rightwingwatch--2020-08-20--Religious-Right Radio Hosts Say God Allowed Louie Gohmert to Get COVID-19 to Show the Effectiveness

Religious-Right Radio Hosts Say God Allowed Louie Gohmert to Get COVID-19 to Show the Effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine

On Tuesday ’ s episode of the American Pastors Network ’ s “ Stand In The Gap ” radio program , hosts Dave Kistler and Gary Dull asserted that God allowed Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas to get COVID-19 in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment .
Gohmert tested positive for the coronavirus in July and immediately began taking hydroxychloroquine , a controversial antimalarial drug touted by President Donald Trump and others as a panacea despite insistence by medical experts that it is ineffective and possibly dangerous when used for treating COVID-19 “ Why did the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Louie to get it ?
” Dull wondered .
“ The Lord allowed Louie to get it maybe to show people what truth looks like and how to deal with this COVID-19 .
And I think that truth be told , we are seeing that in the way Louie has responded to that and how God is working in his life and what he ’ s saying about it to the American public.
” “ I think your point Gary is one that ’ s well made , ” Kistler replied , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to him ?
I think maybe the Lord allowed that because the Lord knew that Louie was going to respond appropriately , correctly , truthfully , courageously , and he has certainly done all of those things .
I think he ’ s a shining example , not only of firm reliance on the God of Heaven , but also he ’ s a great example of common sense with respect to this drug that has been so maligned .
”

On Tuesday’s episode of the American Pastors Network’s “Stand In The Gap” radio program, hosts Dave Kistler and Gary Dull asserted that God allowed Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas to get COVID-19 in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment.
Gohmert tested positive for the coronavirus in July and immediately began taking hydroxychloroquine, a controversial antimalarial drug touted by President Donald Trump and others as a panacea despite insistence by medical experts that it is ineffective and possibly dangerous when used for treating COVID-19
“Why did the Lord cause, allow, or direct Louie to get it?” Dull wondered. “The Lord allowed Louie to get it maybe to show people what truth looks like and how to deal with this COVID-19. And I think that truth be told, we are seeing that in the way Louie has responded to that and how God is working in his life and what he’s saying about it to the American public.”
“I think your point Gary is one that’s well made,” Kistler replied, “Why would God allow that to happen to him? I think maybe the Lord allowed that because the Lord knew that Louie was going to respond appropriately, correctly, truthfully, courageously, and he has certainly done all of those things. I think he’s a shining example, not only of firm reliance on the God of Heaven, but also he’s a great example of common sense with respect to this drug that has been so maligned.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-21--Right Wing Round-Up: Steve Bannon’s Prophetic ‘Joke’

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rightwingwatch--2020-08-21--Alex Jones and DeAnna Lorraine Say Michelle Obama Is a Man and Bill Gates Is an Alien

Trump cultist , QAnon conspiracy theorist , and failed congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine served as an in-studio guest host on Infowars last night , where she and extremist right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones alleged that former First Lady Michelle Obama is a man and that Bill Gates is an alien .
Lorraine and Jones repeatedly referred to Michelle Obama as “ Big Mike ” as they suggested that she is really a man or possibly pretending to be a man as part of a “ psy op.
” “ Do I think she has a swinging you know what ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think she might .
I think she might , but it does look suspicious.
” “ There ’ s videos of her where she looks like she ’ s got a flaccid eight-inch rubber snake in her pants , ” Jones replied .
“ We ’ re talking like a foot-and-a-half long thing .
She ’ s adjusting it .
It ’ s flopping around .
It ’ s halfway to the knee .
And the word is , you know , she ’ s pitching , he ’ s catching.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ snake on her pants and all these things to mess with us because they run psy ops , ” Jones declared , and Lorraine agreed .
“ Wouldn ’ t that be the biggest psy op ever perpetuated to have a woman as the first lady but who is actually a man who is a transgender ?
” she said .
“ Wouldn ’ t that be the biggest psy op and everyone just believes it ?
Because they do stuff like that all the time , so I wouldn ’ t put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ program , Lorraine insisted that “ elites ” like Bill Gates “ seem like they have very manly looking wives , ” which prompted Jones to asset that Gates may be a woman , or possibly an alien .
“ These aliens , and I think that ’ s what they are—I don ’ t get into like flying saucers .
As a human , my first thing is that ’ s not a human , ” Jones said .
“ There ’ s something wrong with these people.
” “ There ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these people , ” Lorraine responded .
“ It ’ s from the inside out .
I think when they trade , they make a deal with Satan that we ’ re going to do some satanic work here on Earth—they ’ re exchanging their soul for it .
”

Trump cultist, QAnon conspiracy theorist, and failed congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine served as an in-studio guest host on Infowars last night, where she and extremist right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones alleged that former First Lady Michelle Obama is a man and that Bill Gates is an alien.
Lorraine and Jones repeatedly referred to Michelle Obama as “Big Mike” as they suggested that she is really a man or possibly pretending to be a man as part of a “psy op.”
“Do I think she has a swinging you know what?” Lorraine said. “Maybe. I think she might. I think she might, but it does look suspicious.”
“There’s videos of her where she looks like she’s got a flaccid eight-inch rubber snake in her pants,” Jones replied. “We’re talking like a foot-and-a-half long thing. She’s adjusting it. It’s flopping around. It’s halfway to the knee. And the word is, you know, she’s pitching, he’s catching.”
“She might have put a rubber snake on her pants and all these things to mess with us because they run psy ops,” Jones declared, and Lorraine agreed.
“Wouldn’t that be the biggest psy op ever perpetuated to have a woman as the first lady but who is actually a man who is a transgender?” she said. “Wouldn’t that be the biggest psy op and everyone just believes it? Because they do stuff like that all the time, so I wouldn’t put it past them.”
Later in the program, Lorraine insisted that “elites” like Bill Gates “seem like they have very manly looking wives,” which prompted Jones to asset that Gates may be a woman, or possibly an alien.
“These aliens, and I think that’s what they are—I don’t get into like flying saucers. As a human, my first thing is that’s not a human,” Jones said. “There’s something wrong with these people.”
“There’s something very, very wrong with these people,” Lorraine responded. “It’s from the inside out. I think when they trade, they make a deal with Satan that we’re going to do some satanic work here on Earth—they’re exchanging their soul for it.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-21--Steve Bannon Claims His Arrest Was a ‘Political Hit Job’

Former Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon claims his arrest Thursday morning was a “ total political hit job.
” Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he defrauded donors who gave money to We Build The Wall , an organization he led dedicated to the private building of President Donald Trump ’ s long-promised but undelivered wall along the U.S.-Mexico border .
Bannon pleaded not guilty and was released from prison on a $ 5 million bond Thursday afternoon .
Bannon appeared on Friday ’ s episode of  ” War Room Pandemic ,  ” a broadcast he co-hosts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus and Chinese politics with a U.S .
nationalistspin , and addressed his arrest at the top of the program .
“ I am not going to back down .
This is a political hit job , ” Bannon said .
“ Everybody knows I love a fight .
I was called ‘ honey badger ’ for many years .
You know , ‘ Honey badger doesn ’ t give.
’ So , I ’ m in this for the long haul .
I ’ m in this for the fight .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ This was to stop and intimidate people who want to talk about the wall .
This is to stop and intimidate people who have the president ’ s back on building the wall , ” Bannon said.
“ We ’ re never going to stop pushing the wall .
We ’ re never going to stop saying that you can ’ t stop this wall .
”

Former Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon claims his arrest Thursday morning was a “total political hit job.”
Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he defrauded donors who gave money to We Build The Wall, an organization he led dedicated to the private building of President Donald Trump’s long-promised but undelivered wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Bannon pleaded not guilty and was released from prison on a $5 million bond Thursday afternoon.
Bannon appeared on Friday’s episode of ”War Room Pandemic,” a broadcast he co-hosts out of D.C. dedicated to analyzing the coronavirus and Chinese politics with a U.S. nationalistspin, and addressed his arrest at the top of the program.
“I am not going to back down. This is a political hit job,” Bannon said. “Everybody knows I love a fight. I was called ‘honey badger’ for many years. You know, ‘Honey badger doesn’t give.’ So, I’m in this for the long haul. I’m in this for the fight. I’m going to continue to fight.”
“This was to stop and intimidate people who want to talk about the wall. This is to stop and intimidate people who have the president’s back on building the wall,” Bannon said.“We’re never going to stop pushing the wall. We’re never going to stop saying that you can’t stop this wall.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-21--Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick To Welcome Anti-LGBTQ Extremists and Other Far-Right Activists to Politic

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick To Welcome Anti-LGBTQ Extremists and Other Far-Right Activists to Political Pastors Conference

