-voting location in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday .
Researcher Erin Gallagher called attention to Rod of Iron ’ s Pennsylvania activities in a Twitter thread Friday .
Tom Dunkel profiled Rod of Iron Ministries and the affiliated Sanctuary Church for the Washington Post Magazine in 2018 , complete with photos of worshipers reverently carrying assault rifles .
Pastor Hyung Jin “ Sean ” Moon , who says the 9/11 attacks were a “ false flag , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the New Testament book of Revelation referring to the returning Christ ruling the Earth with “ a rod of iron ” was a reference to an AR-15 .
Pastor Sean ’ s sermon denounced the Democratic Party , George Soros , Hillary Clinton , and Pope Francis—who he called “ a socialist , communist devil.
” Shortly before the 2016 election , Pastor Sean ’ s brother Kook-Jin “ Justin ” Moon called Hillary Clinton the “ Fallen Eve ” and Donald Trump an “ Adam-type figure.
” In Dunkel ’ s story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , saying there are “ a lot of pedophiles in the Democratic Party ” and they “ realize that Trump is coming to get them .
Literally .
Round them up and put them in prison and execute them.
” Rod of Iron Ministries offers training to “ equip 2nd Amendment Christians with the tools and training that enable Patriots to grow closer to God while defending America ’ s founding principles.
” The two brothers happen to own a gun manufacturer .
According to the ministry ’ s website , Sean hosts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week offering “ spiritual guidance and political and social commentary from a biblical viewpoint.
” The website also includes a link to “ The Constitution of the United States of Cheon Il Guk.
” The preamble to the constitution explains that “ Cheon Il Guk , The Kingdom of God ( and/or Heaven ) , a sovereign and actual nation does not yet exist in this world , but is the long awaited culmination of the End of Time as prophesied in the Biblical Scripture.
” It continues : At the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a kingly and messianic role inherited from his father : Now as I , Hyung Jin Moon , take my rightful place as King of the Second Kingship of the Kingdom of God , Cheon Il Guk , as the Crowned Successor and Representative Body of the Cosmic True Parents of Heaven and Earth and full Inheritor of the Kingship of God , with all the authority endowed in me by my Father , Sun Myung Moon—The True Father , Messiah , Lord at the Second Advent and King of Kings , hereby @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Constitution of Cheon Il Guk , ” that shall NEVER be abridged or added-to , in their enumerations.
” The “ Constitution of the United States of Cheon Il Guk ” borrows the structure of the U.S. Constitution , adapting the Bill of Rights , before the inclusion of sections explaining the authority of the king and the first “ principle ” focused on maintaining a “ pure lineage ” of God : The Constitution of the United States of Cheon Il Guk We the People of the United States of Cheon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to form a more perfect Union , establish Justice , insure domestic tranquility , provide for the common defense , promote the general welfare , and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity , do ordain and establish in Heavenly Father ’ s name this Constitution for the United States of CIG .
The division of the sexes being ordained by God where man is the subject partner and woman is the object partner , congress shall pass no law that contradicts this divine edict .
Faithful marriage between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideal of God ’ s creation , the government of CIG will pass no law which interferes with or contradicts this Divine Law .
The fruit of faithful marriage being the conception of children , congress shall pass no law which permits the injury to all persons born or unborn .
Sexual abstinence before marriage being the ideal condition for newlyweds , congress shall pass no law supporting or giving aid to alternative life styles .

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon made a virtual appearance earlier this month at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival in Pennsylvania, The Trace’s Champe Barton reported Thursday. The Rod of Iron rally was organized by two sons of the late Sun Myung Moon, a messianic Korean religious leader who founded and bankrolled the right-wing Washington Times newspaper. Bannon delivered a message seemingly meant to incite the several thousand attendees:
“What the left intends to do — and you’re seeing it in Pennsylvania right now,” Bannon told the crowd. “Use the courts, use social media, use the mainstream media to try to make sure Trump is not declared the winner that night.” He said falsely that “uncertifiable” mail-in ballots would be used to “steal the presidency” away from Trump. “Look we’re going to win this thing,” he said. “Pennsylvania is the key that picks the lock for a second Trump term.”
The group is continuing to promote Trump. A group of South Korean and Japanese members of the Moons’ Rod of Iron Ministries—based in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, about 25 miles south of Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton—showed up outside an early-voting location in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday. Researcher Erin Gallagher called attention to Rod of Iron’s Pennsylvania activities in a Twitter thread Friday.
