rightwingwatch--2020-01-08--Anti-Immigrant Blogger’s Dreams for Congress Crushed by Own Incompetence

( Updated : 4:19pm ) Peter D ’ Abrosca , a far-right blogger who had planned on running for Congress in North Carolina ’ s 7th District on a position of ceasing all immigration into the United States for 10 years , can thank his own negligence for the fact that he will not be a candidate in his district ’ s 2020 Republican primary .
In December , the North Carolina State Board of Elections canceled D ’ Abrosca ’ s notice of candidacy in accordance with a state election law that requires people running in a political party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ registered with the party for at least 90 days before filing their candidacy .
D ’ Abrosca had only been registered as a Republican for eight days before he attempted to file .
On Tuesday , the board rejected his appeal .
But before D ’ Abrosca was booted from the ballot , he attracted the attention of the white nationalist website VDARE for his proposal of a 10-year moratorium on legal immigration .
Fox News host Tucker Carlson featured D ’ Abrosca on his show on Dec. 6 and gave D ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration talking points , despite the fact D ’ Abrosca was not an official candidate and did not notify the state of his candidacy until Dec. 11 .
( D ’ Abrosca filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Aug .
9 . )
At the Jan. 7 state board meeting in Raleigh , North Carolina , D ’ Abrosca appeared with a lawyer in tow , who attempted to argue that because D ’ Abrosca had worked as a right-wing blogger , the fact that he had not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in time to fulfill the candidate requirement should be overlooked .
D ’ Abrosca has authored articles for the GOP consultant-run Big League Politics blog and anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer ’ s blog , and he testified under oath to the state board that he now works for former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon ’ s War Room media outlet .
A War Room spokesman told Right Wing Watch that D ’ Abrosca does not and never has worked for War Room .
Reached for comment , D ’ Abrosca would not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denial of his employment .
“ We can ’ t research a candidate and make some qualitative judgment about party affiliation , ” one board member told D ’ Abrosca and his counsel , before explaining why formal party registration was important for record-keeping .
D ’ Abrosca and his lawyer also tried to argue that D ’ Abrosca should be granted an exception to the 90-day requirement because D ’ Abrosca had attempted to register to vote as a Republican when getting his driver ’ s license in 2013 , despite the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was ultimately denied due to D ’ Abrosca ’ s own negligence .
“ What ’ s the harm in putting Mr. D ’ Abrosca on the ballot ?
” his lawyer asked the board .
Pat Gannon , a spokesman with the NC State Board of Elections , told NBC-affiliate WECT why his attempt to register to vote was denied : “ It ’ s not that the registration was never processed , but rather that Mr. D ’ Abrosca failed the mail verification notice procedure outlined in G.S .
163-82.7 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” D ’ Abrosca testified that he had not voted in any election since he attempted to register in 2013 , and he gave conflicting testimony over whether he had attempted to vote in 2016 ; he first told the board that he had attempted to vote for Donald Trump in 2016 but arrived at a closed polling station , but then admitted that he had looked up the closing times of the polls and decided not to drive to a polling location .
When pressed by board member Jeff Carmon , D @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the truth and that he had made a “ Freudian slip.
” “ I mean , look man , the fact of the matter is I wasn ’ t going to make it .
The polls were closed .
I feel like I ’ ve conveyed that , ” D ’ Abrosca told the member .
State board secretary Stella Acosta , acting as chair of the board to fill an absence , asked D ’ Abrosca if he had attempted to early vote in 2016 , to which D ’ Abrosca told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be surprised at “ how many people in this country don ’ t vote.
” He said , “ I couldn ’ t have even told you what early voting is at that point.
” Acosta informed D ’ Abrosca that people who have issues registering to vote often learn and remedy their issues when they try to cast a ballot in an election .
At the end of the hearing , Carmon scolded D ’ Abrosca and his lawyer .
“ You haven ’ t given us anything to consider that from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ address this issue .
You ’ re saying it was a clerical error .
OK .
In six years , this young man didn ’ t take any steps to ensure his right to vote , ” Carmon said .
“ Voting is extremely precious to me for all the reasons you spoke about , ” Carmon continued .
“ And for someone to sit callously in this seat , be disrespectful during this hearing , and say because of a clerical error he can now just walk in and register and declare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re supposed to overlook those issues—I haven ’ t heard anything other than it ’ s been the staff ’ s fault .
He said he went to vote and the poll was closed .
He later said he looked down at his phone and saw the hours .
Part of this is his responsibility , and I see no acceptance of responsibility here.
” “ Unfortunately , running for office can be complicated , ” D ’ Abrosca wrote on Twitter last night .
He continued , “ I failed , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the right time in order to be on the primary ballot .
My legal battle with the State Board of Elections fell on deaf ears .
The only available recourse now is time and cost prohibitive , as the State is already printing ballots.
” Right Wing Watch asked D ’ Abrosca via direct message on Twitter what he planned to do with the money he raised for his campaign and what his next career move would be , but he declined to answer .
( Update 4:19pm ) : This article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Room denies it ever employed D ’ Abrosca .

(Updated: 4:19pm) Peter D’Abrosca, a far-right blogger who had planned on running for Congress in North Carolina’s 7th District on a position of ceasing all immigration into the United States for 10 years, can thank his own negligence for the fact that he will not be a candidate in his district’s 2020 Republican primary.
In December, the North Carolina State Board of Elections canceled D’Abrosca’s notice of candidacy in accordance with a state election law that requires people running in a political party’s primary election to have been registered with the party for at least 90 days before filing their candidacy. D’Abrosca had only been registered as a Republican for eight days before he attempted to file. On Tuesday, the board rejected his appeal.
But before D’Abrosca was booted from the ballot, he attracted the attention of the white nationalist website VDARE for his proposal of a 10-year moratorium on legal immigration. Fox News host Tucker Carlson featured D’Abrosca on his show on Dec. 6 and gave D’Abrosca an opportunity to promote his anti-legal immigration talking points, despite the fact D’Abrosca was not an official candidate and did not notify the state of his candidacy until Dec. 11. (D’Abrosca filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Aug. 9.)
At the Jan. 7 state board meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina, D’Abrosca appeared with a lawyer in tow, who attempted to argue that because D’Abrosca had worked as a right-wing blogger, the fact that he had not successfully registered to vote as a Republican in time to fulfill the candidate requirement should be overlooked. D’Abrosca has authored articles for the GOP consultant-run Big League Politics blog and anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer’s blog, and he testified under oath to the state board that he now works for former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon’s War Room media outlet. A War Room spokesman told Right Wing Watch that D’Abrosca does not and never has worked for War Room. Reached for comment, D’Abrosca would not dispute the War Room spokesman’s denial of his employment.
Ultimately, the argument was unsuccessful.
“We can’t research a candidate and make some qualitative judgment about party affiliation,” one board member told D’Abrosca and his counsel, before explaining why formal party registration was important for record-keeping.
D’Abrosca and his lawyer also tried to argue that D’Abrosca should be granted an exception to the 90-day requirement because D’Abrosca had attempted to register to vote as a Republican when getting his driver’s license in 2013, despite the fact his attempt to register to vote was ultimately denied due to D’Abrosca’s own negligence. “What’s the harm in putting Mr. D’Abrosca on the ballot?” his lawyer asked the board.
Pat Gannon, a spokesman with the NC State Board of Elections, told NBC-affiliate WECT why his attempt to register to vote was denied: “It’s not that the registration was never processed, but rather that Mr. D’Abrosca failed the mail verification notice procedure outlined in G.S. 163-82.7 and therefore his voter registration application was denied.”
D’Abrosca testified that he had not voted in any election since he attempted to register in 2013, and he gave conflicting testimony over whether he had attempted to vote in 2016; he first told the board that he had attempted to vote for Donald Trump in 2016 but arrived at a closed polling station, but then admitted that he had looked up the closing times of the polls and decided not to drive to a polling location. When pressed by board member Jeff Carmon, D’Abrosca said the latter story was the truth and that he had made a “Freudian slip.”
“I mean, look man, the fact of the matter is I wasn’t going to make it. The polls were closed. I feel like I’ve conveyed that,” D’Abrosca told the member.
State board secretary Stella Acosta, acting as chair of the board to fill an absence, asked D’Abrosca if he had attempted to early vote in 2016, to which D’Abrosca told the board of elections that it would be surprised at “how many people in this country don’t vote.” He said, “I couldn’t have even told you what early voting is at that point.” Acosta informed D’Abrosca that people who have issues registering to vote often learn and remedy their issues when they try to cast a ballot in an election.
At the end of the hearing, Carmon scolded D’Abrosca and his lawyer.
“You haven’t given us anything to consider that from 2013 until now he did nothing to address this issue. You’re saying it was a clerical error. OK. In six years, this young man didn’t take any steps to ensure his right to vote,” Carmon said.
“Voting is extremely precious to me for all the reasons you spoke about,” Carmon continued. “And for someone to sit callously in this seat, be disrespectful during this hearing, and say because of a clerical error he can now just walk in and register and declare for a seat, and we’re supposed to overlook those issues—I haven’t heard anything other than it’s been the staff’s fault. He said he went to vote and the poll was closed. He later said he looked down at his phone and saw the hours. Part of this is his responsibility, and I see no acceptance of responsibility here.”
The board unanimously denied D’Abrosca’s appeal.
“Unfortunately, running for office can be complicated,” D’Abrosca wrote on Twitter last night.
He continued, “I failed, in essence, to stamp the right form at the right time in order to be on the primary ballot. My legal battle with the State Board of Elections fell on deaf ears. The only available recourse now is time and cost prohibitive, as the State is already printing ballots.”
Right Wing Watch asked D’Abrosca via direct message on Twitter what he planned to do with the money he raised for his campaign and what his next career move would be, but he declined to answer.
(Update 4:19pm): This article has been updated to reflect that War Room denies it ever employed D’Abrosca.