A group of hard-right religious-right leaders is hosting “ America at the Crossroads : A 911 Call for Pastors , ” which will be held at a resort near Dallas , Texas , at the end of the month .
The event page describes the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 gathering as “ three days of R & R , fellowship , food and training on Black Lives Matter , White Privilege , Critical Race Theory , Cultural Marxism , Covid-19 and the calls for Global Government !
” Guests will be welcomed by Texas Lt. Gov .
Dan Patrick .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organized by Liberty Pastors , which is led by the Oklahoma-based pastor Paul Blair , a right-wing nullification activist who urges state officials to ignore Supreme Court rulings like Roe v. Wade and Obergefell ,  the marriage equality ruling .
Blair promotes the Christian reconstructionist idea that the Bible does not give the government authority to care for the poor : “ There ’ s nowhere in the Bible where God commands the civil authority to use the sword to take from those who are working hard and then redistribute to those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s more from the event ’ s registration page , which describes the event as sold out : America is in peril !
We see rioting in the streets with showing no regard for life or personal property .
For the first time in America ’ s history , we intentionally collapsed our economy over a viral threat originating in Communist Red China .
Mayors and Governors are demanding that Churches and businesses close , while abortion clinics , liquor stores and big box stores are open .
People are gripped with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voice of Almighty God ?
The event shows the extent to which conservative evangelical support for President Donald Trump has further blurred distinctions between what might have once been considered “ mainstream ” and fringe religious-right groups .
Blair and his clergy colleague Dan Fisher , who is also scheduled to speak at this month ’ s conference , are both on the organizing committee of Gone 2 Far , an aggressively anti-LGBTQ coalition launched last year with a press conference that smeared advocates for LGBTQ equality , including the late civil rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scott Lively is scheduled to speak at the event , as are anti-equality religious-right legal advocate Mat Staver and Trump cheerleaders and megachurch pastors Robert Jeffress and Jack Hibbs .
Lively , author of “ The Pink Swastika , ” is among the most notorious anti-LGBTQ activists in the world .
Among his homophobic attacks are his claim that homosexuality is a worse sin “ by far ” than slavery and his assertion that he would rather be beheaded than forced by the government to wear a mask .
As Right Wing Watch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legislation in Uganda , Russia , and around the world .
Last year he helped launch an extreme anti-LGBTQ group with comments charging that the transgender movement is really about promoting the “ pedophilia agenda.
” In 2015 , he said homosexuality was worse than murder and genocide and warned that if the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality , it could lead to the rise of the Antichrist by the end of the year .
Lively recently told WND readers , “ Reelecting President Trump is not a political choice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American who loves the Holy Bible and the U.S. Constitution.
” Lively has also called for defiance of public health restrictions on churches , which he says are invalid because the church is a separate “ sovereign.
” Lively explained in an Aug. 10 WND column : Government attempts to regulate church attendance and worship practices violate not only the law of our land , the US Constitution , they violate the law above the law , and because of that every Christian pastor should individually be in open defiance of restrictive “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rebellion against the state and local governments issuing them .
While other churches and congregations might have acquiesced to the court ’ s illegitimate authority , I am not bound by their decisions , having newly established my own church totally independent of them .
I have not registered First Century Bible Church with the government and have no intention to do so .
As an Ambassador of the Church of Jesus Christ I do not recognize the authority of the Supreme Court — an arm of the state — to legislate from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retains authority to regulate the state in church/state matters , but not the church .
Scheduled “ America at the Crossroads ” speakers include the following individuals : • Bob McEwen is a former member of Congress who heads the Council for National Policy , an influential and secretive network of right-wing officials and activist leaders .
• E.W .
Jackson , right-wing pastor and radio host and Republican nominee for Lt. Gov .
in Virginia in 2013 , said earlier this year that he sees no substantive difference between American progressives and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jackson has warned that a “ homovirus ” is devastating the family and American society .
Jackson promised members of his congregation that God would prevent them from becoming infected with the COVID-19 virus and called Rep. Adam Schiff “ treasonous ” for suggesting a commission to examine the federal government ’ s response to the pandemic .
• Rafael Cruz , father of Sen. Ted Cruz and a religious-right activist , is an anti-LGBTQ zealot who has claimed falsely that the Supreme Court ’ s marriage equality ruling—which he charged was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men and a horse.
” Rafael Cruz had supported his son ’ s presidential bid by saying that God had raised Ted up and that electing him would spare America from divine judgment .
In 2016 , he said that President Barack Obama had been trying to take people ’ s guns away as part of a plan to install a communist dictatorship .
• Dan Fisher , who co-pastors Blair ’ s church , calls for “ bringing back the Black Robed Regiment , ” a reference to colonial-era pastors who mobilized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He served two terms in the state legislature before running unsuccessfully for governor in 2018 on a platform that including abolishing and criminalizing abortion and asserting state sovereignty to disobey “ wrong ” Supreme Court rulings .
He drew just under 8 percent of the vote in the Republican primary .
• Rick Scarborough called AIDS “ God ’ s judgment on a sinful generation ” and said that marriage equality is part of Satan ’ s effort to “ destroy this country.
” He falsely claimed that the Supreme Court ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unlawful and illegal for Christians to hold position ” in government ; years earlier he falsely claimed that the passage of the federal Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Act in 2009 would “ criminalize pastors and ordinary citizens who speak out biblically against homosexuality.
” At the 2013 Values Voter Summit , he warned that “ infidels ” in the Obama administration were “ hell-bent on silencing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
” His Recover America Now has abandoned its plans to hold 75 gatherings across Texas this year and , according to the group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into a partnership with the Jonathan Project to register and mobilize thousands of Christian Voters across America , targeting with special outreach Texas , Florida and North Carolina.
” The Jonathan Project is a voter identification , registration and mobilization effort .
RAN has hosted online calls with Jeffress , David Barton , Mat Staver , and others in an effort to maximize conservative Christian turnout this fall .
Scarborough hosts a podcast that describes separation of church and state as a “ myth .
”

A group of hard-right religious-right leaders is hosting “America at the Crossroads: A 911 Call for Pastors,” which will be held at a resort near Dallas, Texas, at the end of the month. The event page describes the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 gathering as “three days of R & R, fellowship, food and training on Black Lives Matter, White Privilege, Critical Race Theory, Cultural Marxism, Covid-19 and the calls for Global Government!” Guests will be welcomed by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
“America at the Crossroads” is being organized by Liberty Pastors, which is led by the Oklahoma-based pastor Paul Blair, a right-wing nullification activist who urges state officials to ignore Supreme Court rulings like Roe v. Wade and Obergefell, the marriage equality ruling. Blair promotes the Christian reconstructionist idea that the Bible does not give the government authority to care for the poor: “There’s nowhere in the Bible where God commands the civil authority to use the sword to take from those who are working hard and then redistribute to those that simply refuse to work.”
Here’s more from the event’s registration page, which describes the event as sold out:
America is in peril! We see rioting in the streets with showing no regard for life or personal property. For the first time in America’s history, we intentionally collapsed our economy over a viral threat originating in Communist Red China. Mayors and Governors are demanding that Churches and businesses close, while abortion clinics, liquor stores and big box stores are open. People are gripped with fear, yet where is the Prophetic voice of Almighty God?
The event shows the extent to which conservative evangelical support for President Donald Trump has further blurred distinctions between what might have once been considered “mainstream” and fringe religious-right groups.
Blair and his clergy colleague Dan Fisher, who is also scheduled to speak at this month’s conference, are both on the organizing committee of Gone 2 Far, an aggressively anti-LGBTQ coalition launched last year with a press conference that smeared advocates for LGBTQ equality, including the late civil rights icon John Lewis.
Notorious anti-LGBTQ extremist Scott Lively is scheduled to speak at the event, as are anti-equality religious-right legal advocate Mat Staver and Trump cheerleaders and megachurch pastors Robert Jeffress and Jack Hibbs.
Lively, author of “The Pink Swastika,” is among the most notorious anti-LGBTQ activists in the world. Among his homophobic attacks are his claim that homosexuality is a worse sin “by far” than slavery and his assertion that he would rather be beheaded than forced by the government to wear a mask. As Right Wing Watch noted recently:
He has supported anti-LGBTQ legislation in Uganda, Russia, and around the world. Last year he helped launch an extreme anti-LGBTQ group with comments charging that the transgender movement is really about promoting the “pedophilia agenda.” In 2015, he said homosexuality was worse than murder and genocide and warned that if the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, it could lead to the rise of the Antichrist by the end of the year.
Lively recently told WND readers, “Reelecting President Trump is not a political choice but an act of self-defense for every American who loves the Holy Bible and the U.S. Constitution.”
Lively has also called for defiance of public health restrictions on churches, which he says are invalid because the church is a separate “sovereign.” Lively explained in an Aug. 10 WND column:
Government attempts to regulate church attendance and worship practices violate not only the law of our land, the US Constitution, they violate the law above the law, and because of that every Christian pastor should individually be in open defiance of restrictive “mandates” and collectively in active civil rebellion against the state and local governments issuing them. … While other churches and congregations might have acquiesced to the court’s illegitimate authority, I am not bound by their decisions, having newly established my own church totally independent of them. I have not registered First Century Bible Church with the government and have no intention to do so. As an Ambassador of the Church of Jesus Christ I do not recognize the authority of the Supreme Court — an arm of the state — to legislate from the bench on church/state matters. It retains authority to regulate the state in church/state matters, but not the church.
Scheduled “America at the Crossroads” speakers include the following individuals:


rightwingwatch--2020-08-24--Right Wing Round-Up: The Man Without Principles


rightwingwatch--2020-08-24--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Flamethrowers and Explosives


rightwingwatch--2020-08-24--Family Research Council Wants Millions to Reelect Trump and Save America from a ‘Godless, Secularist