Tom Dunkel profiled Rod of Iron Ministries and the affiliated Sanctuary Church for the Washington Post Magazine in 2018, complete with photos of worshipers reverently carrying assault rifles. Pastor Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon, who says the 9/11 attacks were a “false flag,” had decided that a passage in the New Testament book of Revelation referring to the returning Christ ruling the Earth with “a rod of iron” was a reference to an AR-15. Pastor Sean’s sermon denounced the Democratic Party, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Pope Francis—who he called “a socialist, communist devil.”
Shortly before the 2016 election, Pastor Sean’s brother Kook-Jin “Justin” Moon called Hillary Clinton the “Fallen Eve” and Donald Trump an “Adam-type figure.” In Dunkel’s story, Justin sounds like a QAnon believer, saying there are “a lot of pedophiles in the Democratic Party” and they “realize that Trump is coming to get them. Literally. Round them up and put them in prison and execute them.”
Rod of Iron Ministries offers training to “equip 2nd Amendment Christians with the tools and training that enable Patriots to grow closer to God while defending America’s founding principles.” The two brothers happen to own a gun manufacturer.
According to the ministry’s website, Sean hosts a three-hour YouTube broadcast six days a week offering “spiritual guidance and political and social commentary from a biblical viewpoint.”
The website also includes a link to “The Constitution of the United States of Cheon Il Guk.”
The preamble to the constitution explains that “Cheon Il Guk, The Kingdom of God (and/or Heaven), a sovereign and actual nation does not yet exist in this world, but is the long awaited culmination of the End of Time as prophesied in the Biblical Scripture.” It continues:
This Constitution is not an ecclesiastical Constitution of a church or religious body, but is a Constitution for a real and sovereign, future nation, being the literal fruit of God’s Providence. All history longs and awaits this future Kingdom of God.
At the end of the preamble, Hyung Jin Moon asserts a kingly and messianic role inherited from his father:
Now as I, Hyung Jin Moon, take my rightful place as King of the Second Kingship of the Kingdom of God, Cheon Il Guk, as the Crowned Successor and Representative Body of the Cosmic True Parents of Heaven and Earth and full Inheritor of the Kingship of God, with all the authority endowed in me by my Father, Sun Myung Moon—The True Father, Messiah, Lord at the Second Advent and King of Kings, hereby declare the following Immutable and Unchangeable, “Constitution of Cheon Il Guk,” that shall NEVER be abridged or added-to, in their enumerations.”
The “Constitution of the United States of Cheon Il Guk” borrows the structure of the U.S. Constitution, adapting the Bill of Rights, before the inclusion of sections explaining the authority of the king and the first “principle” focused on maintaining a “pure lineage” of God:


rightwingwatch--2020-10-23--Josh Bernstein and Bill Deagle Are Ready to Wage Violent Civil War If Trump Loses

Radical right–wing commentator Josh Bernstein appeared on “ The NutriMedical Report ” Tuesday , where he and host Bill Deagle repeatedly vowed to wage a violent civil war and kill left-wing activists if they “ steal ” the election from President Donald Trump .
Given that Bernstein has repeatedly insisted that any Joe Biden win will be due only to “ massive voter fraud ” and therefore illegitimate , it seems as if he and Deagle are fully prepared to engage in violence unless Trump is reelected .
“ We have enemies within our country , ” Bernstein said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they hate our founding , they hate our principles .
And basically , these are the people that we fought in World War I and World War II .
These are Nazis that we had to kill in foreign lands .
They are now here .
They have now been born here , bred here , generation after generation , they have gotten more and more radical .
And unfortunately , we ’ re going to have to deal with them here physically in the street in this country.
” “ These scumbags @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he continued .
“ We now have the Nazi regime here in America , and they ’ re trying to kill us here , so we ’ re going to have to fight them , unfortunately , here in America .
And that ’ s why there ’ s going to be another civil war .
I don ’ t know when it ’ s going to happen .
But it ’ s almost guaranteed certain going to happen.
” “ There ’ s 23 million ex-military who are going to train young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So , we ’ re gon na have a massive internal army to take on [ China ] or the United Nations or anybody who thinks they ’ re gon na pull off this crap .
