rightwingwatch--2020-07-14--Robert Jeffress: America Is a ‘Christian Nation’ Whose Constitution Has Been Perverted by Secularist

Robert Jeffress: America Is a ‘Christian Nation’ Whose Constitution Has Been Perverted by Secularists and ‘Infidels’

Robert Jeffress , senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Dallas ,  Texas , insisted on recent episodes of his “ Pathway to Victory ” broadcast that “ America is a Christian Nation.
” Jeffress , who hosted Vice President Mike Pence for a “ Celebrate Freedom Sunday ” worship service on June 28 , is a regular fixture on Fox News , where he relentlessly promotes President Donald Trump and denounces the president ’ s opponents .
Pathway to Victory is aired daily on more than 900 radio stations in the U.S. , according to First Baptist .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ appearance and the Fourth of July , Jeffress devoted two Pathways to Victory episodes to the theme “ America at a Crossroads , ” followed by episodes on July 1 and July 2 titled “ America is a Christian Nation.
” The overlapping content of those programs—which seem to recycle sermons Jeffress has delivered—pushed several themes : • The First Amendment was designed to put all Christian denominations on equal footing , not to make Christianity “ subservient ” to other religions .
• Secularists and other infidels have perverted the meaning of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. today is a battle between good and evil .
To buttress his case that America has always been a Christian nation , Jeffress took a page from oft-debunked religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton , cherry-picking quotes from the Founding Fathers and early court decisions .
Jeffress cited an 1844 case about a wealthy man in Pennsylvania who left money in his will to start a school for orphans with the stipulation that no Christian minister could teach in the school .
Some of the man ’ s heirs sued on various grounds ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on clergy teaching at the school discriminated against Christianity .
The Supreme Court rejected that argument and upheld the will , saying that the prohibition on ministers as teachers did not violate the state constitution , impugn Christianity or prevent lay people from teaching the Bible .
Jeffress quoted approvingly from a section of the ruling : Jeffress also cited a 1799 decision by the Maryland Supreme Court that included the assertion , “ By our form of government , the Christian religion is the established religion ” of the United States .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Seven years after the ratification of the First Amendment , this court says we have an established religion .
It is the Christian religion .
They understood exactly what the founders had in mind .
They understood that yes , this is a Christian nation , but no one denomination is to be elevated [ over ] another .
‘ Cause look at the second phrase .
Yes , the Christian religion is the established religion , ‘ and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their religious liberty.
’ It seems less likely that Jeffress or his religious-right allies would embrace the rest of the holding in that case , which inserted the court into a dispute over a congregation ’ s effort to dismiss and replace its minister .
Jeffress did discuss the letter by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists , in which Jefferson praised the First Amendment for having built “ a wall of separation between Church & State.
” But , Jeffress claimed , “ The context of this was the elevation of one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Never in their wildest imaginations did Thomas Jefferson or the Founding Fathers ever believe that that First Amendment would be perverted in such a way as to try to separate our country from its Christian heritage.
” In fact , Jefferson was extremely proud of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom—widely considered a precursor to the First Amendment—and the legislative battle that prevented “ Jesus Christ ” from being inserted into its preamble , which made clear , in Jefferson ’ s words , that the law was “ meant to comprehend , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Jew and the Gentile , the Christian and Mahometan , the Hindoo and infidel of every denomination.
” In his broadcasts , Jeffress cited a litany of commonly voiced religious-right complaints about Supreme Court rulings , beginning with a series of 20th Century rulings that strengthened church-state separation and put an end to official prayer and devotional Bible readings in public schools .
Contrasting them with the language used by 19th Century courts and politicians .
Jeffress asked : And here ’ s the question : What has changed ?
What has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has the Constitution changed and nobody told us ?
Is that what happened ?
Of course not .
What has happened is we have allowed the secularists , the humanists , the atheists , the infidels , to pervert our Constitution into something our Founding Fathers never intended .
And it is time for Americans to stand up and say ‘ Enough !
We ’ re not going to allow this in our Christian country anymore.