Family Research Council Wants Millions to Reelect Trump and Save America from a ‘Godless, Secularist, Leftist Future’

The anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council and its political action arm are seeking $ 10.7 million for a get-out-the-vote plan in eight battleground states to stop “ anti-biblical forces ” from achieving their goal to “ permanently transform America into a socialist , godless state , ” according to a direct-mail fundraising letter from FRC President Tony Perkins postmarked Aug. 18 .
Perkins declares the November 2020 election “ a make-or-break battle for America ’ s soul.
” “ And with the possibility of at least one or more Supreme Court vacancies in the near future , abortion restrictions loosening in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberty threatened like never before , and the debate over the natural family still raging , defeat is not an option , ” Perkins writes .
The letter describes a strategy for maximizing conservative evangelical voter turnout by mobilizing members of FRC ’ s pastors network and its 8,000 community impact teams .
It says it will use social media networks and some paid television advertisements to get out its message .
FRC says its ground game in North Carolina helped President Donald Trump win the state in 2016 by almost double Mitt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ special report ” included with the fundraising letter highlights the importance of future judicial nominations to “ defending pro-life policies , religious liberty , and the rule of law.
” The report warns of spending by marriage-equality and pro-choice advocates and , of course , “ anti-American socialist billionaire George Soros , ” the progressive philanthropist the right-wing loves to hate .
“ Against all odds , God has given America an unusual window of opportunity to restore much of what has been lost in recent decades , ” the report says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we have made amazing strides toward that goal , but this year we must defend those gains.
” FRC identifies its tier one states as Florida , North Carolina , Michigan and Ohio and its tier two states as Pennsylvania , Minnesota , Georgia , and Texas .

The anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council and its political action arm are seeking $10.7 million for a get-out-the-vote plan in eight battleground states to stop “anti-biblical forces” from achieving their goal to “permanently transform America into a socialist, godless state,” according to a direct-mail fundraising letter from FRC President Tony Perkins postmarked Aug. 18. Perkins declares the November 2020 election “a make-or-break battle for America’s soul.”
“And with the possibility of at least one or more Supreme Court vacancies in the near future, abortion restrictions loosening in states all across the nation, religious liberty threatened like never before, and the debate over the natural family still raging, defeat is not an option,” Perkins writes.
The letter describes a strategy for maximizing conservative evangelical voter turnout by mobilizing members of FRC’s pastors network and its 8,000 community impact teams. It says it will use social media networks and some paid television advertisements to get out its message. FRC says its ground game in North Carolina helped President Donald Trump win the state in 2016 by almost double Mitt Romney’s 2012 margin.
A “special report” included with the fundraising letter highlights the importance of future judicial nominations to “defending pro-life policies, religious liberty, and the rule of law.”
The report warns of spending by marriage-equality and pro-choice advocates and, of course, “anti-American socialist billionaire George Soros,” the progressive philanthropist the right-wing loves to hate.
“Against all odds, God has given America an unusual window of opportunity to restore much of what has been lost in recent decades,” the report says. “For the past four years, we have made amazing strides toward that goal, but this year we must defend those gains.”
FRC identifies its tier one states as Florida, North Carolina, Michigan and Ohio and its tier two states as Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Georgia, and Texas.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-24--The Wreckage Kellyanne Conway Left

The Wreckage Kellyanne Conway Left

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is leaving her position in President Donald Trump ’ s administration , citing a desire to spend more time with her family .
Her husband George Conway is also stepping away from the The Lincoln Project , the Republican anti-Trump political group he helped found .
“ This is completely my choice and my voice .
In time , I will announce future plans , ” Conway wrote in a statement published Sunday .
“ For now , and for my beloved children , it will be less drama , more mama.
” The announcement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remarks from the Conways ’ 15-year-old daughter , Claudia , stating that she was “ pushing for emancipation ” from her parents “ because of years of childhood trauma and abuse.
” The specifics of Claudia Conway ’ s allegations remain unclear , as does the extent to which those remarks influenced the Conways ’ decisions to leave their public-facing posts .
Prior to her latest public remarks , Claudia Conway had been publishing anti-Trump content on her own social media before her parents forced her to delete her social media accounts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign manager in 2016 during a shake-up that also put far-right Steve Bannon in the campaign ’ s CEO position .
On the campaign trail and in her later White House post , Conway has acted as an unapologetic spinmeister for the president and his most noxious qualities and egregious proposals .
From early on , Conway has made political hay claiming that the president and his family have faced unjust criticism and scrutiny while leading the country .
She often claims Trump is “ persecuted ” by the press and his critics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeking and obtaining the nation ’ s highest office , “ President Trump and his family has sacrificed mightily , ” Conway told Pat Robertson in 2017 .
She added that the responsibility of being president instilled “ a great deal of humility ” in Trump .
Her career with Trump has been defined by her insistence on “ alternative facts ” —a term she coined during a 2017 “ Meet the Press ” interview while defending former White House press secretary Sean Spicer ’ s blatant lies to reporters at White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ baselessly linked an incident in which Secret Service officers shot someone outside the White House to the prospect of Trump ’ s reelection .
She criticized states for re-opening businesses “ a little too quickly ” during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and claimed Trump could not be held responsible for a subsequent spike in cases , despite the fact that Trump urged states to re-open their economies and even threatened to force them to do so .
She defended the president ’ s use of the racist term “ kung flu ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ term .
Conway has also embodied some of Trump ’ s own viciousness .
She once threatened a breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner after that reporter mentioned her husband in an article , suggesting that the White House may decide to release details about the reporter ’ s personal life .
Conway defended the Trump administration ’ s policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border .
And last year , Conway questioned a reporter ’ s ethnicity after he asked about Trump ’ s racist comments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go back ” to their home countries .
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel found last year that Conway repeatedly violated the Hatch Act , which prohibts federal employees from engaging in political activities while on duty , “ by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media ” and recommended that she be fired .
In 2018 , OSC determined that Conway “ violated the Hatch Act during two separate television interviews in which she advocated for and against candidates in the 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Blah , blah , blah … Let me know when the jail sentence starts , ” Conway told a reporter who questioned her about her Hatch Act violations .
Conway is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention Wednesday .

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is leaving her position in President Donald Trump’s administration, citing a desire to spend more time with her family. Her husband George Conway is also stepping away from the The Lincoln Project, the Republican anti-Trump political group he helped found.
“This is completely my choice and my voice. In time, I will announce future plans,” Conway wrote in a statement published Sunday. “For now, and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama.”
The announcement comes in the wake of recent public remarks from the Conways’ 15-year-old daughter, Claudia, stating that she was “pushing for emancipation” from her parents “because of years of childhood trauma and abuse.” The specifics of Claudia Conway’s allegations remain unclear, as does the extent to which those remarks influenced the Conways’ decisions to leave their public-facing posts. Prior to her latest public remarks, Claudia Conway had been publishing anti-Trump content on her own social media before her parents forced her to delete her social media accounts.
Kellyanne Conway was named Trump’s campaign manager in 2016 during a shake-up that also put far-right Steve Bannon in the campaign’s CEO position. On the campaign trail and in her later White House post, Conway has acted as an unapologetic spinmeister for the president and his most noxious qualities and egregious proposals.
From early on, Conway has made political hay claiming that the president and his family have faced unjust criticism and scrutiny while leading the country. She often claims Trump is “persecuted” by the press and his critics in unfair and disproportionate ways. For seeking and obtaining the nation’s highest office, “President Trump and his family has sacrificed mightily,” Conway told Pat Robertson in 2017. She added that the responsibility of being president instilled “a great deal of humility” in Trump.
Her career with Trump has been defined by her insistence on “alternative facts”—a term she coined during a 2017 “Meet the Press” interview while defending former White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s blatant lies to reporters at White House press briefings.
In August, Conway baselessly linked an incident in which Secret Service officers shot someone outside the White House to the prospect of Trump’s reelection. She criticized states for re-opening businesses “a little too quickly” during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and claimed Trump could not be held responsible for a subsequent spike in cases, despite the fact that Trump urged states to re-open their economies and even threatened to force them to do so. She defended the president’s use of the racist term “kung flu” to describe the coronavirus after previously condemning the term.
Conway has also embodied some of Trump’s own viciousness. She once threatened a breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner after that reporter mentioned her husband in an article, suggesting that the White House may decide to release details about the reporter’s personal life. Conway defended the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. And last year, Conway questioned a reporter’s ethnicity after he asked about Trump’s racist comments that four minority Democratic congresswomen should “go back” to their home countries.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel found last year that Conway repeatedly violated the Hatch Act, which prohibts federal employees from engaging in political activities while on duty, “by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media” and recommended that she be fired. In 2018, OSC determined that Conway “violated the Hatch Act during two separate television interviews in which she advocated for and against candidates in the 2017 Alabama special election for U.S. Senate.”
“Blah, blah, blah … Let me know when the jail sentence starts,” Conway told a reporter who questioned her about her Hatch Act violations.
Conway is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention Wednesday.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-24--Patrick Wooden Declares That Kamala Harris Is ‘Trying to Turn America Into Sodom and Gomorrah’