If they think they ’ re gon na take our guns , like Charlton Heston said , ‘ We ’ ll give you our guns back one bullet at a time . '
” Bernstein predicted that those living in “ suburban areas and rural areas ” will join forces and “ converge into the urban cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re going to have the guns , ” Bernstein said , “ and we ’ re going to do what we have to do to protect this country .
… They ’ re going to be ambushed .
They won ’ t even know what ’ s happening .
And trust me , people like me and many others behind the scenes will be coordinating things quietly in the background to make sure that it ’ s happening.
” “ If they steal this from Trump , there ’ s 65 plus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he added .
Deagle then piped up to note that “ there ’ s 93 million armed Americans and 23 million veterans ” with access to a vast array of weapons .
“ If you think out there , you moron Hollywood maniacs , that we ’ re going to be passive and just roll over like the Soviet Union or China , we ’ re gon na kill you so fast you won ’ t know you don ’ t have a frickin ’ pulse , ” Deagle said .
“ So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the end of your life .
I mean , no matter how smart and rich you think you are , you ’ re gon na die trying to pull off this kind of crap because we ’ re not gon na put up with it.
” “ The people we ’ re gon na target are going to be these left-wing groups out there , ” Bernstein replied .
“ Let me say this to the hard left Marxists out there , to the antifa , to the Black Lives Matter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them , to the Right Wing Watches , to all those people out there : We are ready , willing , and able to do what we have to do to protect this nation and to make sure that this country is never going to be a communist nation .
And if it ’ s an us versus them situation , trust me , it ’ s going to be them , not us .
”

Radical right–wing commentator Josh Bernstein appeared on “The NutriMedical Report” Tuesday, where he and host Bill Deagle repeatedly vowed to wage a violent civil war and kill left-wing activists if they “steal” the election from President Donald Trump.
Given that Bernstein has repeatedly insisted that any Joe Biden win will be due only to “massive voter fraud” and therefore illegitimate, it seems as if he and Deagle are fully prepared to engage in violence unless Trump is reelected.
“We have enemies within our country,” Bernstein said. “These people hate this country, they hate our founding, they hate our principles. And basically, these are the people that we fought in World War I and World War II. These are Nazis that we had to kill in foreign lands. They are now here. They have now been born here, bred here, generation after generation, they have gotten more and more radical. And unfortunately, we’re going to have to deal with them here physically in the street in this country.”
“These scumbags are here in this country,” he continued. “We now have the Nazi regime here in America, and they’re trying to kill us here, so we’re going to have to fight them, unfortunately, here in America. And that’s why there’s going to be another civil war. I don’t know when it’s going to happen. But it’s almost guaranteed certain going to happen.”
“There’s 23 million ex-military who are going to train young people,” Deagle responded. “So, we’re gonna have a massive internal army to take on [China] or the United Nations or anybody who thinks they’re gonna pull off this crap. If they think they’re gonna take our guns, like Charlton Heston said, ‘We’ll give you our guns back one bullet at a time.'”
Bernstein predicted that those living in “suburban areas and rural areas” will join forces and “converge into the urban cities” to wage war.
“We’re going to have the guns,” Bernstein said, “and we’re going to do what we have to do to protect this country. … They’re going to be ambushed. They won’t even know what’s happening. And trust me, people like me and many others behind the scenes will be coordinating things quietly in the background to make sure that it’s happening.”
“If they steal this from Trump, there’s 65 plus million Americans thirsting for revenge,” he added.
Deagle then piped up to note that “there’s 93 million armed Americans and 23 million veterans” with access to a vast array of weapons.
“If you think out there, you moron Hollywood maniacs, that we’re going to be passive and just roll over like the Soviet Union or China, we’re gonna kill you so fast you won’t know you don’t have a frickin’ pulse,” Deagle said. “So, you need to know that this is the end of your life. I mean, no matter how smart and rich you think you are, you’re gonna die trying to pull off this kind of crap because we’re not gonna put up with it.”
“The people we’re gonna target are going to be these left-wing groups out there,” Bernstein replied. “Let me say this to the hard left Marxists out there, to the antifa, to the Black Lives Matter, to the left-wing groups that are funding them, to the Right Wing Watches, to all those people out there: We are ready, willing, and able to do what we have to do to protect this nation and to make sure that this country is never going to be a communist nation. And if it’s an us versus them situation, trust me, it’s going to be them, not us.”