rightwingwatch--2020-01-08--At Movement 2020, Prayer Warriors Mobilize for 2020 Tent Events to Bring ‘God’s Government’ to Earth

On Friday , Jan. 3 , while President Donald Trump was in Miami surrounded by political allies at the campaign launch of Evangelicals for Trump , prayer warriors gathered in Fredericksburg , Virginia , where they heard about ambitious plans for a nationwide series of Christian prayer events in tents and stadiums designed to spark spiritual revival and evangelical activism .
The Friday night gathering was the closing session for Movement 2020 , a conference that began three nights earlier on New Year ’ s Eve .
In the cavernous Fredericksburg Expo Center , somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 attendees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and worship music .
Participants were told that their songs and prayers would help bring “ God ’ s government ” to Earth .
The event was organized by Awaken the Dawn , a Fredericksburg-based ministry that organized a tent city on the National Mall in 2017 , simultaneous worship tent events in state capitals and campuses in 2018 , and a similar tent events in hundreds of locations in 2019 .
Awaken the Dawn is one of many ministries that focus on intense worship designed to bring participants into the presence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so they will help spark revival and societal “ reformation.
” Groups mobilizing for mass public prayer and worship , like participants in Movement 2020 , exist alongside other prayer projects like Intercessors for America , POTUS Shield , and Paula White ’ s One Voice Prayer Movement , which distribute conservative talking points in the form of prayer suggestions and “ prayer points.
” In the Summer 2014 issue of The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture , scholar Cynthia Burack , who has examined the uses of prayer projects by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of “ devotional rhetoric ” and softer political messaging can make prayer projects less immediately identifiable as vehicles for the advancement of conservative political strategies than the efforts of traditional religious-right political groups like the Family Research Council .
Among the Movement 2020 participants and partners : • founded the International House of Prayer in Kansas City in 1999 as a place for continual 24-7 worship and prayer .
His model of recruiting young people into ministries of continual worship has grown into a huge network of prayer houses across the U.S. and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sold books and other merch , and Bickle preached about biblical signs that we are living in the End Times generation , drawing from his book “ God ’ s Answer to the Growing Crisis.
” In that book , Bickle described the Supreme Court ’ s marriage equality ruling as “ the opening of a door to enforce the systematic presentation of a demonically driven , immoral agenda upon future generations.
” Bickle has warned that Christianity is being criminalized in America and has called Trump ’ s election “ a huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2018 , Bickle declared that the world was at “ the crossroads of history ” and he ramped up the urgency of his warnings about increasing troubles they come with increased “ kingdom opportunities.
” Bickle teaches that Christians have a role in determining how the End Times will unfold .
Christian nationalist political operative David Lane has • None Lou Engle , who has a long association with IHOP-KC , is best known for creating large-scale political prayer events under the banner of The Call , including one on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2000 elections and Dominionistwho has a long association with IHOP-KC , is best known for creating large-scale political prayer events under the banner of The Call , including one on the National Mall a few months before the 2000 elections and one in California in 2008 focused on passing Prop .
8 to ban marriage equality .
At a 2010 The Call rally attended by Engle in Uganda , speakers endorsed a notorious kill-the-gays bill under consideration .
While Engle did not endorse the bill , he praised local anti-gay activists who he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ righteousness.
” He later clarified that he does support the criminalization of homosexuality .
Engle also founded the Justice House of Prayer in Washington , D.C. , a home base for anti-abortion protesters at the Supreme Court .
Engle has led public prayers for God to knock off pro-choice Supreme Court justices so Trump can get more nominees to do away with Roe v. Wade .
The Call has morphed into The Send , which calls itself “ a national campaign to catalyze every believer into a lifestyle of Christ-like action.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ February 2019 and has 2020 plans for events in Brazil and Argentina as well as Kansas City .
• None about God having led him to create a prayer movement in the “ homosexual ” neighborhood of Dallas , even though he did not have “ a heart ” for homosexuals and got tired of getting hit on .
But he said the group ’ s coffeeshop and worship in one of the spiritually “ darkest ” parts of the city is helping to “ liberate ” people from “ bondage.
” Much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provided by UPPERROOM worship leaders , who led alternatively high-energy and worship songs that were as long as a west Texas highway , with choruses repeating phrases and themes that emerge during worship .
• None , a musician and worship leader at the influential and controversial northern California megachurch Bethel , is running for Congress and sees his campaign as a form of spiritual warfare .
At Movement 2020 , he led worship and promoted his candidacy while making a pitch for donations to cover the cost of the event .
Feucht @ @ @ @ @ @ @ youth-oriented prayer movement that was recruiting at Movement 2020 .
Burn 24-7 ’ s online training school “ equips students to live presence centered lifestyles and to pioneer expressions of night and day worship and prayer in their city.
” • None is a worship tent that has been allowed to set up essentially permanently on the National Mall in Washington , D.C. as long as its organizers are able to keep it staffed 24-7 .
Visitors to David ’ s Tent can pick up prayer maps to Washington D.C. promote the Justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Prayer and Revival ( across the street from the Supreme Court and next door to the American Center for Law and Justice ) , and the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation , among others .
The prayer guide , published by Every Home for Christ , urges readers to pray “ that America will return to its roots in the Word of God ” and that “ God will shake the very foundations of our government in such a way as to remove that which displeases Him and to display His glory across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ godfather of sorts to younger prayer movement leaders , was advertised to be Friday night ’ s keynoter , but it was announced that evening that Engle wasn ’ t able to travel for health reasons .
Engle instead recorded an encouraging but subdued video , a disappointment for those who had been looking forward to his trademark high-energy prayers and prophetic declarations .
In Engle ’ s absence , David Bradshaw delivered what had been billed as a special announcement revealing plans for 2020 .
Bradshaw described Awaken the Dawn as part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bring the presence of God to Americans through “ tents of glory ” that would house worship , the proclamation of the gospel , and healing and other signs and wonders .
Bradshaw mentioned , as he has before , that his tent ministry is based on having heard a word from God that tents are “ a silver bullet for the move of God in America.
” The 2020 plan Bradshaw described on Friday night was presented as an effort to bring together worship and the proclamation of gospel in tents , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of “ stadium Christianity ” in America , which is about mobilizing a massive End Times “ harvest ” of souls .
Various movements and organizations will be collaborating on a traveling show that will begin on the National Mall in Washington D.C. , in June with a Lincoln Memorial gathering led by Together 2020 .
Caravans of worship tents will then spend 100 days traveling across the country before convening in Kansas City on a farm once owned by Harry Truman and now owned by IHOP-KC .
In October , participants will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gathering on IHOP-KC ’ s land to Kansas City ’ s Arrowhead Stadium for a massive stadium rally sponsored by The Send .
The October gatherings and march were described by Movement 2020 leaders as the fulfillment of a prophecy made decades ago by the late “ prophet ” Bob Jones , whose other prophetic utterances include the Gulliver prophecy .
In 2016 , Rick Joyner ’ s Morningstar Ministries opened a Bob Jones Vision Center for “ prayer , praise and prophecy.
” Bradshaw closed with a pitch for money to buy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement of faith ” and offered an opportunity for people to come forward to ask for prayers and healing .