’ It is time to put an end to this .
Jeffress used two metaphors for describing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution .
In one telling , each case was a stone building the wall of separation ever higher .
In another , each case was like an explosion set in a building ’ s foundation to bring it down in an implosion .
Roe v. Wade and the marriage equality decision in Obergefell v. Hodges were other “ explosions , ” he said , claiming that the country is living in that moment between the explosions and the building ’ s collapse : “ No nation that outlaws the mention of God in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murder of its own children , that destroys the most basic unit of society—the family—no nation is going to survive that.
” But Jeffress doesn ’ t want his audience to despair .
“ No , this is not depressing as long as you understand our purpose as Christians .
If you understand our purpose as Christians , there ’ s never been a better time to be alive and living in America than right now.
” Christians , he said , are meant to push back against evil .
And since God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of evil , ” he said , “ when we elect government officials , we are determining the moral and spiritual direction of our country.
” Jeffress is not subtle .
Citing the candidates ’ different positions on abortion , he portrayed the 2016 election between Trump and Hillary Clinton as a battle “ between good and evil.
” And he said that ’ s true of politics in the U.S. today .
“ If you don ’ t hear another word I say this morning , hear this : what we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a battle between Republicans and Democrats .
It is a battle between good and evil , between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan , ” he said .
“ That ’ s exactly what is at stake in this country.
” On the recent broadcasts , Jeffress talked about his church ’ s $ 135 million , six-block campus in downtown Dallas , which he said is debt-free .
He repeatedly asked people to contribute money to a $ 575,000 matching campaign to “ replenish the arsenal ” and expand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ July 5 deadline .
First Baptist received between $ 2 million and $ 5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds , according to records released recently by the Trump administration .
Jeffress also promoted his most recent book , “ Praying for America , ” which urges people to vote for “ God-honoring candidates.
” The Christian-nation version of the U.S. founding promoted by Jeffress and Barton has been widely challenged by historians , including evangelical Christians like John Fea , author of “ Was America Founded as a Christian Nation ?
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Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, insisted on recent episodes of his “Pathway to Victory” broadcast that “America is a Christian Nation.” Jeffress, who hosted Vice President Mike Pence for a “Celebrate Freedom Sunday” worship service on June 28, is a regular fixture on Fox News, where he relentlessly promotes President Donald Trump and denounces the president’s opponents. Pathway to Victory is aired daily on more than 900 radio stations in the U.S., according to First Baptist.
In the week between Pence’s appearance and the Fourth of July, Jeffress devoted two Pathways to Victory episodes to the theme “America at a Crossroads,” followed by episodes on July 1 and July 2 titled “America is a Christian Nation.” The overlapping content of those programs—which seem to recycle sermons Jeffress has delivered—pushed several themes:
America was founded as a Christian nation.
The First Amendment was designed to put all Christian denominations on equal footing, not to make Christianity “subservient” to other religions.
Secularists and other infidels have perverted the meaning of the Constitution.
Politics in the U.S. today is a battle between good and evil.
To buttress his case that America has always been a Christian nation, Jeffress took a page from oft-debunked religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton, cherry-picking quotes from the Founding Fathers and early court decisions. Jeffress cited an 1844 case about a wealthy man in Pennsylvania who left money in his will to start a school for orphans with the stipulation that no Christian minister could teach in the school. Some of the man’s heirs sued on various grounds; they argued in part that the prohibition on clergy teaching at the school discriminated against Christianity. The Supreme Court rejected that argument and upheld the will, saying that the prohibition on ministers as teachers did not violate the state constitution, impugn Christianity or prevent lay people from teaching the Bible. Jeffress quoted approvingly from a section of the ruling:
Likewise, the court had something to say about those who would say, ‘Well then, you’ve got to treat all religions the same.’ They said, ‘It is unnecessary for us, however, to consider what the legal effect of such a device in Pennsylvania for the establishment of a school or college for the propagation of Judaism or deism or any other form of infidelity. Such a case is not to be presumed to exist in a Christian country.”