Viciously anti-LGBTQ right-wing pastor Patrick Wooden used his sermon during last Sunday ’ s service to attack Sen. Kamala Harris for officiating a same-sex wedding when she served as California ’ s attorney general in 2013 .
Wooden is a preposterously vehement anti-gay activist who has claimed that gay men regularly shove objects such as cellphones , baseball bats , and animals up their anuses and has insisted that by the time gay men reach middle age , they “ have to wear a diaper or a butt plug just to be able to contain their bowels ” because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Wooden was outraged by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s decision to tap Harris to serve as his running mate and used his sermon to lash out at her .
“ These people have an agenda , ” Wooden thundered .
“ And one of the things is to get rid of the church , to have abortion on demand , the promotion of all things LGBTQ.
” Wooden , who is Black , then attacked Harris for her record as attorney general in California , calling her “ Ms .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ she took pride in locking up Black folk.
” Wooden then played a clip of Harris officiating a same-sex wedding , fuming that “ anybody who ’ s trying to turn America into Sodom and Gomorrah is not good for this nation , she ain ’ t good for the state , and she ain ’ t good for Black folk.
” “ That is who is supposed to deliver us ?
” he asked .
“ Are you crazy ?
” “ We need husbands and wives , we need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born male , women born female , ” Wooden preached .
“ We need real people .
”

Viciously anti-LGBTQ right-wing pastor Patrick Wooden used his sermon during last Sunday’s service to attack Sen. Kamala Harris for officiating a same-sex wedding when she served as California’s attorney general in 2013.
Wooden is a preposterously vehement anti-gay activist who has claimed that gay men regularly shove objects such as cellphones, baseball bats, and animals up their anuses and has insisted that by the time gay men reach middle age, they “have to wear a diaper or a butt plug just to be able to contain their bowels” because of “what happens to the male anus.”
Wooden was outraged by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s decision to tap Harris to serve as his running mate and used his sermon to lash out at her.
“These people have an agenda,” Wooden thundered. “And one of the things is to get rid of the church, to have abortion on demand, the promotion of all things LGBTQ.”
Wooden, who is Black, then attacked Harris for her record as attorney general in California, calling her “Ms. Lock Up A Brother” and declaring that “she took pride in locking up Black folk.”
Wooden then played a clip of Harris officiating a same-sex wedding, fuming that “anybody who’s trying to turn America into Sodom and Gomorrah is not good for this nation, she ain’t good for the state, and she ain’t good for Black folk.”
“That is who is supposed to deliver us?” he asked. “Are you crazy?”
“We need husbands and wives, we need fathers, we need mothers, men born male, women born female,” Wooden preached. “We need real people.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-24--Team Trump Turns Losing Candidate Into Right-Wing Media Star and RNC Speaker With Video Claiming ‘Bl

Team Trump Turns Losing Candidate Into Right-Wing Media Star and RNC Speaker With Video Claiming ‘Black Lives Don’t Matter to Democrats’

President Donald Trump , his 2020 campaign , and Republican political and media figures are championing Black Republican congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik , who has almost no chance of defeating Democratic opponent Rep. Kweisi Mfume in Maryland ’ s 7th Congressional District this year but has nevertheless been given a slot to speak at the Republican National Convention Monday .
Klacik took just 25 percent of the vote in the April special election to fill the seat left vacant in October when Baltimore ’ s Rep. Elijah Cummings died .
Klacik does not live in the district and and her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is she speaking at the Republican National Convention ?
Right-wing political operatives and right-wing media have joined forces to turn Klacik into a Republican sensation with a campaign video designed less to promote her congressional candidacy than to advance President Donald Trump ’ s reelection strategy .
Klacik made a bit of a splash last summer by filming and posting videos about trash and illegal dumping at a time when Trump was sparring with Cummings , who was leading investigations into members of the Trump administration as chair of the House Oversight and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a “ rodent-infested mess ” and retweeted Klacik ’ s video of blight .
After Cummings died , Klacik made a run for his seat. “ I was told Jesus Christ couldn ’ t win this district , ” Klacik told Sebastian Gorka in an Aug. 19 interview on his “ America First ” radio show .
“ It ’ s plus-26 Democratic district .
And I was like , ‘ Wow , I ’ m gon na give it a shot.
’ “ She lost to Mfume in the special election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ primary in June .
What has made Klacik into a right-wing star just in time for the Republican convention was a video produced this summer by Turning Point USA ’ s Benny Johnson , whom Klacik calls a “ genius.
” In the video , Klacik , in bright red dress and heels , strides around a run-down section of Baltimore while denouncing the city ’ s Democratic leaders .
But this isn ’ t a policy ad , it ’ s a Trumpian partisan tirade , with the video running under big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t matter to Democrats ” and ending with Klacik saying , “ Black people don ’ t have to vote Democrat.
” Klacik talked about Johnson ’ s role in the video on Gorka ’ s show .
She said it was Johnson ’ s idea to ask neighborhood residents if they supported defunding the police ; snippets of residents saying “ no ” made into the campaign video .
“ Benny Johnson ’ s now kind of famous in West Baltimore , ” she said .
Johnson got his start @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Glenn Beck ’ s The Blaze .
After a stint at BuzzFeed ended in a plagiarism scandal , he eventually landed at Tucker Carlson ’ s The Daily Caller before joining TPUSA last year .
In June , Johnson falsely reported that Mark and Patricia McCloskey , the St. Louis couple who aimed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters walking by their home , were Democrats ; in reality the gun-toting Mark McCloskey had donated $ 2,700 to Trump and other Republican causes in the 2016 election cycle .
The couple is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
TPUSA is a right-wing youth organizing group .
White nationalist organizers have encouraged their members to join TPUSA groups and turn them into hubs for organized hate and far-right activists have flocked to the group .
TPUSA has repeatedly pushed away chapter presidents , ambassadors , and activists whose far-right beliefs have received public attention .
TPUSA is led by Charlie Kirk , whose contempt for progressives and educational “ elites ” have won him admiration from Trump and his family .
Kirk is also closely aligned with Jerry Falwell Jr. and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s close ties with the Trump administration and family have paid off for Klacik ; President Trump retweeted the video on Aug. 18 and other members of Team Trump have shared on social media .
As the Baltimore Sun noted in an editorial last week , “ The video isn ’ t really for 7th District consumption … it ’ s meant for a national audience … Baltimore is made to play the role of Urban Horror and to scare people who have never been here … Ms. Klacik ’ s part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to at least blunt Black support for Democrats on behalf of Mr. Trump , who in 2016 won all of 8 percent of Black votes.
” Indeed , Klacik told Gorka that the Trump campaign ’ s Black Voices for Trump should “ descend ” into cities like Philadelphia and say , “ Hey , you know what , you don ’ t have to vote Democrat.
” Laura Ingraham had Klacik on her show during last week ’ s Democratic National Convention .
Klacik took the opportunity to mock Michelle Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ talked about how even she ’ s a victim being Black in America from her mansion in Martha ’ s Vineyard.
” Ingraham called Klacik ’ s video “ the best commercial I ’ ve seen in , uh , could be 10 years .
”