On Friday, Jan. 3, while President Donald Trump was in Miami surrounded by political allies at the campaign launch of Evangelicals for Trump, prayer warriors gathered in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where they heard about ambitious plans for a nationwide series of Christian prayer events in tents and stadiums designed to spark spiritual revival and evangelical activism.
The Friday night gathering was the closing session for Movement 2020, a conference that began three nights earlier on New Year’s Eve. In the cavernous Fredericksburg Expo Center, somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 attendees listened to hours of preaching, prayer, and worship music. Participants were told that their songs and prayers would help bring “God’s government” to Earth. The event was organized by Awaken the Dawn, a Fredericksburg-based ministry that organized a tent city on the National Mall in 2017, simultaneous worship tent events in state capitals and campuses in 2018, and a similar tent events in hundreds of locations in 2019. Awaken the Dawn is one of many ministries that focus on intense worship designed to bring participants into the presence of God and love of Jesus, so they will help spark revival and societal “reformation.”
Groups mobilizing for mass public prayer and worship, like participants in Movement 2020, exist alongside other prayer projects like Intercessors for America, POTUS Shield, and Paula White’s One Voice Prayer Movement, which distribute conservative talking points in the form of prayer suggestions and “prayer points.” In the Summer 2014 issue of The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, scholar Cynthia Burack, who has examined the uses of prayer projects by the Christian right, noted that the use of “devotional rhetoric” and softer political messaging can make prayer projects less immediately identifiable as vehicles for the advancement of conservative political strategies than the efforts of traditional religious-right political groups like the Family Research Council.
Among the Movement 2020 participants and partners:
Mike Bickle founded the International House of Prayer in Kansas City in 1999 as a place for continual 24-7 worship and prayer. His model of recruiting young people into ministries of continual worship has grown into a huge network of prayer houses across the U.S. and world. At Movement 2020, IHOP-KC sold books and other merch, and Bickle preached about biblical signs that we are living in the End Times generation, drawing from his book “God’s Answer to the Growing Crisis.” In that book, Bickle described the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling as “the opening of a door to enforce the systematic presentation of a demonically driven, immoral agenda upon future generations.” Bickle has warned that Christianity is being criminalized in America and has called Trump’s election “a huge reprieve from heaven” for American Christians. In 2018, Bickle declared that the world was at “the crossroads of history” and he ramped up the urgency of his warnings about increasing troubles , while adding that they come with increased “kingdom opportunities.” Bickle teaches that Christians have a role in determining how the End Times will unfold. Christian nationalist political operative David Lane has declared, “Mike Bickle is the greatest!”
founded the International House of Prayer in Kansas City in 1999 as a place for continual 24-7 worship and prayer. His model of recruiting young people into ministries of continual worship has grown into a huge network of prayer houses across the U.S. and world. At Movement 2020, IHOP-KC sold books and other merch, and Bickle preached about biblical signs that we are living in the End Times generation, drawing from his book “God’s Answer to the Growing Crisis.” In that book, Bickle described the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling as “the opening of a door to enforce the systematic presentation of a demonically driven, immoral agenda upon future generations.” Bickle has warned that Christianity is being criminalized in America and has called Trump’s election “a huge reprieve from heaven” for American Christians. In 2018, Bickle declared that they come with increased “kingdom opportunities.” Bickle teaches that Christians have a role in determining how the End Times will unfold. Christian nationalist political operative David Lane has Lou Engle, who has a long association with IHOP-KC, is best known for creating large-scale political prayer events under the banner of The Call, including one on the National Mall a few months before the 2000 elections and Dominionistwho has a long association with IHOP-KC, is best known for creating large-scale political prayer events under the banner of The Call, including one on the National Mall a few months before the 2000 elections and one in California in 2008 focused on passing Prop. 8 to ban marriage equality . At a 2010 The Call rally attended by Engle in Uganda, speakers endorsed a notorious kill-the-gays bill under consideration. While Engle did not endorse the bill, he praised local anti-gay activists who he said were taking “a stand for righteousness.” He later clarified that he does support the criminalization of homosexuality. Engle also founded the Justice House of Prayer in Washington, D.C., a home base for anti-abortion protesters at the Supreme Court. Engle has led public prayers for God to knock off pro-choice Supreme Court justices so Trump can get more nominees to do away with Roe v. Wade . The Call has morphed into The Send, which calls itself “a national campaign to catalyze every believer into a lifestyle of Christ-like action.” The Send gathered 60,000 people in Orlando in February 2019 and has 2020 plans for events in Brazil and Argentina as well as Kansas City.
At Movement 2020, Michael Miller , founder of UPPERROOM in Dallas, Texas, spoke about God having led him to create a prayer movement in the “homosexual” neighborhood of Dallas, even though he did not have “a heart” for homosexuals and got tired of getting hit on. But he said the group’s coffeeshop and worship in one of the spiritually “darkest” parts of the city is helping to “liberate” people from “bondage.” Much of the music at Movement 2020 was provided by UPPERROOM worship leaders, who led alternatively high-energy and trancelike worship songs that were as long as a west Texas highway, with choruses repeating phrases and themes that emerge during worship.
worship songs that were as long as a west Texas highway, with choruses repeating phrases and themes that emerge during worship. Sean Feucht , a musician and worship leader at the influential and controversial northern California megachurch Bethel, is running for Congress and sees his campaign as a form of spiritual warfare. At Movement 2020, he led worship and promoted his candidacy while making a pitch for donations to cover the cost of the event. Feucht is founder of Burn 24-7, another youth-oriented prayer movement that was recruiting at Movement 2020. Burn 24-7’s online training school “equips students to live presence centered lifestyles and to pioneer expressions of night and day worship and prayer in their city.”
David’s Tent is a worship tent that has been allowed to set up essentially permanently on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , as long as its organizers are able to keep it staffed 24-7. Visitors to David’s Tent can pick up prayer maps to Washington D.C. , that promote the Justice House of Prayer, the American Center for Prayer and Revival (across the street from the Supreme Court and next door to the American Center for Law and Justice), and the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, among others. The prayer guide, published by Every Home for Christ, urges readers to pray “that America will return to its roots in the Word of God” and that “God will shake the very foundations of our government in such a way as to remove that which displeases Him and to display His glory across our land.”
Engle, a spiritual godfather of sorts to younger prayer movement leaders, was advertised to be Friday night’s keynoter, but it was announced that evening that Engle wasn’t able to travel for health reasons. Engle instead recorded an encouraging but subdued video, a disappointment for those who had been looking forward to his trademark high-energy prayers and prophetic declarations.
In Engle’s absence, David Bradshaw delivered what had been billed as a special announcement revealing plans for 2020. Bradshaw described Awaken the Dawn as part of a larger move by God to bring the presence of God to Americans through “tents of glory” that would house worship, the proclamation of the gospel, and healing and other signs and wonders. Bradshaw mentioned, as he has before, that his tent ministry is based on having heard a word from God that tents are “a silver bullet for the move of God in America.”
The 2020 plan Bradshaw described on Friday night was presented as an effort to bring together worship and the proclamation of gospel in tents, and to align it with the season of “stadium Christianity” in America, which is about mobilizing a massive End Times “harvest” of souls.
Various movements and organizations will be collaborating on a traveling show that will begin on the National Mall in Washington D.C., in June with a Lincoln Memorial gathering led by Together 2020. Caravans of worship tents will then spend 100 days traveling across the country before convening in Kansas City on a farm once owned by Harry Truman and now owned by IHOP-KC. In October, participants will march from the Awaken the Dawn tent gathering on IHOP-KC’s land to Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium for a massive stadium rally sponsored by The Send.
The October gatherings and march were described by Movement 2020 leaders as the fulfillment of a prophecy made decades ago by the late “prophet” Bob Jones, whose other prophetic utterances include the Gulliver prophecy. In 2016, Rick Joyner’s Morningstar Ministries opened a Bob Jones Vision Center for “prayer, praise and prophecy.”
Bradshaw closed with a pitch for money to buy a 2000-person circus tent as a “statement of faith” and offered an opportunity for people to come forward to ask for prayers and healing.


rightwingwatch--2020-01-08--Intercessor Prays That Michelle Obama Will Be Exposed as a Man

Francine Fosdick , host of the “ Up Front In The Prophetic ” radio program , hosted a prayer call last month during which one of the “ intercessors ” prayed that former first lady Michelle Obama would be exposed as a man .
Approximately halfway through the prayer call , Fosdick turned things over to an intercessor identified only as “ Jamie , ” who proceeded to pray that former President Barack Obama ’ s supposed involvement in child trafficking would be exposed , as would the “ true identity ” of Michelle Obama .
“ I am asking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public would see all of the stealing and all of the dirty things that Obama has been involved in , ” Jamie prayed .
“ How did he get this $ 15 million home in Martha ’ s Vineyard ?
Father Lord , I ’ m thanking you that every bit of money laundering , that he is involved in child trafficking , all of that would be exposed.
” “ Father , I thank you for exposing all of the corrupt book deals , not only Obama ’ s , but Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Jaime continued .
“ And speaking of Michelle , today ABC just had an article saying that she ’ s been named the most admired woman in the world for the second year in a row .
Father , I am asking you that whatever plan they have to have Michelle or Hillary [ Clinton ] run for president , we call that cancelled in Jesus ’ name .
And I am asking you Father that the true identity of Michelle—Michael—would be exposed .
Father , I am asking you that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not their children , they ’ re the children of Obama ’ s best friend—Father , we ask you that that whole lie would be exposed for the everyday person to see it , in Jesus ’ name .
”

Francine Fosdick, host of the “Up Front In The Prophetic” radio program, hosted a prayer call last month during which one of the “intercessors” prayed that former first lady Michelle Obama would be exposed as a man.
Approximately halfway through the prayer call, Fosdick turned things over to an intercessor identified only as “Jamie,” who proceeded to pray that former President Barack Obama’s supposed involvement in child trafficking would be exposed, as would the “true identity” of Michelle Obama.
“I am asking you, Father, that the general public would see all of the stealing and all of the dirty things that Obama has been involved in,” Jamie prayed. “How did he get this $15 million home in Martha’s Vineyard? Father Lord, I’m thanking you that every bit of money laundering, that he is involved in child trafficking, all of that would be exposed.”
“Father, I thank you for exposing all of the corrupt book deals, not only Obama’s, but Joe Biden’s, Michelle’s,” Jaime continued. “And speaking of Michelle, today ABC just had an article saying that she’s been named the most admired woman in the world for the second year in a row. Father, I am asking you that whatever plan they have to have Michelle or Hillary [Clinton] run for president, we call that cancelled in Jesus’ name. And I am asking you Father that the true identity of Michelle—Michael—would be exposed. Father, I am asking you that that whole family, that those children—they are not their children, they’re the children of Obama’s best friend—Father, we ask you that that whole lie would be exposed for the everyday person to see it, in Jesus’ name.”


rightwingwatch--2020-01-09--Right Wing Round-Up: MAGA Church

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rightwingwatch--2020-01-09--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: A Masonic Advent Ritual


rightwingwatch--2020-01-09--RBG Is Cancer Free and Brenden Dilley Smells a Conspiracy

MAGA “ life coach ” and amoral right-wing commentator Brenden Dilley closed out today ’ s episode of his “ The Dilley Show ” by suggesting there was a conspiracy at work behind the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is now “ cancer free ” after undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer .
“ How did you do it ?
” Dilley demanded .
“ We deserve to know .
How did you do it , specifically ?
What was her diet ?
I want to know what pills she was taking every day .
Did she do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dilley said that nobody in the media is willing to ask these question because they are afraid of what they might find out .
“ The answer is going to be one of two things , ” Dilley claimed .
“ One : There are cures to cancer that exist that they don ’ t allow those of us at the lower end of the food chain to receive .
That is answer number one .
Answer number two is the bitch died and they ’ ve cloned her numerous times and we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is.
” “ Those are the only two options , ” he concluded .
“ If you ’ re going to try to sell me the idea that an 86-year-old woman who almost lost her life to cancer three other times just beat pancreatic fucking cancer in less than year , absolutely take a hike .
I will never in a million years buy that bullshit excuse .
”