Jeffress also cited a 1799 decision by the Maryland Supreme Court that included the assertion, “By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion” of the United States. Jeffress adds:
Now think about it. Seven years after the ratification of the First Amendment, this court says we have an established religion. It is the Christian religion. They understood exactly what the founders had in mind. They understood that yes, this is a Christian nation, but no one denomination is to be elevated [over] another. ‘Cause look at the second phrase. Yes, the Christian religion is the established religion, ‘and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.’
It seems less likely that Jeffress or his religious-right allies would embrace the rest of the holding in that case, which inserted the court into a dispute over a congregation’s effort to dismiss and replace its minister.
Jeffress did discuss the letter by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists, in which Jefferson praised the First Amendment for having built “a wall of separation between Church & State.” But, Jeffress claimed, “The context of this was the elevation of one Christian denomination over another Christian denomination. Never in their wildest imaginations did Thomas Jefferson or the Founding Fathers ever believe that that First Amendment would be perverted in such a way as to try to separate our country from its Christian heritage.”
In fact, Jefferson was extremely proud of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom—widely considered a precursor to the First Amendment—and the legislative battle that prevented “Jesus Christ” from being inserted into its preamble, which made clear, in Jefferson’s words, that the law was “meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo and infidel of every denomination.”
In his broadcasts, Jeffress cited a litany of commonly voiced religious-right complaints about Supreme Court rulings, beginning with a series of 20th Century rulings that strengthened church-state separation and put an end to official prayer and devotional Bible readings in public schools. Contrasting them with the language used by 19th Century courts and politicians. Jeffress asked:
And here’s the question: What has changed? What has changed? In these 150 years, has the Constitution changed and nobody told us? Is that what happened? Of course not. What has happened is we have allowed the secularists, the humanists, the atheists, the infidels, to pervert our Constitution into something our Founding Fathers never intended. And it is time for Americans to stand up and say ‘Enough! We’re not going to allow this in our Christian country anymore.’ It is time to put an end to this.
Jeffress used two metaphors for describing the court rulings he claims perverted the Constitution. In one telling, each case was a stone building the wall of separation ever higher. In another, each case was like an explosion set in a building’s foundation to bring it down in an implosion. Roe v. Wade and the marriage equality decision in Obergefell v. Hodges were other “explosions,” he said, claiming that the country is living in that moment between the explosions and the building’s collapse: “No nation that outlaws the mention of God in the public square, that celebrates the murder of its own children, that destroys the most basic unit of society—the family—no nation is going to survive that.”
But Jeffress doesn’t want his audience to despair. “No, this is not depressing as long as you understand our purpose as Christians. If you understand our purpose as Christians, there’s never been a better time to be alive and living in America than right now.” Christians, he said, are meant to push back against evil. And since God designed government to be a “restrainer of evil,” he said, “when we elect government officials, we are determining the moral and spiritual direction of our country.”
Jeffress is not subtle. Citing the candidates’ different positions on abortion, he portrayed the 2016 election between Trump and Hillary Clinton as a battle “between good and evil.” And he said that’s true of politics in the U.S. today. “If you don’t hear another word I say this morning, hear this: what we’re facing in this country is not a battle between Republicans and Democrats. It is a battle between good and evil, between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan,” he said. “That’s exactly what is at stake in this country.”
On the recent broadcasts, Jeffress talked about his church’s $135 million, six-block campus in downtown Dallas, which he said is debt-free. He repeatedly asked people to contribute money to a $575,000 matching campaign to “replenish the arsenal” and expand his program’s reach before a July 5 deadline. First Baptist received between $2 million and $5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds, according to records released recently by the Trump administration. Jeffress also promoted his most recent book, “Praying for America,” which urges people to vote for “God-honoring candidates.”
The Christian-nation version of the U.S. founding promoted by Jeffress and Barton has been widely challenged by historians, including evangelical Christians like John Fea, author of “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?”