President Donald Trump, his 2020 campaign, and Republican political and media figures are championing Black Republican congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik, who has almost no chance of defeating Democratic opponent Rep. Kweisi Mfume in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District this year but has nevertheless been given a slot to speak at the Republican National Convention Monday.
Klacik took just 25 percent of the vote in the April special election to fill the seat left vacant in October when Baltimore’s Rep. Elijah Cummings died. Klacik does not live in the district and and her electoral prospects are unlikely, so why is she speaking at the Republican National Convention? Right-wing political operatives and right-wing media have joined forces to turn Klacik into a Republican sensation with a campaign video designed less to promote her congressional candidacy than to advance President Donald Trump’s reelection strategy.
Klacik made a bit of a splash last summer by filming and posting videos about trash and illegal dumping at a time when Trump was sparring with Cummings, who was leading investigations into members of the Trump administration as chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Trump trashed the city as a “rodent-infested mess” and retweeted Klacik’s video of blight. After Cummings died, Klacik made a run for his seat.
“I was told Jesus Christ couldn’t win this district,” Klacik told Sebastian Gorka in an Aug. 19 interview on his “America First” radio show. “It’s plus-26 Democratic district. And I was like, ‘Wow, I’m gonna give it a shot.’“ She lost to Mfume in the special election in April but easily won the Republican primary in June.
What has made Klacik into a right-wing star just in time for the Republican convention was a video produced this summer by Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson, whom Klacik calls a “genius.” In the video, Klacik, in bright red dress and heels, strides around a run-down section of Baltimore while denouncing the city’s Democratic leaders. But this isn’t a policy ad, it’s a Trumpian partisan tirade, with the video running under big block letters proclaiming, “Black lives don’t matter to Democrats” and ending with Klacik saying, “Black people don’t have to vote Democrat.”
Klacik talked about Johnson’s role in the video on Gorka’s show. She said it was Johnson’s idea to ask neighborhood residents if they supported defunding the police; snippets of residents saying “no” made into the campaign video. “Benny Johnson’s now kind of famous in West Baltimore,” she said.
Johnson got his start in right-wing media and politics at Breitbart and Glenn Beck’s The Blaze. After a stint at BuzzFeed ended in a plagiarism scandal, he eventually landed at Tucker Carlson’s The Daily Caller before joining TPUSA last year. In June, Johnson falsely reported that Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who aimed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters walking by their home, were Democrats; in reality the gun-toting Mark McCloskey had donated $2,700 to Trump and other Republican causes in the 2016 election cycle. The couple is scheduled to speak at the GOP convention.
TPUSA is a right-wing youth organizing group. White nationalist organizers have encouraged their members to join TPUSA groups and turn them into hubs for organized hate and far-right activists have flocked to the group. TPUSA has repeatedly pushed away chapter presidents, ambassadors, and activists whose far-right beliefs have received public attention.
TPUSA is led by Charlie Kirk, whose contempt for progressives and educational “elites” have won him admiration from Trump and his family. Kirk is also closely aligned with Jerry Falwell Jr. and other religious-right supporters of Trump. TPUSA’s close ties with the Trump administration and family have paid off for Klacik; President Trump retweeted the video on Aug. 18 and other members of Team Trump have shared on social media.
As the Baltimore Sun noted in an editorial last week, “The video isn’t really for 7th District consumption … it’s meant for a national audience … Baltimore is made to play the role of Urban Horror and to scare people who have never been here … Ms. Klacik’s part is to be a political stalking horse, to at least blunt Black support for Democrats on behalf of Mr. Trump, who in 2016 won all of 8 percent of Black votes.”
Indeed, Klacik told Gorka that the Trump campaign’s Black Voices for Trump should “descend” into cities like Philadelphia and say, “Hey, you know what, you don’t have to vote Democrat.”
Laura Ingraham had Klacik on her show during last week’s Democratic National Convention. Klacik took the opportunity to mock Michelle Obama’s speech, saying that Obama “talked about how even she’s a victim being Black in America from her mansion in Martha’s Vineyard.”
Ingraham called Klacik’s video “the best commercial I’ve seen in, uh, could be 10 years.”


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rightwingwatch--2020-08-27--Right-Wing Political Operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Target Black Voters With Robocalls, Disi

Right-Wing Political Operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Target Black Voters With Robocalls, Disinformation

Right-wing political operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl appear to have targeted Black voters in at least two states with robocalls chock full of disinformation in an apparent effort to dissuade Black voters from voting by mail .
Right Wing Watch received a tip from a New York reader Wednesday who had received the call .
The reader , who asked not to be named after reading about Burkman and Wohl ’ s smear campaigns , has used Google voicemail to forward her messages to her cell phone while she ’ s been working from home and was unsure if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New City , New York , or her office number of her law firm in Manhattan .
It is unclear how many voters in New York have received this call .
A Google search of the phone number used in the robocall— ( 703 ) 795-5364—brings up John Burkman and the address of the Burkman ’ s lobbying firm .
It appears at least one other person reported the call as a robocall Wednesday .
On Thursday , Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson reported that her office had heard from Detroit citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Benson said that her office “ will use every tool at our disposal to dispel this & other false rhetoric & seek justice on behalf of every voter who was targeted & harmed by this vicious attempt at voter suppression ” and asked that Michiganders report similar false info to [ email protected ] .
The robocall begins with a woman introducing herself as Tamika Taylor from Project 1599 .
Taylor suggests that police will use information from mail-in voting to track down voters , that credit card companies will collect outstanding debts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CDC will use the information to administer mandatory vaccines .
Here is the robocall in full : Hi , this is Tamika Taylor from Project 1599 , the civil rights organization founded by Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl .
Mail-in voting sounds great , but did you know that if you vote by mail , your personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debts ?
The CDC is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting to track people for mandatory vaccines .
Don ’ t be finessed into giving your private information to the man , stay home safe and beware of vote by mail .
The call pulls on long-standing fears among some in the Black community about police surveillance—as seen during the civil rights movement and with current surveillance of Black Lives Matter activists by the FBI—and medical care—as seen in the eugenics movement of the 20th century , in which the government forcefully sterilized women of color , and the Tuskegee experiment , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had contracted syphilis and let them die without providing them or their families with readily available treatment .
Wohl and Burkman have long peddled conspiracy theories and false information , often targeting opponents of President Donald Trump .
Their smear campaigns have targeted Anthony Fauci , Elizabeth Warren , and Robert Mueller .
In May , the duo said they had created a fund , supposedly seeded with $ 25,000 , to pay the legal defense fees of Derek Chauvin , the white police officer who killed George Floyd , a Black man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minneapolis and cities around the country .
“ This is an unfortunate but perfect example of just how low people will go to undermine this election , ” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a press release Thursday .
“ This robocall is fraught with scare tactics designed to intimidate Black voters – and we are already working hard to find the bad actors behind this effort.
” The Daily Beast ’ s Will Sommer reported that the duo claimed that they were not involved with the robocall , but the two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once “ in an apparently failed effort to offer a cash reward for proof of Joe Biden saying a racial slur.
” Right Wing Watch has reached out to Wohl for comment .
There was no response by the time of publication .
This article has been updated to reflect the address that appeared in the Google search of the robocall phone number was that of Burkman ’ s lobbying firm , not the 1599 Project .

Right-wing political operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl appear to have targeted Black voters in at least two states with robocalls chock full of disinformation in an apparent effort to dissuade Black voters from voting by mail.
Right Wing Watch received a tip from a New York reader Wednesday who had received the call. The reader, who asked not to be named after reading about Burkman and Wohl’s smear campaigns, has used Google voicemail to forward her messages to her cell phone while she’s been working from home and was unsure if the robocall went to her landline in New City, New York, or her office number of her law firm in Manhattan. It is unclear how many voters in New York have received this call. A Google search of the phone number used in the robocall—(703) 795-5364—brings up John Burkman and the address of the Burkman’s lobbying firm. It appears at least one other person reported the call as a robocall Wednesday.
On Thursday, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson reported that her office had heard from Detroit citizens who had received the same call. Benson said that her office “will use every tool at our disposal to dispel this & other false rhetoric & seek justice on behalf of every voter who was targeted & harmed by this vicious attempt at voter suppression” and asked that Michiganders report similar false info to [email protected].
The robocall begins with a woman introducing herself as Tamika Taylor from Project 1599. Taylor suggests that police will use information from mail-in voting to track down voters, that credit card companies will collect outstanding debts with the information provided, and that the CDC will use the information to administer mandatory vaccines. Here is the robocall in full:
Hi, this is Tamika Taylor from Project 1599, the civil rights organization founded by Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl. Mail-in voting sounds great, but did you know that if you vote by mail, your personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debts? The CDC is even pushing to use records for mail-in voting to track people for mandatory vaccines. Don’t be finessed into giving your private information to the man, stay home safe and beware of vote by mail.
The call pulls on long-standing fears among some in the Black community about police surveillance—as seen during the civil rights movement and with current surveillance of Black Lives Matter activists by the FBI—and medical care—as seen in the eugenics movement of the 20th century, in which the government forcefully sterilized women of color, and the Tuskegee experiment, in which the CDC studied Black men who had contracted syphilis and let them die without providing them or their families with readily available treatment.
My office has received a recording of a robocall targeting Detroit voters using racially-charged stereotypes and false information to deter voting by mail. It is an unconscionable, indefensible, blatant attempt to lie to citizens about their right to vote. https://t.co/lgNEh8mtvf — Jocelyn Benson (@JocelynBenson) August 27, 2020
Wohl and Burkman have long peddled conspiracy theories and false information, often targeting opponents of President Donald Trump. Their smear campaigns have targeted Anthony Fauci, Elizabeth Warren, and Robert Mueller. In May, the duo said they had created a fund, supposedly seeded with $25,000, to pay the legal defense fees of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who killed George Floyd, a Black man whose death has set off protests in Minneapolis and cities around the country.
“This is an unfortunate but perfect example of just how low people will go to undermine this election,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a press release Thursday. “This robocall is fraught with scare tactics designed to intimidate Black voters – and we are already working hard to find the bad actors behind this effort.”
The Daily Beast’s Will Sommer reported that the duo claimed that they were not involved with the robocall, but the two have used robocalls in the past, once “in an apparently failed effort to offer a cash reward for proof of Joe Biden saying a racial slur.”
Right Wing Watch has reached out to Wohl for comment. There was no response by the time of publication.
This article has been updated to reflect the address that appeared in the Google search of the robocall phone number was that of Burkman’s lobbying firm, not the 1599 Project.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-27--John Zmirak Says Voting for Biden Is a ‘Serious Sin’ Akin to Murder