MAGA “life coach” and amoral right-wing commentator Brenden Dilley closed out today’s episode of his “The Dilley Show” by suggesting there was a conspiracy at work behind the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is now “cancer free” after undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer.
“How did you do it?” Dilley demanded. “We deserve to know. How did you do it, specifically? What was her diet? I want to know what pills she was taking every day. Did she do radiation? What was it?”
Dilley said that nobody in the media is willing to ask these question because they are afraid of what they might find out.
“The answer is going to be one of two things,” Dilley claimed. “One: There are cures to cancer that exist that they don’t allow those of us at the lower end of the food chain to receive. That is answer number one. Answer number two is the bitch died and they’ve cloned her numerous times and we don’t know who the fuck that is.”
“Those are the only two options,” he concluded. “If you’re going to try to sell me the idea that an 86-year-old woman who almost lost her life to cancer three other times just beat pancreatic fucking cancer in less than year, absolutely take a hike. I will never in a million years buy that bullshit excuse.”


rightwingwatch--2020-01-09--Denise McAllister Thinks Men Being Nice Is ‘One of the Biggest Attacks on Masculinity of Today’

Disgraced right-wing columnist Denise McAllister told religious-right radio host Eric Metaxas that men acting nice was one of the largest affronts to masculinity in our modern times in an interview on “ The Eric Metaxas Radio Show ” uploaded Wednesday .
During her interview , McAllister argued that women ’ s attempts to raise themselves up to be equal to men had “ failed ” and that feminists are now seeking to equalize gender by emasculating men .
“ It is bringing men down to become more feminized .
So , the effort to make women more masculinized failed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempt to make men more femininized , ” McAllister said .
“ You really see this .
You actually see it with the psychological association , and it ’ s reconstructing masculinity , which is a real thing that ’ s going on out there and making men more sensitive in a feminist way.
” It is unclear exactly what McAllister is referring to , but last year the American Psychological Association issued guidelines for psychologists working with men that contained a warning that “ traditional masculinity ideology ” was detrimental to men @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can lead to violent and hateful behavior .
“ As Christians , you and I know that a man—a good , godly man—is a man who ’ s gentle , who ’ s loving , who ’ s sacrificial .
But those aren ’ t necessarily feminine traits .
Those are good traits .
Those are godly traits .
It ’ s righteousness , ” McAllister said .
“ And a good man is a strong man .
It ’ s not just a man who ’ s all nice all the time.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ biggest attacks on masculinity of today is for men to be nice , ” McAllister said .
Metaxas agreed with McAllister .
“ Yeah , well it ’ s kind of funny .
Jesus wasn ’ t nice when he flipped over the stinkin ’ tables in the temple and he used a whip—he made the whip .
I find that funny , ” he said .
“ He made the whip to drive them out .
And I think today , we would just say , ‘ He ’ s obviously just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his anger medication.
’ ” McAllister was fired from The Federalist last year following a homophobic meltdown she had on Twitter .

Disgraced right-wing columnist Denise McAllister told religious-right radio host Eric Metaxas that men acting nice was one of the largest affronts to masculinity in our modern times in an interview on “The Eric Metaxas Radio Show” uploaded Wednesday.
During her interview, McAllister argued that women’s attempts to raise themselves up to be equal to men had “failed” and that feminists are now seeking to equalize gender by emasculating men.
“It is bringing men down to become more feminized. So, the effort to make women more masculinized failed, so now we’re going to attempt to make men more femininized,” McAllister said. “You really see this. You actually see it with the psychological association, and it’s reconstructing masculinity, which is a real thing that’s going on out there and making men more sensitive in a feminist way.”
It is unclear exactly what McAllister is referring to, but last year the American Psychological Association issued guidelines for psychologists working with men that contained a warning that “traditional masculinity ideology” was detrimental to men’s mental and physical health and can lead to violent and hateful behavior.
“As Christians, you and I know that a man—a good, godly man—is a man who’s gentle, who’s loving, who’s sacrificial. But those aren’t necessarily feminine traits. Those are good traits. Those are godly traits. It’s righteousness,” McAllister said. “And a good man is a strong man. It’s not just a man who’s all nice all the time.”
“I think one of the biggest attacks on masculinity of today is for men to be nice,” McAllister said.
Metaxas agreed with McAllister. “Yeah, well it’s kind of funny. Jesus wasn’t nice when he flipped over the stinkin’ tables in the temple and he used a whip—he made the whip. I find that funny,” he said. “He made the whip to drive them out. And I think today, we would just say, ‘He’s obviously just an angry white male without access to his anger medication.’”
McAllister was fired from The Federalist last year following a homophobic meltdown she had on Twitter.


rightwingwatch--2020-01-09--Terri Pearsons Prays That God Will Make Iran Afraid of Trump and America

During last Sunday ’ s service at Eagle Mountain International Church in Fort Worth , Texas , pastor Terri Pearsons heaped praise on President Donald Trump for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and gushed that Trump ’ s threat to commit war crimes by striking Iranian cultural sites if Iran retaliated gave her chills .
“ President Trump has issued a severe threat of his own , ” Pearsons , the daughter of megachurch pastor Kenneth Copeland , told the congregation as she read some of Trump ’ s tweets .
“ ‘ The United States ’ —it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment .
We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World !
If Iran attacks an American Base , or any American , we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way…and without hesitation ! '
” “ I love it that he just tweets this , ” Person declared , before reading Trump ’ s threat to strike Iranian cultural sites , which would constitute a war crime .
“ ‘ Let this serve as a WARNING that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American assets , we have targeted 52 Iranian sites ( representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago ) , some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture , and those targets , and Iran itself , WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD .
The USA wants no more threats ! '
” Amid raucous applause from the congregation , Pearsons then offered up a prayer that God will make Iran fear America and Trump .
“ We are reminded Lord that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Pharaoh , ” she said .
“ It was the I Am that dealt with the enemy nation of God and his people .
It was the Great I Am that brought them to their knees and lifted up Israel and the covenant people of God that the whole world was in fear of .
Lord , we thank you for the covenant promise that said I will make them afraid of you .
Lord , for their own sake , we ask you to make them afraid of us , make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them afraid of Americans .
”

During last Sunday’s service at Eagle Mountain International Church in Fort Worth, Texas, pastor Terri Pearsons heaped praise on President Donald Trump for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and gushed that Trump’s threat to commit war crimes by striking Iranian cultural sites if Iran retaliated gave her chills.
“President Trump has issued a severe threat of his own,” Pearsons, the daughter of megachurch pastor Kenneth Copeland, told the congregation as she read some of Trump’s tweets. “‘The United States’—it gives me chills—’The United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way…and without hesitation!'”
“I love it that he just tweets this,” Person declared, before reading Trump’s threat to strike Iranian cultural sites, which would constitute a war crime. “‘Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!'”
Amid raucous applause from the congregation, Pearsons then offered up a prayer that God will make Iran fear America and Trump.
“We are reminded Lord that it was the I AM that dealt with Pharaoh,” she said. “It was the I Am that dealt with the enemy nation of God and his people. It was the Great I Am that brought them to their knees and lifted up Israel and the covenant people of God that the whole world was in fear of. Lord, we thank you for the covenant promise that said I will make them afraid of you. Lord, for their own sake, we ask you to make them afraid of us, make them afraid of Mr. Trump, make them afraid of Americans.”


rightwingwatch--2020-01-10--Right Wing Round-Up: ‘I Will Not Apologize’


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rightwingwatch--2020-01-10--For God and Big Oil: Lance Wallnau Promotes Congressional Candidate Jeff McFarlin