rightwingwatch--2020-07-14--‘Deep State’ Hawk Tom Fitton’s Latest Target: The ‘Medical Media Establishment’

Tom Fitton , president of the right-wing communications and legal shop Judicial Watch , spent part of a video presentation last week declaring that the COVID-19 pandemic was “ over as a crisis ” and that there existed a “ crazed anti-Trump media medical establishment ” seeking to downplay medical treatments available for the disease .
In a video dated July 10 and uploaded to YouTube Monday , Fitton told viewers that although the number of coronavirus cases in the United States was surging , the death rate was still decreasing .
While the death rate has declined for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lag time for death rates to catch up with case rates—Fitton used this fact to claim that the pandemic was no longer a crisis and that restrictions on business and travel should be lifted .
As of Tuesday , more than 135,000 people have died from the virus .
“ The cases are going up , but the deaths are going down .
You know what that tells me ?
It tells me the coronavirus is over as a crisis , ” Fitton said .
“ I think it ’ s long been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been lockdowns.
” Fitton theorized that “ more or less ” everyone is going to catch COVID-19 , so the focus should be placed on formulating and distributing preventative treatments , pointing to hydroxychloroquine as a possible solution .
( The FDA has cautioned against taking hydroxycholorquine or chloroquine outside of a hospital setting due to risk of heart rhythm problems . )
However , Fitton says that an insider group of medical professionals is standing in the way .
“ But you ’ ve got this crazed anti-Trump media medical establishment that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or treatments—medical treatments—for coronavirus , ” Fitton said .
“ They ’ re all hyped on , quote , ‘ cases ’ and in the meantime , our country is being destroyed.
” Fitton took a moment to criticize what he believed was Attorney General William Barr ’ s lack of action fighting back against coronavirus restrictions .
He claimed the Department of Justice “ has been AWOL ” on the issue .
“ The states don ’ t have the right to suppress your rights the way they ’ ve been doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are afraid to say no to them , more or less , ” Fitton said .
“ Now and again you get a good decision .
Bill Barr threatened to do all sorts of things from the Justice Department in terms of protecting the rights of businesses and commerce and all of that .
That hasn ’ t happened.
” He told viewers that the situation regarding coronavirus in the U.S. was “ all about getting Trump ” out of office in this year ’ s election , and that Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and traumatize children to make that happen .
“ Everything right now about the coronavirus is political .
It ’ s all about getting Trump .
It ’ s about the election .
If you think it ’ s science , I guess you can think that , but science has little if anything to do with it , ” Fitton .
“ They ’ re happy to destroy the economy .
They ’ re happy to make your children miserable .
They ’ re happy to damage your children if it means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are among the president ’ s favorite sources of information .
Trump has a history of retweeting Fitton and Judicial Watch , and Fitton frequently appears as a commentator in right-wing media , including on Fox News shows watched by Trump , and at major right-wing events like the annual Conservative Political Action Conference .

Tom Fitton, president of the right-wing communications and legal shop Judicial Watch, spent part of a video presentation last week declaring that the COVID-19 pandemic was “over as a crisis” and that there existed a “crazed anti-Trump media medical establishment” seeking to downplay medical treatments available for the disease.
In a video dated July 10 and uploaded to YouTube Monday, Fitton told viewers that although the number of coronavirus cases in the United States was surging, the death rate was still decreasing. While the death rate has declined for a multitude of reasons—including that there is a lag time for death rates to catch up with case rates—Fitton used this fact to claim that the pandemic was no longer a crisis and that restrictions on business and travel should be lifted. As of Tuesday, more than 135,000 people have died from the virus.
“The cases are going up, but the deaths are going down. You know what that tells me? It tells me the coronavirus is over as a crisis,” Fitton said. “I think it’s long been over. … There should have never been lockdowns.”
Fitton theorized that “more or less” everyone is going to catch COVID-19, so the focus should be placed on formulating and distributing preventative treatments, pointing to hydroxychloroquine as a possible solution. (The FDA has cautioned against taking hydroxycholorquine or chloroquine outside of a hospital setting due to risk of heart rhythm problems.) However, Fitton says that an insider group of medical professionals is standing in the way.
“But you’ve got this crazed anti-Trump media medical establishment that tries to downplay any successful preventative measures or treatments—medical treatments—for coronavirus,” Fitton said. “They’re all hyped on, quote, ‘cases’ and in the meantime, our country is being destroyed.”
Fitton took a moment to criticize what he believed was Attorney General William Barr’s lack of action fighting back against coronavirus restrictions. He claimed the Department of Justice “has been AWOL” on the issue.
“The states don’t have the right to suppress your rights the way they’ve been doing during the lockdowns, and the courts are afraid to say no to them, more or less,” Fitton said. “Now and again you get a good decision. Bill Barr threatened to do all sorts of things from the Justice Department in terms of protecting the rights of businesses and commerce and all of that. That hasn’t happened.”
He told viewers that the situation regarding coronavirus in the U.S. was “all about getting Trump” out of office in this year’s election, and that Trump’s opponents are willing to destroy the economy and traumatize children to make that happen.
“Everything right now about the coronavirus is political. It’s all about getting Trump. It’s about the election. If you think it’s science, I guess you can think that, but science has little if anything to do with it,” Fitton. “They’re happy to destroy the economy. They’re happy to make your children miserable. They’re happy to damage your children if it means getting Trump.”
Fitton and Judicial Watch are among the president’s favorite sources of information. Trump has a history of retweeting Fitton and Judicial Watch, and Fitton frequently appears as a commentator in right-wing media, including on Fox News shows watched by Trump, and at major right-wing events like the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.