Right-wing commentator John Zmirak appeared on Eric Metaxas ’ radio show Monday , where he declared that it is a “ serious sin ” akin to murder for anyone to vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris .
Zmirak , who serves as senior editor of The Stream—a religious-right website founded by right-wing pastor and key Trump spiritual adviser James Robison—paraphrased the words of Jesus , as quoted in the Book of Matthew , declaring that it is “ better to cut off your hand than use it to vote for Biden.
” “ While in past years there might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Republicans and the Democrats , this year the Democrats ’ program and Biden as a candidate are so clearly and explicitly evil that it is actually grave occasion , a serious sin , to vote for them , ” Zmirak said .
“ I put it up there as intrinsically evil , like adultery , murder , blasphemy.
” Zmirak added that those who vote for Biden and the Democrats while being unaware of their fundamental evil will nevertheless be held accountable on Judgment Day .
“ That speaks to their culpability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ If you shoot something in the forest and you think it ’ s a deer and it turns out to be a high school teacher , if you didn ’ t intend it and weren ’ t negligent , maybe you ’ re not culpable but the teacher is still dead .
America will still die if we elect this Disney animatronic dead president whose battery is dying [ and ] who will be replaced by the most ruthless , power hungry opportunist , radical leftist Kamala Harris .
”

Right-wing commentator John Zmirak appeared on Eric Metaxas’ radio show Monday, where he declared that it is a “serious sin” akin to murder for anyone to vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Zmirak, who serves as senior editor of The Stream—a religious-right website founded by right-wing pastor and key Trump spiritual adviser James Robison—paraphrased the words of Jesus, as quoted in the Book of Matthew, declaring that it is “better to cut off your hand than use it to vote for Biden.”
“While in past years there might have been some shades of grey between the Republicans and the Democrats, this year the Democrats’ program and Biden as a candidate are so clearly and explicitly evil that it is actually grave occasion, a serious sin, to vote for them,” Zmirak said. “I put it up there as intrinsically evil, like adultery, murder, blasphemy.”
Zmirak added that those who vote for Biden and the Democrats while being unaware of their fundamental evil will nevertheless be held accountable on Judgment Day.
“That speaks to their culpability on Judgment Day,” he said. “If you shoot something in the forest and you think it’s a deer and it turns out to be a high school teacher, if you didn’t intend it and weren’t negligent, maybe you’re not culpable but the teacher is still dead. America will still die if we elect this Disney animatronic dead president whose battery is dying [and] who will be replaced by the most ruthless, power hungry opportunist, radical leftist Kamala Harris.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-26--Right Wing Round-Up: Top Down

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rightwingwatch--2020-08-26--Gay Gaslighter Rick Grenell’s Dishonest Attack on Joe Biden and Absurd Claim About ‘Pro-Gay’ Trump

Richard Grenell , the former U.S. ambassador to Germany and former acting director of national intelligence , is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night .
The Log Cabin Republicans recently promoted a video with Grenell attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden ’ s record and claiming that Donald Trump is “ the most pro-gay president in American history ” —an “ absurd claim ” that earned four Pinocchios from the Washington Post ’ s fact-checker .
In a nice bit of timing , Grenell ’ s video appeared at about the same time the U.S. Agency for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LGBTQ people from a policy on gender equality and women ’ s empowerment , the latest in a long list of Trump administration moves to reverse Obama-era policies protecting the rights of LGBTQ people .
In the video , Grenell cites decades-old statements by Biden to portray him as hostile to equality—when in fact , Biden played a crucial role in advancing support for marriage equality within the Obama administration and the Democratic Party .
“ President Trump has done more to advance the rights of gays and lesbians in three years than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Washington , ” Grenell says , offering almost no evidence beyond his own appointment to high-level positions .
Grenell does tout one of the projects he undertook as ambassador .
“ President Trump began a historic campaign to decriminalize homosexuality around the world , ” Grenell claimed .
In reality , Grenell himself announced that “ campaign ” in February 2019 , and a day after he announced it , Trump appeared not to have even heard about it .
“ Also unclear was whether the decriminalization effort was , in fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times reported at the time .
“ A State Department spokesman in Washington , Robert Palladino , queried after the NBC report on the effort was broadcast , said : ‘ This really is not a big policy departure .
This is longstanding and it ’ s bipartisan.
’ ” Grenell did host some activist gatherings in Germany and a December 2019 event at the United Nations , and Trump did include a line about decriminalization in a United Nations speech .
But the thrust of administration ’ s foreign policy initiatives has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of protecting or promoting LGBTQ equality .
In February 2020 , when Grenell took his job as acting director of national intelligence , NBC suggested that the campaign had little to show for it , and the Human Rights Campaign said it had seen “ no meaningful efforts by this administration to decriminalize homosexuality around the world.
” HRC spokesperson Charlotte Clymer called it “ another case of the Trump-Pence White House making promises to LGBTQ people , even while they enable discrimination and violence against us at home and abroad.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dorf calls the campaign a “ sham.
” But in his Log Cabin video , Grenell asks , “ Why did Biden fail to make this a priority in his more than 40 years in Washington ?
” The question itself is a breathtakingly dishonest insinuation .
In fact , the Obama-Biden administration elevated the protection of LGBTQ human rights , making it an unprecedented priority in U.S. foreign policy , something that so outraged religious-right leaders that they embraced Russia ’ s anti-gay and anti-democratic strongman Vladimir Putin as the savior of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the election of Trump would mean an end to LGBTQ equality playing a major role in U.S. foreign policy .
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar spent last year fomenting backlash to Obama-era policies and United Nations initiatives in favor of mobilizing a new “ pro-family ” coalition of nations and arguing for the supremacy of “ traditional ” religious and cultural views .
The administration has embraced anti-equality regimes in Brazil , Hungary , and Poland .
In parallel , Pompeo ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ platform for conservative academics to provide justification for his desire to resist human rights “ inflation ” and elevate religious liberty above other human rights commitments .
And Pompeo has opened doors in other countries so that anti-LGBTQ Bible study leader Ralph Drollinger could recruit high-level officials to join his “ ministry , ” which teaches that the Bible requires public officials to support right-wing policies on sexuality and family as well as economic , environmental , and criminal justice issues .
In his video , Grenell disingenuously suggests that the Trump administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something to do with that regime ’ s hostility toward gay people .
It ’ s not the first time that anti-Muslim sentiment has been used by right-wing politicians to gain gay support .
During the 2016 Republican National Convention , Milo Yiannopoulos and anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller hosted a “ Gays for Trump ” party whose featured speaker was a Dutch politician who said Islam has “ no place in a free society.
” The misleading video ends with Grenell saying , “ Gay people don ’ t have to vote Democrat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ USA ’ s Benny Johnson may be behind the video .
Johnson ’ s video for Democrat-bashing congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik , aso an RNC speaker , ended with , “ Black people don ’ t have to vote Democrat .
”