Lance Wallnau , a “ prophetic ” author and speaker who declared before the 2016 election that Donald Trump was God ’ s anointed “ chaos candidate , ” this week promoted Texas congressional candidate Jeff McFarlin via a Facebook live video .
“ God is calling a new generation of faith filled statesman to go to Washington , ” declared Wallnau ’ s Facebook post .
“ Here is someone who is stirring things up in Texas.
” The 31-year-old McFarlin is pitching himself as an oil-and-gas businessman and as a conservative who is willing to work across ideological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the country need “ a new sound ” —reflects language used in “ prophetic ” circles .
McFarlin says too many politicians are interested only in fighting , and he portrays himself as more of a father than a fighter .
But he ’ s also a big defender of the biggest fighter of them all , President Donald Trump , and he says his candidacy could help Trump win the district .
The 23rd Congressional District is huge , stretching from San Antonio to El Paso and including a long stretch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true swing district , giving Republican and Democratic candidates alternating victories over the last four presidential elections .
In 2018 , incumbent Republican Rep. Will Hurd won by less than 1,000 votes , while Democratic Senate candidate Beto O ’ Rourke and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbot both won in the district .
Hurd , currently the only black Republican in the House of Representatives , announced on Aug. 1 that he would not run for re-election .
That same month , McFarlin and his wife met with Sean Feucht , who was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
McFarlin ’ s wife Morgan said on a Dec. 12 Facebook video announcing her husband ’ s candidacy that Feucht ’ s encouragement was a big reason they got into the race .
“ Now is the time , ” she said Feucht told them .
Both McFarlin and his wife say they feel called by God to take this plunge into politics .
McFarlin has plenty of company : nine candidates filed to run in the March 3 Republican primary .
Wallnau ’ s large audience could be an important source @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and he is not the only family member backing McFarlin .
Wallnau ’ s daughter-in-law Jamie Lyn Wallnau , a Christian podcaster , is a close friend of McFarlin ’ s wife Morgan and appeared with her in a Facebook video announcing the campaign .
In this week ’ s interview , Wallnau said he has known McFarlin for years , suggesting that they initially got in touch through business circles .
Wallnau , a promoter of Seven Mountains dominionism and a member of the POTUS Shield council , is a speaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He described McFarlin as an “ ambassador for the kingdom ” within the business community .
In September , McFarlin posted that he had spent a “ great day ” at David ’ s Tent , a tent for 24-7 worship and prayer that is connected to a broader movement with its own big plans for 2020 .
Wallnau asked McFarlin to talk about the separation of church and state .
“ The left is trying to completely separate God from the government , government from God , ” McFarlin said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have no relation , get him out of here , what are you talking about ?
” “ And on the right , we ’ ve said , ‘ There ’ s really not separation , we need it all together , ’ ” said McFarlin , “ and I agree with that to some extent .
And one of the things I ’ d like to propose is that there are distinct and separate roles of the church and the state.
” McFarlin said , “ We don ’ t want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t want our federal judges forgiving everybody.
” The idea of “ sphere sovereignty ” —that God has given the government , the church , and the family distinct arenas of responsibility—is widely shared among religious right leaders like Wallnau .
This ideology is cited by those who argue that the government has no biblically legitimate role in caring for the poor , for example , because that role belongs to the church .
The church is good at helping people in their time of need , McFarlin told Wallnau .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s going on right now is the left , they want to get rid of God , and therefore all benevolence and charity is placed on the government ’ s shoulders .
And it lends itself to government overreach .
It lends itself to abuse in many ways.
” McFarlin cited Bethel pastor Kris Vallotton saying that the church ’ s job is to bring peace through love and the government ’ s job is to bring peace through strength .
Vallotton recently preached that God would give Trump a second term because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warned Christians not to find themselves in opposition to an angry God who has set aside humans ’ free will to assert his sovereignty at this moment in history .
McFarlin told Wallnau about a church that he said is providing food and other services to people being held in an immigration detention center .
He said that they negotiated with a nearby “ bus station ” to add $ 5 to the cost of every ticket so that “ illegals who are buying bus tickets end up paying for the detention center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asked by Wallnau about the Second Amendment , McFarlin said , “ We should not ever touch the Second Amendment .
It is a right and it ’ s not to be infringed upon .
And I ’ ll defend it with everything I have.
” He said that he got gun safety and hunter safety courses in fifth grade , and suggested that teachers should be empowered to teach students about the constitutional purpose for and proper use of guns .
There ’ s been a boom in oil and gas production @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McFarlin talked about U.S. energy production having freed the U.S. strategically from dependence on oil from the Middle East .
Yet McFarlin warned , “ We are in grave danger of not having anyone with oil and gas experience on the floor of Congress ” at a time when climate change activists are traumatizing children and the New Green Deal is being promoted in Congress .
McFarlin said that there are other good candidates in the race , but added , “ We really need representatives in Congress who aren ’ t just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re not just defenders to some level , they actually have the skills and ability and intelligence to articulate how the industry works , why the industry is important , and what it ’ s doing for our people , our economy , and our strength around the world.
” In her video announcement , McFarlin ’ s wife Morgan described him as having “ very conservative ” views— “ pro-life , ” “ pro-liberty , ” “ pro-family , ” and “ pro-business.
” She said he ’ s a peacemaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he needs to fight for conservative values…he will fight.
” Among the videos McFarlin has posted is one celebrating the success of the anti-abortion movement and declaring , “ We will see this end in our generation .
”

Lance Wallnau, a “prophetic” author and speaker who declared before the 2016 election that Donald Trump was God’s anointed “chaos candidate,” this week promoted Texas congressional candidate Jeff McFarlin via a Facebook live video. “God is calling a new generation of faith filled statesman to go to Washington,” declared Wallnau’s Facebook post. “Here is someone who is stirring things up in Texas.”
The 31-year-old McFarlin is pitching himself as an oil-and-gas businessman and as a conservative who is willing to work across ideological divides. A campaign theme—that the GOP and the country need “a new sound”—reflects language used in “prophetic” circles. McFarlin says too many politicians are interested only in fighting, and he portrays himself as more of a father than a fighter. But he’s also a big defender of the biggest fighter of them all, President Donald Trump, and he says his candidacy could help Trump win the district.
The 23rd Congressional District is huge, stretching from San Antonio to El Paso and including a long stretch of border territory. It is a true swing district, giving Republican and Democratic candidates alternating victories over the last four presidential elections. In 2018, incumbent Republican Rep. Will Hurd won by less than 1,000 votes, while Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbot both won in the district.
Hurd, currently the only black Republican in the House of Representatives, announced on Aug. 1 that he would not run for re-election. That same month, McFarlin and his wife met with Sean Feucht, who was soon to announce his own congressional candidacy. McFarlin’s wife Morgan said on a Dec. 12 Facebook video announcing her husband’s candidacy that Feucht’s encouragement was a big reason they got into the race. “Now is the time,” she said Feucht told them. Both McFarlin and his wife say they feel called by God to take this plunge into politics.
McFarlin has plenty of company: nine candidates filed to run in the March 3 Republican primary. Wallnau’s large audience could be an important source of visibility and financial support for McFarlin, and he is not the only family member backing McFarlin. Wallnau’s daughter-in-law Jamie Lyn Wallnau, a Christian podcaster, is a close friend of McFarlin’s wife Morgan and appeared with her in a Facebook video announcing the campaign.
In this week’s interview, Wallnau said he has known McFarlin for years, suggesting that they initially got in touch through business circles. Wallnau, a promoter of Seven Mountains dominionism and a member of the POTUS Shield council, is a speaker and coach for conservative Christian business leaders. He described McFarlin as an “ambassador for the kingdom” within the business community. In September, McFarlin posted that he had spent a “great day” at David’s Tent, a tent for 24-7 worship and prayer that is connected to a broader movement with its own big plans for 2020.
Wallnau asked McFarlin to talk about the separation of church and state. “The left is trying to completely separate God from the government, government from God,” McFarlin said. “They’re trying to say they have no relation, get him out of here, what are you talking about?”
“And on the right, we’ve said, ‘There’s really not separation, we need it all together,’” said McFarlin, “and I agree with that to some extent. And one of the things I’d like to propose is that there are distinct and separate roles of the church and the state.” McFarlin said, “We don’t want our local church pastors executing people—criminals—and we don’t want our federal judges forgiving everybody.”
The idea of “sphere sovereignty”—that God has given the government, the church, and the family distinct arenas of responsibility—is widely shared among religious right leaders like Wallnau. This ideology is cited by those who argue that the government has no biblically legitimate role in caring for the poor, for example, because that role belongs to the church.
The church is good at helping people in their time of need, McFarlin told Wallnau. “One of the things that’s going on right now is the left, they want to get rid of God, and therefore all benevolence and charity is placed on the government’s shoulders. And it lends itself to government overreach. It lends itself to abuse in many ways.”
McFarlin cited Bethel pastor Kris Vallotton saying that the church’s job is to bring peace through love and the government’s job is to bring peace through strength. Vallotton recently preached that God would give Trump a second term because ‘The Lord wants it” and warned Christians not to find themselves in opposition to an angry God who has set aside humans’ free will to assert his sovereignty at this moment in history.
McFarlin told Wallnau about a church that he said is providing food and other services to people being held in an immigration detention center. He said that they negotiated with a nearby “bus station” to add $5 to the cost of every ticket so that “illegals who are buying bus tickets end up paying for the detention center that they’re staying in.”
Asked by Wallnau about the Second Amendment, McFarlin said, “We should not ever touch the Second Amendment. It is a right and it’s not to be infringed upon. And I’ll defend it with everything I have.” He said that he got gun safety and hunter safety courses in fifth grade, and suggested that teachers should be empowered to teach students about the constitutional purpose for and proper use of guns.
There’s been a boom in oil and gas production in the district, and Wallnau and McFarlin talked about U.S. energy production having freed the U.S. strategically from dependence on oil from the Middle East. Yet McFarlin warned, “We are in grave danger of not having anyone with oil and gas experience on the floor of Congress” at a time when climate change activists are traumatizing children and the New Green Deal is being promoted in Congress.
McFarlin said that there are other good candidates in the race, but added, “We really need representatives in Congress who aren’t just loyal to oil and gas, they’re not just defenders to some level, they actually have the skills and ability and intelligence to articulate how the industry works, why the industry is important, and what it’s doing for our people, our economy, and our strength around the world.”
In her video announcement, McFarlin’s wife Morgan described him as having “very conservative” views—“pro-life,” “pro-liberty,” “pro-family,” and “pro-business.” She said he’s a peacemaker, but assured viewers that “When he needs to fight for conservative values…he will fight.”
Among the videos McFarlin has posted is one celebrating the success of the anti-abortion movement and declaring, “We will see this end in our generation.”


rightwingwatch--2020-01-10--FRC Argues Trump’s Killing of Iranian General Was Biblically Justified

The Family Research Center , a religious right organization notable for its anti-LGBTQ campaigning , is arguing that President Donald Trump ’ s ordered killing of a top Iranian military general was biblically justified .
Thursday ’ s episode of “ Washington Watch with Tony Perkins ” featured an interview with David Closson , FRC ’ s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview , that the episode ’ s show notes said would explain “ why America ’ s response to Iran was justified from a Biblical perspective.
” Perkins told listeners that the journalists who had contacted him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christians supported the killing of Qassem Soleimani .
Perkins said that scripture speaks to “ every aspect of life , ” including when it is appropriate for nations to engage in war , and hosted Closson to explain why Trump ’ s action was biblically justified .
Closson said that the scripture “ lets us see that all war itself is not intrinsically evil , ” saying that the Old Testament sanctions war and that the New Testament states that governments are answerable to God for the responsibilities they have to their citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for going to war .
And all killing is tragic , but sometimes it ’ s necessary , ” Closson said .
Perkins and Closson discussed the components of jus ad bellum , which is a set of criteria used to determine whether going to war is ethical .
After walking through the different criteria , the duo said that the principles had been derived from scripture .
“ A lot of Christians think that the default position of Christianity is passivism , but there ’ s actually quite a few examples in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about these issues and scripture teaches a couple examples , ” Closson said , going on to cite scripture he said backed up his assertion .
Earlier this week , FRC executive president Jerry Boykin argued it would have been “ irresponsible ” for Trump not to order the drone strike against Soleimani , the commander of Iran ’ s elite Quds Force .