rightwingwatch--2020-07-14--Matthew Hagee Declares That Socialism, Reproductive Rights, and LGBTQ Rights Are ‘Doctrines of Demon

Matthew Hagee Declares That Socialism, Reproductive Rights, and LGBTQ Rights Are ‘Doctrines of Demons’

During his Sunday service , right-wing pastor Matthew Hagee declared that socialism , reproductive rights , and LGBTQ rights are “ doctrines of demons.
” Hagee , the lead pastor at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio , Texas , titled his sermon “ How To Hypnotize A Nation ” and used it to rail against “ political correctness ” and various political positions that he insisted violate the will of God .
Cornerstone was founded by his father , Trump-loving religious-right pastor John Hagee , “ Abortion is not a political issue .
Abortion is not a reproductive right .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Hagee bellowed .
“ If Jesus Christ said , ‘ I give you life more abundantly , ’ then something that takes the life of an unborn is a doctrine of demons .
To call it anything else is a lie.
” “ The agenda of the homosexual community that ’ s being forced into our lives—it ’ s being forced into your homes through media , it ’ s being forced in your curriculum through education , it ’ s being forced into our churches through the court system—it is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a doctrine of demons , ” he continued .
“ When God said , ‘ I created them male and female and commanded them be fruitful and multiply , ’ one is the truth , the other is a lie.
” “ Socialism is not some brand new revolutionary economic system that sustains governments and people , ” Hagee added .
“ Socialism is a lie .
When you tell somebody you can have what you want , when you want , as much as you want , and it ’ s all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not an economic strategy , it is a doctrine of demons , and it needs to die in these United States .
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During his Sunday service, right-wing pastor Matthew Hagee declared that socialism, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ rights are “doctrines of demons.”
Hagee, the lead pastor at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, titled his sermon “How To Hypnotize A Nation” and used it to rail against “political correctness” and various political positions that he insisted violate the will of God. Cornerstone was founded by his father, Trump-loving religious-right pastor John Hagee,
“Abortion is not a political issue. Abortion is not a reproductive right. Abortion is a doctrine of demons,” Hagee bellowed. “If Jesus Christ said, ‘I give you life more abundantly,’ then something that takes the life of an unborn is a doctrine of demons. To call it anything else is a lie.”
“The agenda of the homosexual community that’s being forced into our lives—it’s being forced into your homes through media, it’s being forced in your curriculum through education, it’s being forced into our churches through the court system—it is not a social justice issue, it is a doctrine of demons,” he continued. “When God said, ‘I created them male and female and commanded them be fruitful and multiply,’ one is the truth, the other is a lie.”
“Socialism is not some brand new revolutionary economic system that sustains governments and people,” Hagee added. “Socialism is a lie. When you tell somebody you can have what you want, when you want, as much as you want, and it’s all going to be free, this is not an economic strategy, it is a doctrine of demons, and it needs to die in these United States.”


rightwingwatch--2020-07-16--‘God Sent Me’ Claims QAnon-Promoting Congressional Candidate Angela Stanton-King

“ God sent me , ” Angela Stanton-King , the Republican candidate in Georgia ’ s 5th Congressional District , claimed in a tweet Wednesday night .
Stanton–King is among the congressional candidates identified by Media Matters and news outlets as having promoted QAnon-related conspiracy theories .
At the beginning of July , Stanton–King denied being a QAnon believer , telling the Associated Press that linking to a QAnon video was about “ questioning the movement ” and that using QAnon hashtags was an effort to extend her social media reach .
But since then , she has published a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ QAnon .
On July 11 , she tweeted , “ How many of you think this is still about Trump being a racist and not the Globbal elite pedophiles trafficking children…THE GLOVES ARE OFF !
!
!
” On Thursday morning , she tweeted what she described as a “ truth bomb ” : “ This isn ’ t about COVID 19 or BLACK LIVES MATTER .
This is a major cover up for PEDOPHILIA and HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
” Stanton–King is vehemently anti-choice .
Last week , she tweeted , “ Calling all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that scripture in Ecclesiastes , the one that says , ‘ There ’ s a time for peace and a time for war.
’ Well this is the war !
Save the children and the babies in the womb.
” After authoring a series of tweets detailing her strident anti-LGBTQ views in March , Stanton–King faced a wave of criticism. Blogger Alvin McEwen called her out for sending a tweet “ implying that LGBTQ people are violent pedophiles ” on the day she launched her campaign .
On July 9 , she tweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rainbow now they wan na steal the church.
” A mask skeptic , Stanton-King has said , “ No one wants us to ask questions about COVID .
They just want us to be good little sheep and follow their instructions… ” Last week , she tweeted , “ Watch how quick COVID disappears after the Election.
” Unopposed for the Republican nomination , Stanton-King received financial support from the state and national GOP .
The New York Times noted this week that the Republican National Committee gave her $ 2,200 and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Stanton-King is an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump , who pardoned her earlier this year for her 2004 conviction on charges related to her role in a car theft ring .
A White House statement mentioned that her pardon was supported by Alveda King , another vocal Trump supporter and Stanton-King ’ s godmother .
Stanton-King is extremely unlikely to end up in Congress next year ; she is challenging longtime incumbent and civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis in a solidly Democratic district .
On July 5 , she tweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s running mate in 2024 .