Richard Grenell, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany and former acting director of national intelligence, is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night. The Log Cabin Republicans recently promoted a video with Grenell attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s record and claiming that Donald Trump is “the most pro-gay president in American history”—an “absurd claim” that earned four Pinocchios from the Washington Post’s fact-checker.
In a nice bit of timing, Grenell’s video appeared at about the same time the U.S. Agency for International Development was caught purging references to LGBTQ people from a policy on gender equality and women’s empowerment, the latest in a long list of Trump administration moves to reverse Obama-era policies protecting the rights of LGBTQ people.
In the video, Grenell cites decades-old statements by Biden to portray him as hostile to equality—when in fact, Biden played a crucial role in advancing support for marriage equality within the Obama administration and the Democratic Party.
“President Trump has done more to advance the rights of gays and lesbians in three years than Joe Biden did in 40 plus years in Washington,” Grenell says, offering almost no evidence beyond his own appointment to high-level positions.
Grenell does tout one of the projects he undertook as ambassador. “President Trump began a historic campaign to decriminalize homosexuality around the world,” Grenell claimed. In reality, Grenell himself announced that “campaign” in February 2019, and a day after he announced it, Trump appeared not to have even heard about it.
“Also unclear was whether the decriminalization effort was, in fact, new,” the New York Times reported at the time. “A State Department spokesman in Washington, Robert Palladino, queried after the NBC report on the effort was broadcast, said: ‘This really is not a big policy departure. This is longstanding and it’s bipartisan.’”
Grenell did host some activist gatherings in Germany and a December 2019 event at the United Nations, and Trump did include a line about decriminalization in a United Nations speech. But the thrust of administration’s foreign policy initiatives has been headed strongly in the opposite direction of protecting or promoting LGBTQ equality.
In February 2020, when Grenell took his job as acting director of national intelligence, NBC suggested that the campaign had little to show for it, and the Human Rights Campaign said it had seen “no meaningful efforts by this administration to decriminalize homosexuality around the world.” HRC spokesperson Charlotte Clymer called it “another case of the Trump-Pence White House making promises to LGBTQ people, even while they enable discrimination and violence against us at home and abroad.” The Council for Global Equality’s Julie Dorf calls the campaign a “sham.”
But in his Log Cabin video, Grenell asks, “Why did Biden fail to make this a priority in his more than 40 years in Washington?”
The question itself is a breathtakingly dishonest insinuation. In fact, the Obama-Biden administration elevated the protection of LGBTQ human rights, making it an unprecedented priority in U.S. foreign policy, something that so outraged religious-right leaders that they embraced Russia’s anti-gay and anti-democratic strongman Vladimir Putin as the savior of Western civilization. Religious-right leaders were thrilled that the election of Trump would mean an end to LGBTQ equality playing a major role in U.S. foreign policy.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar spent last year fomenting backlash to Obama-era policies and United Nations initiatives in favor of mobilizing a new “pro-family” coalition of nations and arguing for the supremacy of “traditional” religious and cultural views. The administration has embraced anti-equality regimes in Brazil, Hungary, and Poland.
In parallel, Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights created a platform for conservative academics to provide justification for his desire to resist human rights “inflation” and elevate religious liberty above other human rights commitments.
And Pompeo has opened doors in other countries so that anti-LGBTQ Bible study leader Ralph Drollinger could recruit high-level officials to join his “ministry,” which teaches that the Bible requires public officials to support right-wing policies on sexuality and family as well as economic, environmental, and criminal justice issues.
In his video, Grenell disingenuously suggests that the Trump administration’s foreign policy toward Iran had something to do with that regime’s hostility toward gay people. It’s not the first time that anti-Muslim sentiment has been used by right-wing politicians to gain gay support. During the 2016 Republican National Convention, Milo Yiannopoulos and anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller hosted a “Gays for Trump” party whose featured speaker was a Dutch politician who said Islam has “no place in a free society.”
The misleading video ends with Grenell saying, “Gay people don’t have to vote Democrat,” a sign that Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson may be behind the video. Johnson’s video for Democrat-bashing congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik, aso an RNC speaker, ended with, “Black people don’t have to vote Democrat.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-26--Kenneth Copeland Says Anyone Who Doesn’t Vote for Trump Is ‘Guilty of Murder’

Multimillionaire prosperity gospel preacher and Trump evangelical adviser Kenneth Copeland appeared on Charisma Magazine founder and CEO Stephen Strang ’ s “ God , Trump , and the 2020 Election ” podcast Monday , where he declared that anyone who fails to vote for President Donald Trump in November is “ guilty of murder.
” Strang , author of multiple pro-Trump books , kicked things off by criticizing Christians who refuse to support Trump at a time when churches are supposedly being persecuted by “ ungodly ” people for violating guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic to take away our freedoms , which I think is one of the most important reasons to vote for Donald Trump because he has been a strong defender of religious freedom and of churches and of Christians , ” Strang said .
“ He ’ s been a great friend of Christians , yet some Christians nitpick and say he ’ s not a nice guy and they shouldn ’ t vote for him , but the alternative is socialism.
” “ It really is socialism , and I never thought I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ socialist of any major party run for president , yet that ’ s what we ’ re dealing with this year , ” Strang continued .
“ A lot of Christians aren ’ t registered to vote .
We ’ re afraid that a lot of Christians will stay home instead of vote .
Why do you think there ’ s such apathy in the body of Christ ?
” “ Lack of knowledge , ” Copeland replied .
“ Any Christian who stays at home and doesn ’ t vote is guilty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for someone knowing that they push for abortion and to kill a baby anytime they want to kill it , they ’ re just as guilty as the doctor that performed the abortion .
There ’ s no way around .
”

Multimillionaire prosperity gospel preacher and Trump evangelical adviser Kenneth Copeland appeared on Charisma Magazine founder and CEO Stephen Strang’s “God, Trump, and the 2020 Election” podcast Monday, where he declared that anyone who fails to vote for President Donald Trump in November is “guilty of murder.”
Strang, author of multiple pro-Trump books, kicked things off by criticizing Christians who refuse to support Trump at a time when churches are supposedly being persecuted by “ungodly” people for violating guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
“They’ve used this pandemic to take away our freedoms, which I think is one of the most important reasons to vote for Donald Trump because he has been a strong defender of religious freedom and of churches and of Christians,” Strang said. “He’s been a great friend of Christians, yet some Christians nitpick and say he’s not a nice guy and they shouldn’t vote for him, but the alternative is socialism.”
“It really is socialism, and I never thought I would live long enough to see a socialist of any major party run for president, yet that’s what we’re dealing with this year,” Strang continued. “A lot of Christians aren’t registered to vote. We’re afraid that a lot of Christians will stay home instead of vote. Why do you think there’s such apathy in the body of Christ?”
“Lack of knowledge,” Copeland replied. “Any Christian who stays at home and doesn’t vote is guilty of murder. Every person who votes for someone knowing that they push for abortion and to kill a baby anytime they want to kill it, they’re just as guilty as the doctor that performed the abortion. There’s no way around.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-26--Trump and RNC Put on Cynical Show of Welcoming Immigrants While Slamming Door to Them

The limitless cynicism and lawlessness of the Trump administration was on full display during the second night of the Republican National Convention .
Perhaps the most shameless moment came when President Donald Trump turned a citizenship naturalization ceremony from a nonpartisan moment of celebration into a partisan campaign event .
That would have been awful ( and illegal ) under any circumstance , but it was especially despicable coming from an administration that has slammed the door to the very refugees and legal immigrants it pretended to value Tuesday night .
With the anti-immigrant , white-nationalism-promoting White House aide Stephen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has not only separated families and caged children at the U.S.-Mexico border , it has also drastically restricted legal immigration and refugee settlement—and to amp up the cruelty , it has specifically targeted the poor .
This spring , Trump used the COVID-19 pandemic as rationale to temporarily suspend legal immigration , and in June , he expanded and extended those moves with a proclamation that “ effectively shot down some of the most significant legal immigration avenues for the rest of 2020.
” Last year , in the midst of a global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of refugees that could settle in the U.S. And in July , with three months left in the fiscal year , his administration had accepted less than half of the already sharply reduced cap .
While Trump has enjoyed extraordinarily high levels of support from white evangelicals and the administration has made a vocal show of support for Christians persecuted around the globe , “ the number of Christian refugees admitted to the U.S. after fleeing persecution in their native countries has plummeted 90 percent since 2015 , ” according to figures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post in July .
Keeping immigrants and refugees out has been a priority of the Trump administration since its early days .
In October 2018 , the libertarian Cato Institute noted that the Trump administration had slashed the settlement of Muslim refugees by 93 percent and Christian refugees by 64 percent .
Just to put a fine point on the administration ’ s cynicism in flouting the law on night two of the RNC , a White House official told the Wall Street Journal ’ s Rebecca Ballhaus that the administration didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ naturalization ceremony because , they said , the White House “ publicized the content of the event on a public website this afternoon and the campaign decided to use the publicly available content for campaign purposes ” —essentially daring media and public officials to challenge the obviously false suggestion that the ceremony was not created entirely for purposes of the televised campaign stunt .
Hosting the event with Trump was Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf—holding office illegally—who commended Trump for his “ dedication to the rule of law ” and for “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ”

The limitless cynicism and lawlessness of the Trump administration was on full display during the second night of the Republican National Convention. Perhaps the most shameless moment came when President Donald Trump turned a citizenship naturalization ceremony from a nonpartisan moment of celebration into a partisan campaign event. That would have been awful (and illegal) under any circumstance, but it was especially despicable coming from an administration that has slammed the door to the very refugees and legal immigrants it pretended to value Tuesday night.
With the anti-immigrant, white-nationalism-promoting White House aide Stephen Miller driving policy, the Trump administration has not only separated families and caged children at the U.S.-Mexico border, it has also drastically restricted legal immigration and refugee settlement—and to amp up the cruelty, it has specifically targeted the poor.
This spring, Trump used the COVID-19 pandemic as rationale to temporarily suspend legal immigration, and in June, he expanded and extended those moves with a proclamation that “effectively shot down some of the most significant legal immigration avenues for the rest of 2020.”
Last year, in the midst of a global refugee crisis, Trump radically reduced the number of refugees that could settle in the U.S. And in July, with three months left in the fiscal year, his administration had accepted less than half of the already sharply reduced cap.
While Trump has enjoyed extraordinarily high levels of support from white evangelicals and the administration has made a vocal show of support for Christians persecuted around the globe, “the number of Christian refugees admitted to the U.S. after fleeing persecution in their native countries has plummeted 90 percent since 2015,” according to figures from Christian organizations cited by the Washington Post in July.
Keeping immigrants and refugees out has been a priority of the Trump administration since its early days. In October 2018, the libertarian Cato Institute noted that the Trump administration had slashed the settlement of Muslim refugees by 93 percent and Christian refugees by 64 percent.
Just to put a fine point on the administration’s cynicism in flouting the law on night two of the RNC, a White House official told the Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Ballhaus that the administration didn’t break the law by politicizing the naturalization ceremony because, they said, the White House “publicized the content of the event on a public website this afternoon and the campaign decided to use the publicly available content for campaign purposes”—essentially daring media and public officials to challenge the obviously false suggestion that the ceremony was not created entirely for purposes of the televised campaign stunt.
Hosting the event with Trump was Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf—holding office illegally—who commended Trump for his “dedication to the rule of law” and for “restoring integrity to our immigration system.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-26--Trump World Favorite Persuader Scott Adams Sees ‘Satanic Coincidences’ in Biden Campaign