The Family Research Center, a religious right organization notable for its anti-LGBTQ campaigning, is arguing that President Donald Trump’s ordered killing of a top Iranian military general was biblically justified.
Thursday’s episode of “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins” featured an interview with David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, that the episode’s show notes said would explain “why America’s response to Iran was justified from a Biblical perspective.”
Perkins told listeners that the journalists who had contacted him had been shocked to hear that evangelical Christians supported the killing of Qassem Soleimani. Perkins said that scripture speaks to “every aspect of life,” including when it is appropriate for nations to engage in war, and hosted Closson to explain why Trump’s action was biblically justified.
Closson said that the scripture “lets us see that all war itself is not intrinsically evil,” saying that the Old Testament sanctions war and that the New Testament states that governments are answerable to God for the responsibilities they have to their citizens.
“Sometimes there are compelling reasons for going to war. And all killing is tragic, but sometimes it’s necessary,” Closson said.
Perkins and Closson discussed the components of jus ad bellum, which is a set of criteria used to determine whether going to war is ethical. After walking through the different criteria, the duo said that the principles had been derived from scripture.
“A lot of Christians think that the default position of Christianity is passivism, but there’s actually quite a few examples in the Bible that actually– where Jesus thinks about these issues and scripture teaches a couple examples,” Closson said, going on to cite scripture he said backed up his assertion.
Earlier this week, FRC executive president Jerry Boykin argued it would have been “irresponsible” for Trump not to order the drone strike against Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force.


rightwingwatch--2020-01-10--Jim Bakker Warns That God’s Judgment Will Soon Fall on Several Cities

End Times prepper pastor Jim Bakker used his television program today to issue a vague but dire warning that God ’ s judgment will be coming to cities around the world .
Today ’ s broadcast , which was filmed on New Year ’ s Eve , featured a tuxedo-clad Bakker reluctantly delivering a prophetic warning that he said he received from God regarding unspecified destruction that will soon strike everywhere from New York City to Tel Aviv , Israel .
“ Pray for your city , pray for your town , pray where you live , ” Bakker warned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am going to mention could still be saved if they repent , if they have revival .
God would hear from Heaven if cities would turn from their wicked ways , but there are cities that have cursed God .
I don ’ t understand it all.
” Bakker then listed New York City and Long Island in New York , Los Angeles , Long Beach , and Santa Ana in California , New Orleans , Louisiana , Washington , D.C. , Bangkok , Thailand , Tel Aviv , Israel , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as places that should prepare themselves to suffer the wrath of God .
“ I know I ’ m not wrong , ” Bakker said .
Bakker provided no details about when such judgment would fall , what form it would take , or why these particular places would be the targets , but rest assured that if anything happens in any of these places at any point in the future , Bakker will immediately claim it to be the fulfillment of his prophecy .

End Times prepper pastor Jim Bakker used his television program today to issue a vague but dire warning that God’s judgment will be coming to cities around the world.
Today’s broadcast, which was filmed on New Year’s Eve, featured a tuxedo-clad Bakker reluctantly delivering a prophetic warning that he said he received from God regarding unspecified destruction that will soon strike everywhere from New York City to Tel Aviv, Israel.
“Pray for your city, pray for your town, pray where you live,” Bakker warned. “Some cities and states that I am going to mention could still be saved if they repent, if they have revival. God would hear from Heaven if cities would turn from their wicked ways, but there are cities that have cursed God. I don’t understand it all.”
Bakker then listed New York City and Long Island in New York, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Santa Ana in California, New Orleans, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Thailand, Tel Aviv, Israel, and unnamed “North New Jersey Towns” as places that should prepare themselves to suffer the wrath of God.
“I know I’m not wrong,” Bakker said.
Bakker provided no details about when such judgment would fall, what form it would take, or why these particular places would be the targets, but rest assured that if anything happens in any of these places at any point in the future, Bakker will immediately claim it to be the fulfillment of his prophecy.


rightwingwatch--2020-01-14--Dave Daubenmire: Meghan Markle ‘Infiltrated’ and ‘Poisoned” the Royal Bloodline

When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were married in 2018 , right-wing activist Dave Daubenmire decried the union as a “ psy op ” that was intended to promote “ the blending of the races , ” which is something that Daubenmire vehemently opposes because he believes that interracial marriage has weakened America .
“ Today , interracial marriage would be considered honorable , when 40 years ago it would have been considered a disgrace , ” Daubenmire argued in 2017 .
“ Now is it a disgrace or is it honorable ?
Has the mixing of culture been good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Is America stronger today than we were 40 years ago or are we weaker today ?
And could it be are we weaker today because multiculturalism is spiritual AIDS and has brought an infection into what was once a great Christian American culture ?
” On his “ Pass The Salt Live ” webcast yesterday , Daubenmire reacted to the news that Harry and Meghan were stepping back from their positions as members of the royal family by blaming Markle for having “ infiltrated ” and “ poisoned ” the royal bloodline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the crown being poisoned ?
” Daubenmire asked .
“ Is there something special about this commoner who has married into the royalty ?
” “ She ’ s half black , ” Daubenmire answered .
“ When [ Harry and Meghan ] step back , what is going to be at the heart of why she did it ?
What are they going to say ?
Come on .
Wake up here .
What are they going to say ?
… Racism !
She never felt comfortable .
She felt like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The royal family is the seat of Christianity , ” he continued .
“ We can not deny the impact the royal family has had on the WASP-y culture ; the White Anglo Saxon Protestant culture is a result of what has happened within the crown .
And the crown has now , for the first time , been infiltrated with a bloodline … oh my goodness , that sounds racist , doesn ’ t it ?
” “ Don ’ s miss what ’ s going on , ” Daubenmire said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of her infiltration , proud of her multiculturalism .
And what is that demon doing ?
Destroying and upsetting everything , every tradition in that royal family .
”

When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were married in 2018, right-wing activist Dave Daubenmire decried the union as a “psy op” that was intended to promote “the blending of the races,” which is something that Daubenmire vehemently opposes because he believes that interracial marriage has weakened America.
“Today, interracial marriage would be considered honorable, when 40 years ago it would have been considered a disgrace,” Daubenmire argued in 2017. “Now is it a disgrace or is it honorable? Has the mixing of culture been good for America or has it been bad? Is America stronger today than we were 40 years ago or are we weaker today? And could it be are we weaker today because multiculturalism is spiritual AIDS and has brought an infection into what was once a great Christian American culture?”
On his “Pass The Salt Live” webcast yesterday, Daubenmire reacted to the news that Harry and Meghan were stepping back from their positions as members of the royal family by blaming Markle for having “infiltrated” and “poisoned” the royal bloodline.
“How is the royal bloodline of the crown being poisoned?” Daubenmire asked. “Is there something special about this commoner who has married into the royalty?”
“She’s half black,” Daubenmire answered. “When [Harry and Meghan] step back, what is going to be at the heart of why she did it? What are they going to say? Come on. Wake up here. What are they going to say? … Racism! She never felt comfortable. She felt like she was below everybody else.”
“The royal family is the seat of Christianity,” he continued. “We cannot deny the impact the royal family has had on the WASP-y culture; the White Anglo Saxon Protestant culture is a result of what has happened within the crown. And the crown has now, for the first time, been infiltrated with a bloodline … oh my goodness, that sounds racist, doesn’t it?”
“Don’s miss what’s going on,” Daubenmire said. “This infiltrator comes in, proud of her infiltration, proud of her multiculturalism. And what is that demon doing? Destroying and upsetting everything, every tradition in that royal family.”


rightwingwatch--2020-01-13--Right Wing Round-Up: A Blizzard of Lies

Right Wing Round-Up: A Blizzard of Lies


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rightwingwatch--2020-01-13--‘They’re Interested in Hurting People’: E.W. Jackson Sees No Difference Between American Progressive

‘They’re Interested in Hurting People’: E.W. Jackson Sees No Difference Between American Progressives and North Korean Regime

Right-wing pastor and religious-right activist E.W .
Jackson said on his “ The Awakening ” radio program last week that he can see no discernible difference between American progressives and the totalitarian regime in North Korea .
Jackson has been reading “ The Aquariums of Pyongyang , ” the story of a man who spent a decade in North Korean prison camp , which inspired him to declare that he doesn ’ t “ see any difference whatsoever in substance ” between the North Korean regime and liberals in the U.S. “ They are interested in hurting people , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not interested in putting people in jail because they don ’ t agree with us .
We ’ re not interested in destroying people ’ s lives because they don ’ t agree with us .
We ’ re interested in praying for them and ultimately persuading them and trusting that God will touch their hearts and they ’ ll see the light .
We know that God loves them and so do we.
” “ The left doesn ’ t have any such Christian compunctions , ” he continued .
“ They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ die and spit on us as they walk over us .
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Right-wing pastor and religious-right activist E.W. Jackson said on his “The Awakening” radio program last week that he can see no discernible difference between American progressives and the totalitarian regime in North Korea.
Jackson has been reading “The Aquariums of Pyongyang,” the story of a man who spent a decade in North Korean prison camp, which inspired him to declare that he doesn’t “see any difference whatsoever in substance” between the North Korean regime and liberals in the U.S.
“They are interested in hurting people,” Jackson said. “We Christians are not interested in putting people in jail because they don’t agree with us. We’re not interested in destroying people’s lives because they don’t agree with us. We’re interested in praying for them and ultimately persuading them and trusting that God will touch their hearts and they’ll see the light. We know that God loves them and so do we.”
“The left doesn’t have any such Christian compunctions,” he continued. “They’d just as soon see us die and spit on us as they walk over us.”


rightwingwatch--2020-01-13--MAGA Activist Karyn Turk Sentenced to a Month in Prison for Social Security Fraud

Last October , we took note of the fact that pro-Trump activist and right-wing commentator Karyn Turk had pleaded guilty @ @ @ @ @ of dollars from her mother ’ s Social Security benefits , reportedly to pay for @ @ @ @ @ We had covered Turk , who last year hosted a fundraiser for Roger Stone , @ @ @ @ @ Right Wing Watch , thanks to her appearances on Bill Mitchell ’ s “ YourVoice @ @ @ @ @ she asserted that Democrats are “ domestic terrorists ” and declared that the sexual assault @ @ @ @ @ and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh should not be believed because the women who made @ @ @ @ @ On Thursday , Turk was sentenced to a month in federal prison , plus five @ @ @ @ @

Last October, we took note of the fact that pro-Trump activist and right-wing commentator Karyn Turk had pleaded guilty to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her mother’s Social Security benefits, reportedly to pay for her own lavish lifestyle.
We had covered Turk, who last year hosted a fundraiser for Roger Stone, a few times here on Right Wing Watch, thanks to her appearances on Bill Mitchell’s “YourVoice America” program, where she asserted that Democrats are “domestic terrorists” and declared that the sexual assault allegations made against President Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh should not be believed because the women who made them “are unattractive.”
On Thursday, Turk was sentenced to a month in federal prison, plus five months of house arrest:
Karyn Turk, a former Mrs. Florida beauty pageant winner turned conservative commentator, was sentenced to a month in federal prison plus five months of house arrest Thursday after pleading guilty to social security fraud in September. The charge stemmed from Turk pocketing her mother’s social security checks rather than sending the money to the nursing home in which her mother was receiving care for dementia. Turk’s mother died June 10. In separate cases in civil court, the nursing home, the mother’s court-appointed guardian and the guardian’s lawyers are all suing Turk to collect money they say she owes them as the representative of her mother’s estate. The total amount owed according to the three lawsuits is more than $320,000.


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rightwingwatch--2020-01-14--Kanye West Joins Dominionist Pro-Trump ‘Prophets’ for Stadium Prayer Rally

Rapper Kanye West announced that he and his Sunday Service choir will take part in Awaken 2020 , a prayer rally featuring dominionists Lou Engle , Ché Ahn , Cindy Jacobs and other evangelists that will be held Saturday , Jan. 18 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe , Arizona .
According to one report , West ’ s announcement sparked such a flood of people registering for free tickets that the event website crashed .
Some religious conservatives believe that West ’ s highly publicized conversion and his traveling “ Sunday Service ” will help spark the Great Awakening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been trying to set in motion for years .
To them , the Great Awakening is not just about saving souls , but about changing politics and shifting the direction of the nation .
“ It ’ s time for you to be part of the Jesus awakening that is shifting HISTORY , ” a website promoting the event reads .
“ Open the door and enter into a new era , a new decade , of revival that is bringing a movement of signs and wonders , healing of the sick , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ West , many of the rally speakers are ardent supporters of President Donald Trump .
Guillermo Maldonado , whose church recently hosted the president at a campaign kickoff for Evangelicals for Trump , has said that God raised up Trump as part of his End Times plans for America .
Awaken 2020 organizer David Herzog also talks about prophecies for the second coming ; he believes God is going to trust this generation to bring great signs and wonders and miracles to America because “ the harvest is so ripe , it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s in a hurry to do this.
” Ché Ahn , head of Harvest International Ministry and a leader of the New Apostolic Reformation , says that “ true revival includes the reformation of society.
” He has promoted political events organized by Christian nationalist David Lane in an effort to “ transform ” California .
He publicly canceled his subscription to Christianity Today after the magazine editorialized in favor of Trump ’ s impeachment and removal from office .
Ahn is a promoter of Seven Mountains dominionism , which teaches that Satan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ mountains ” of influence in society—like government , media , entertainment—and that the right kind of Christians need to control over them .
Ahn has talked about the importance of Christians being in charge of the mountain of government so that “ we can make decrees and declarations and we can influence that whole mountain.
” Ahn , an ardent opponent of LGBTQ equality , co-founded The Call , which organized a series of large-scale political prayer rallies , with Lou Engle .
The Call co-founder , dominionist Lou Engle , has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in a promotional video will “ open up the dawning of a new day ” that could “ change history.
” Engle teaches that “ the church ’ s vocation is to rule history with God.
” He has used his prayer events to call for an end to abortion in America , to mobilize resistance to LGBTQ equality , and to ask God to “ remove ” pro-choice Supreme Court justices so that President Donald Trump can replace them with justices who will eliminate a right to abortion .
In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prophesying at a 1997 event in Sun Devil Stadium that the stadium would be filled , a prophesy that he said was the beginning of The Call .
In his own video promoting Awakening 2020 , Ahn , went back even further and described a 1995 event at which he said two young people prophesied the arrival of “ stadium Christianity.
” “ Prophet ” Cindy Jacobs teaches that there is an imperative to “ disciple nations.
” On the eve of the 2018 midterms elections , she declared , “ We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are going to believe that government needs to be upon his shoulders , ” adding , “ The government of God must be established.
” Like Engle , Jacobs is a member of the council of POTUS Shield , a network created on the night of Trump ’ s election victory to support his presidency .
Both she and Engle were part of a spiritual warfare event held at Trump International Hotel in Washington , D.C. , in February 2018 , at which she told her fellow warriors , “ We are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for His will to be done .
She , too , is a strong opponent of legal abortion and legal equality for LGBTQ people .
Last year , Jacobs warned that the proposed Equality Act , which would expand federal civil rights laws to include protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation of gender identity , becomes law , “ Christians will rise up ” and “ we would even come to a place of civil war.
” In 2017 , Jacobs told a gathering that God wants Christians to become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sparking a “ great harvest ” of Jewish conversions .
In 2018 , she said , “ There ’ s a reason God brought so many Asians to California .
The Lord told us that it was like a hidden weapon , the Asians were like a hidden weapon that God wanted to use to turn the elections.
” Jacobs ’ prophecies haven ’ t always come to pass ; at a “ prophetic summit ” in 2017 , she said that God would remove North Korea ’ s Kim Jong Un @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heart to the Lord.
” Jacobs has teamed up with White House aide Paula White for the One Voice Prayer Movement , which launched in November with a prayer call on which White prayed against demonic efforts to undermine Trump .
Awaken 2020 is one of many large-scale tent-and-stadium prayer events being organized by religious-right leaders this year in hopes of sparking evangelical activism and a spiritual revival that will lead to reformation of the church and transformation of society .

Rapper Kanye West announced that he and his Sunday Service choir will take part in Awaken 2020, a prayer rally featuring dominionists Lou Engle, Ché Ahn, Cindy Jacobs and other evangelists that will be held Saturday, Jan. 18 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. According to one report, West’s announcement sparked such a flood of people registering for free tickets that the event website crashed.
Some religious conservatives believe that West’s highly publicized conversion and his traveling “Sunday Service” will help spark the Great Awakening, a revival that religious-right leaders have been trying to set in motion for years. To them, the Great Awakening is not just about saving souls, but about changing politics and shifting the direction of the nation.
“It’s time for you to be part of the Jesus awakening that is shifting HISTORY,” a website promoting the event reads. “Open the door and enter into a new era, a new decade, of revival that is bringing a movement of signs and wonders, healing of the sick, and preaching of the gospel.”
Like West, many of the rally speakers are ardent supporters of President Donald Trump. Guillermo Maldonado, whose church recently hosted the president at a campaign kickoff for Evangelicals for Trump, has said that God raised up Trump as part of his End Times plans for America.
Awaken 2020 organizer David Herzog also talks about prophecies for the second coming; he believes God is going to trust this generation to bring great signs and wonders and miracles to America because “the harvest is so ripe, it’s so close, and he’s in a hurry to do this.”
Ché Ahn, head of Harvest International Ministry and a leader of the New Apostolic Reformation, says that “true revival includes the reformation of society.” He has promoted political events organized by Christian nationalist David Lane in an effort to “transform” California. He publicly canceled his subscription to Christianity Today after the magazine editorialized in favor of Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. Ahn is a promoter of Seven Mountains dominionism, which teaches that Satan has had control of many of the “mountains” of influence in society—like government, media, entertainment—and that the right kind of Christians need to take control over them. Ahn has talked about the importance of Christians being in charge of the mountain of government so that “we can make decrees and declarations and we can influence that whole mountain.” Ahn, an ardent opponent of LGBTQ equality, co-founded The Call, which organized a series of large-scale political prayer rallies, with Lou Engle.
The Call co-founder, dominionist Lou Engle, has been promoting Awaken 2020, which he said in a promotional video will “open up the dawning of a new day” that could “change history.” Engle teaches that “the church’s vocation is to rule history with God.” He has used his prayer events to call for an end to abortion in America, to mobilize resistance to LGBTQ equality, and to ask God to “remove” pro-choice Supreme Court justices so that President Donald Trump can replace them with justices who will eliminate a right to abortion. In a video promoting Awaken 2020, Engle recalled prophesying at a 1997 event in Sun Devil Stadium that the stadium would be filled, a prophesy that he said was the beginning of The Call. In his own video promoting Awakening 2020, Ahn went back even further and described a 1995 event at which he said two young people prophesied the arrival of “stadium Christianity.”
“Prophet” Cindy Jacobs teaches that there is an imperative to “disciple nations.” On the eve of the 2018 midterms elections, she declared, “We’re going to put people in office that are going to believe that government needs to be upon his shoulders,” adding, “The government of God must be established.” Like Engle, Jacobs is a member of the council of POTUS Shield, a network created on the night of Trump’s election victory to support his presidency. Both she and Engle were part of a spiritual warfare event held at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., in February 2018, at which she told her fellow warriors, “We are God’s enforcers in the Earth for His will to be done.” She, too, is a strong opponent of legal abortion and legal equality for LGBTQ people. Last year, Jacobs warned that the proposed Equality Act, which would expand federal civil rights laws to include protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation of gender identity, becomes law, “Christians will rise up” and “we would even come to a place of civil war.” In 2017, Jacobs told a gathering that God wants Christians to become so wealthy it will make Jews jealous, sparking a “great harvest” of Jewish conversions. In 2018, she said, “There’s a reason God brought so many Asians to California. The Lord told us that it was like a hidden weapon, the Asians were like a hidden weapon that God wanted to use to turn the elections.” Jacobs has teamed up with White House aide Paula White for the One Voice Prayer Movement, which launched in November with a prayer call on which White prayed against demonic efforts to undermine Trump.
Awaken 2020 is one of many large-scale tent-and-stadium prayer events being organized by religious-right leaders this year in hopes of sparking evangelical activism and a spiritual revival that will lead to reformation of the church and transformation of society.