Scott Adams , the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and a popular pro-Trump commentator online , is not a religious believer , but he told followers Tuesday that he couldn ’ t help but notice how many “ satanic coincidences there are with the Joe Biden campaign.
” Adams has appeared on President Donald Trump ’ s 2020 campaign podcast , and in 2018 , he was invited to meet Trump in the Oval Office .
In a live broadcast Tuesday morning , Adams laid out a series of “ coincidences ” he believed linked the Biden campaign to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made during his Democratic National Convention acceptance speech , the fact that Biden has campaigned from home during the coronavirus pandemic , Biden ’ s campaign slogan , and the letters used to spell Biden ’ s first and last name .
“ Joe Biden is in favor of , what he said , ‘ Bringing the light to the darkness , ’ ” Adams said .
“ What is happening as he ’ s speaking ?
As he ’ s speaking and saying , you know , ‘ bringing the light to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on fire .
California is on fire.
” Biden ’ s actual quote was : “ The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long .
Too much anger .
Too much fear .
Too much division .
Here and now , I give you my word : If you entrust me with the presidency , I will draw on the best of us not the worst .
I will be an ally of the light not of the darkness.
” “ So , if you ’ re Satan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would speak in terms which are true but misleading ?
” Adams asked rhetorically .
“ Meaning that he will bring you the light , but there ’ s a catch : It ’ s fire , and it ’ s burning your stuff .
That ’ s exactly what Satan would say if Satan existed.
” Adams said he wasn ’ t meaning to accuse Joe Biden of being possessed by Satan but that “ it would look exactly like this ” if he were .
“ How many people or entities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underground ?
I can think of Satan living in Hell and—who would be another person who loves to live underground ?
Could it be basement-dwelling Biden ?
” Adams said .
“ I only know two people who are famous for living underground .
Can you think of even a third one ?
I don ’ t think so.
” Adams argued that if there was any proof to be had of the Biden campaign ’ s ties to satanism , small signs of proof would be “ hiding in plain sight.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Build back better.
” “ Build back better—BBB .
If you were going to imagine ‘ 666 ’ and you wanted to show it to people and disguise it at the same time , can you think of any letter that the numeral six would fit inside completely ?
Only capital B , ” Adams said .
Even Joe Biden ’ s name , Adams said , has a satanic coincidence .
“ Did you know if you took the capital letter J—just imagine the capital letter J in your mind—now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe.
’ It ’ s an O .
Now just move with your mind the O to the left until it ’ s on top of the J.
It ’ s a backward six , ” Adams said .
“ Now suppose the next letter is the lowercase E. What does a lowercase E look like if you turn it upside down ?
Well , it looks like a six.
” He continued , “ So you ’ ve got the J and O together .
If you combine them it looks like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got this lowercase E that looks like an upside-down six , but that ’ s just two sixes .
Six , six wouldn ’ t mean anything , right ?
But the next letter is capital B for Biden , and capital B is where you hide your six .
So even J-O-E-B is 666.
” He surmised that the letters I , D , E , and N left in Biden ’ s last name is short for “ identity.
” “ 666 identity .
That ’ s what Joe Biden ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
Adams also roped in vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris into his theory .
He argued because Harris ’ first and last names both have six letters and that she is running for “ Vice President of the United States ” —a title made of six words—that three sixes were present in her inclusion in the campaign .
“ I ’ m just putting that out there , ” Adams said .

Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and a popular pro-Trump commentator online, is not a religious believer, but he told followers Tuesday that he couldn’t help but notice how many “satanic coincidences there are with the Joe Biden campaign.”
Adams has appeared on President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign podcast, and in 2018, he was invited to meet Trump in the Oval Office.
Today I had the honor of meeting your favorite president. I already feel sorry for whoever runs against him in 2020. @POTUS @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/Ln1kpX6tUn — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) August 2, 2018
In a live broadcast Tuesday morning, Adams laid out a series of “coincidences” he believed linked the Biden campaign to satanism, including a misquoted remark Biden made during his Democratic National Convention acceptance speech, the fact that Biden has campaigned from home during the coronavirus pandemic, Biden’s campaign slogan, and the letters used to spell Biden’s first and last name.
“Joe Biden is in favor of, what he said, ‘Bringing the light to the darkness,’” Adams said. “What is happening as he’s speaking? As he’s speaking and saying, you know, ‘bringing the light to the darkness,’ cities are actually on fire. California is on fire.”
Biden’s actual quote was: “The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much division. Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us not the worst. I will be an ally of the light not of the darkness.”
“So, if you’re Satan, wouldn’t you expect that Satan would speak in terms which are true but misleading?” Adams asked rhetorically. “Meaning that he will bring you the light, but there’s a catch: It’s fire, and it’s burning your stuff. That’s exactly what Satan would say if Satan existed.”
Adams said he wasn’t meaning to accuse Joe Biden of being possessed by Satan but that “it would look exactly like this” if he were.
“How many people or entities do you know who prefer to live underground? I can think of Satan living in Hell and—who would be another person who loves to live underground? Could it be basement-dwelling Biden?” Adams said. “I only know two people who are famous for living underground. Can you think of even a third one? I don’t think so.”
Adams argued that if there was any proof to be had of the Biden campaign’s ties to satanism, small signs of proof would be “hiding in plain sight.” He pointed to Biden’s slogan, “Build back better.”
“Build back better—BBB. If you were going to imagine ‘666’ and you wanted to show it to people and disguise it at the same time, can you think of any letter that the numeral six would fit inside completely? Only capital B,” Adams said.
Even Joe Biden’s name, Adams said, has a satanic coincidence.
“Did you know if you took the capital letter J—just imagine the capital letter J in your mind—now think of the next letter in ‘Joe.’ It’s an O. Now just move with your mind the O to the left until it’s on top of the J. It’s a backward six,” Adams said. “Now suppose the next letter is the lowercase E. What does a lowercase E look like if you turn it upside down? Well, it looks like a six.”
He continued, “So you’ve got the J and O together. If you combine them it looks like a backward six. You’ve got this lowercase E that looks like an upside-down six, but that’s just two sixes. Six, six wouldn’t mean anything, right? But the next letter is capital B for Biden, and capital B is where you hide your six. So even J-O-E-B is 666.”
He surmised that the letters I, D, E, and N left in Biden’s last name is short for “identity.”
“666 identity. That’s what Joe Biden’s name actually is,” Adams said.
Adams also roped in vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris into his theory. He argued because Harris’ first and last names both have six letters and that she is running for “Vice President of the United States”—a title made of six words—that three sixes were present in her inclusion in the campaign.
“I’m just putting that out there,” Adams said.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-28--Jeremiah Johnson Says COVID-19 Is a ‘Demonic Attack’ to Prevent Baby Boomers From Reelecting Trump

Self-proclaimed “ prophet ” Jeremiah Johnson appeared on the “ Encounter Today ” program Wednesday , where he declared that the COVID-19 virus is a “ demonic attack ” aimed at baby boomers to prevent the reelection of President Donald Trump .
Johnson has repeatedly claimed to have had a prophetic dream in which he was shown that baby boomers will be the key to Trump ’ s reelection and outlawing of abortion .
Given that COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates are much higher for the elderly population than the general public , Johnson contends that the virus was sent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ target this group and prevent them from voting for Trump in November .
“ I actually believe that COVID-19 has come to the shores of America and specifically targeted [ this ] demographic , ” Johnson said .
“ The elderly , they ’ re being wiped out in nursing homes .
If you ’ re elderly , oftentimes you ’ re on a ventilator , all that stuff .
I believe it ’ s a demonic attack trying to target a group of people that very well could be anointed by God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ”

Self-proclaimed “prophet” Jeremiah Johnson appeared on the “Encounter Today” program Wednesday, where he declared that the COVID-19 virus is a “demonic attack” aimed at baby boomers to prevent the reelection of President Donald Trump.
Johnson has repeatedly claimed to have had a prophetic dream in which he was shown that baby boomers will be the key to Trump’s reelection and outlawing of abortion. Given that COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates are much higher for the elderly population than the general public, Johnson contends that the virus was sent to the United States in order to target this group and prevent them from voting for Trump in November.
“I actually believe that COVID-19 has come to the shores of America and specifically targeted [this] demographic,” Johnson said. “The elderly, they’re being wiped out in nursing homes. If you’re elderly, oftentimes you’re on a ventilator, all that stuff. I believe it’s a demonic attack trying to target a group of people that very well could be anointed by God himself to help Trump get reelected.”