rightwingwatch--2020-01-14--With Pompeo Out of the Running, White Nationalists Dream of a Kansas Senator Kris Kobach

With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo out of the picture , Kris Kobach , the Republican former secretary of state of Kansas and an anti-immigration hardliner , has a better chance at winning the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate this year , and that has some white nationalists excited .
Pompeo has reportedly decided not to run for Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts ’ soon-to-be-vacant seat .
According to Politico , some GOP officials worry that Pompeo ’ s decision to remain Secretary of State will provide Kobach with a better chance at securing the Republican nomination for the seat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election to a Democratic opponent in the general election as he did in the state ’ s 2018 gubernatorial race .
Opponents of Kobach have attacked him for his connections to racists and white nationalists , who applaud Kobach ’ s support of anti-immigrant policies .
The white nationalist website VDARE called Pompeo ’ s announcement “ one domestic upside from the tensions with Iran.
” On a podcast uploaded Sunday , co-host of the racist podcast “ Fash the Nation ” James Allsup and a host appearing under the moniker “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to run as a glimmer of hope for Kobach ’ s candidacy , but they worried that the GOP would abandon Kobach if he secured the Republican nomination in his primary .
“ Fash the Nation ” is hosted on the alt-right podcast network The Right Stuff , which is helmed by white nationalist Mike “ Enoch ” Peinovich .
“ It benefits us , and it benefits the American people , because if he actually does end up being nominated and ends up being elected to the Senate—somebody who actually does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the actual people , of the United States at heart in terms of dealing with immigration—and if [ Republicans ] tank , then it just demonstrates in an undeniable way that our narratives on this are correct and that these people will do anything—anything—to avoid even the possibility of making things better for us legacy white Americans , ” Ethnarch said .
“ Yeah , the GOP—all about winning these seats—would rather throw the election , would rather allow a Democrat to take the Senate seat then assist someone like Kobach , someone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , in winning that seat .
It ’ s a very winnable election , of course .
Kansas is one of these states , it ’ s very typically deep red .
It ’ s a seat that Republicans have held for many years , and we already see the NRSC—National Republican Senatorial Committee—positioning themselves , putting themselves in a place where they ’ re indicating they ’ re not going to be involved with Kobach , even if he does become the nominee .
They would rather throw this race than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Allsup said .
“ And the important thing about this election , too , is that being a 2020 Senate election , he would not be up for election again until 2026 .
And no matter what happened to Trump , or what happens to Trump in 2020 , if Kobach is to win this seat , he ’ s going to be in office longer than Trump is .
With everything we know has happened in the Trump administration and their position on immigration , the total cave that we ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ somebody like Kobach in the upper house , in a position of power , as an anti-immigration , as an immigration restrictionist leader , that would be immensely powerful going forward , ” Allsup said .
“ And Kobach is someone who we believe to be—this is just based on what we ’ ve seen in the media and what we ’ ve read—we get the impression that he is someone who is ideologically motivated and he is someone who is not going to be swayed at the flip of a coin like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ someone like him as a senator , that would be extremely powerful , ” Allsup said .
Kobach has long supported Trump .
He joined Trump ’ s presidential transition team as an immigration adviser in 2016 , and Trump ’ s team even considered him for Homeland Security Secretary .
In leaked Trump transition vetting docs reported by Axios last year , Republican National Committee researchers flagged Kobach for vulnerabilities regarding “ white supremacy ” while he was being considered for the post .
RWW ’ s Miranda Blue noted when Kobach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Trump , has been known to be drawn to conspiracy theories , especially ones that bolster fears of the growing influence of racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. On his weekly radio show in 2014 , Kobach entertained the question of a listener who wondered if a Hispanic majority in the U.S. would start conducting “ ethnic cleansing , ” saying that while he thought it was unlikely , “ things are strange and they are happening ” under President Obama .
On another occasion , he told a caller it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” to think that the president might ban all criminal prosecutions of African Americans .
Just this year , Kobach told a caller to his show that Obama might well oppose Kobach ’ s disastrous proof-of-citizenship voting restriction in Kansas because he ’ s not a citizen himself .
For these reasons , Kobach offers hope to some white nationalists that their anti-immigrant policy agenda could be championed in Congress .

With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo out of the picture, Kris Kobach, the Republican former secretary of state of Kansas and an anti-immigration hardliner, has a better chance at winning the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate this year, and that has some white nationalists excited.
Pompeo has reportedly decided not to run for Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts’ soon-to-be-vacant seat. According to Politico, some GOP officials worry that Pompeo’s decision to remain Secretary of State will provide Kobach with a better chance at securing the Republican nomination for the seat, and that Kobach might then lose the election to a Democratic opponent in the general election as he did in the state’s 2018 gubernatorial race. Opponents of Kobach have attacked him for his connections to racists and white nationalists, who applaud Kobach’s support of anti-immigrant policies. The white nationalist website VDARE called Pompeo’s announcement “one domestic upside from the tensions with Iran.”
On a podcast uploaded Sunday, co-host of the racist podcast “Fash the Nation” James Allsup and a host appearing under the moniker “Ethnarch” interpreted Pompeo’s decision not to run as a glimmer of hope for Kobach’s candidacy, but they worried that the GOP would abandon Kobach if he secured the Republican nomination in his primary. “Fash the Nation” is hosted on the alt-right podcast network The Right Stuff, which is helmed by white nationalist Mike “Enoch” Peinovich.
“It benefits us, and it benefits the American people, because if he actually does end up being nominated and ends up being elected to the Senate—somebody who actually does have the interest of the people, the actual people, of the United States at heart in terms of dealing with immigration—and if [Republicans] tank, then it just demonstrates in an undeniable way that our narratives on this are correct and that these people will do anything—anything—to avoid even the possibility of making things better for us legacy white Americans,” Ethnarch said.
“Yeah, the GOP—all about winning these seats—would rather throw the election, would rather allow a Democrat to take the Senate seat then assist someone like Kobach, someone with Kobach’s politics in taking that, in winning that seat. It’s a very winnable election, of course. Kansas is one of these states, it’s very typically deep red. It’s a seat that Republicans have held for many years, and we already see the NRSC—National Republican Senatorial Committee—positioning themselves, putting themselves in a place where they’re indicating they’re not going to be involved with Kobach, even if he does become the nominee. They would rather throw this race than assist him in the victory,” Allsup said.
“And the important thing about this election, too, is that being a 2020 Senate election, he would not be up for election again until 2026. And no matter what happened to Trump, or what happens to Trump in 2020, if Kobach is to win this seat, he’s going to be in office longer than Trump is. With everything we know has happened in the Trump administration and their position on immigration, the total cave that we’ve witnessed and covered in real-time, having somebody like Kobach in the upper house, in a position of power, as an anti-immigration, as an immigration restrictionist leader, that would be immensely powerful going forward,” Allsup said. “And Kobach is someone who we believe to be—this is just based on what we’ve seen in the media and what we’ve read—we get the impression that he is someone who is ideologically motivated and he is someone who is not going to be swayed at the flip of a coin like Trump is on immigration.”
“Having someone like him as a senator, that would be extremely powerful,” Allsup said.
Kobach has long supported Trump. He joined Trump’s presidential transition team as an immigration adviser in 2016, and Trump’s team even considered him for Homeland Security Secretary. In leaked Trump transition vetting docs reported by Axios last year, Republican National Committee researchers flagged Kobach for vulnerabilities regarding “white supremacy” while he was being considered for the post. RWW’s Miranda Blue noted when Kobach joined the transition team:
Kobach, like Trump, has been known to be drawn to conspiracy theories, especially ones that bolster fears of the growing influence of racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. On his weekly radio show in 2014, Kobach entertained the question of a listener who wondered if a Hispanic majority in the U.S. would start conducting “ethnic cleansing,” saying that while he thought it was unlikely, “things are strange and they are happening” under President Obama. On another occasion, he told a caller it would not be a “huge jump” to think that the president might ban all criminal prosecutions of African Americans. Just this year, Kobach told a caller to his show that Obama might well oppose Kobach’s disastrous proof-of-citizenship voting restriction in Kansas because he’s not a citizen himself.
After Kobach won Kansas’ gubernatorial primary in 2018, RWW’s Peter Montgomery noted:
For these reasons, Kobach offers hope to some white nationalists that their anti-immigrant policy agenda could be championed in Congress.


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