“God sent me,” Angela Stanton-King, the Republican candidate in Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, claimed in a tweet Wednesday night. Stanton–King is among the congressional candidates identified by Media Matters and news outlets as having promoted QAnon-related conspiracy theories.
At the beginning of July, Stanton–King denied being a QAnon believer, telling the Associated Press that linking to a QAnon video was about “questioning the movement” and that using QAnon hashtags was an effort to extend her social media reach. But since then, she has published a number of tweets that appear to support QAnon. On July 11, she tweeted, “How many of you think this is still about Trump being a racist and not the Globbal elite pedophiles trafficking children…THE GLOVES ARE OFF!!!” On Thursday morning, she tweeted what she described as a “truth bomb”: “This isn’t about COVID 19 or BLACK LIVES MATTER. This is a major cover up for PEDOPHILIA and HUMAN TRAFFICKING.”
Stanton–King is vehemently anti-choice. Last week, she tweeted, “Calling all Christians,” adding, “Remember that scripture in Ecclesiastes, the one that says, ‘There’s a time for peace and a time for war.’ Well this is the war! Save the children and the babies in the womb.”
After authoring a series of tweets detailing her strident anti-LGBTQ views in March, Stanton–King faced a wave of criticism. Blogger Alvin McEwen called her out for sending a tweet “implying that LGBTQ people are violent pedophiles” on the day she launched her campaign. On July 9, she tweeted, “First they stole the rainbow now they wanna steal the church.”
A mask skeptic, Stanton-King has said, “No one wants us to ask questions about COVID. They just want us to be good little sheep and follow their instructions…” Last week, she tweeted, “Watch how quick COVID disappears after the Election.”
Unopposed for the Republican nomination, Stanton-King received financial support from the state and national GOP. The New York Times noted this week that the Republican National Committee gave her $2,200 and the Georgia Republican Party gave her $2,800.
Stanton-King is an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, who pardoned her earlier this year for her 2004 conviction on charges related to her role in a car theft ring. A White House statement mentioned that her pardon was supported by Alveda King, another vocal Trump supporter and Stanton-King’s godmother.
Stanton-King is extremely unlikely to end up in Congress next year; she is challenging longtime incumbent and civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis in a solidly Democratic district. On July 5, she tweeted that she would be Kanye West’s running mate in 2024.


rightwingwatch--2020-07-16--DeAnna Lorraine Accuses Trump of ‘Taking His Base for Granted’ by Wearing a Mask

During a livestream broadcast Tuesday , Trump cultist , QAnon conspiracy theorist , and failed congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine criticized President Donald Trump for wearing a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Medical Center last weekend , saying that his doing so makes it “ much more difficult ” for people like her “ who understand the science and the health behind masks ” to fight against mask mandates .
“ President Trump is , I feel , a little bit taking his base for granted and is taking the vote for granted , ” she said .
“ He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his rallies .
I don ’ t care what the media criticizes him for or not .
We ’ re in almost August now , and we ’ ve had one rally .
That ’ s not good.
” Lorraine said that Trump and his base need rallies to generate energy and enthusiasm heading into the election , but that Trump has fallen into the Democrats ’ “ trap ” by not holding them out of fear of being criticized for recklessly creating situations for the coronavirus to spread .
“ They have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s fallen right into this trap , and it sucks , ” she said .
“ I know that ’ s not a popular opinion to say , but look , he just wore a mask a few days ago , which makes it that much more difficult for us people who understand the science and the health behind masks to defend against that .
Because now he ’ s wearing a mask , and all the media feel like he ’ s submitted to it , and they won.
” “ He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lorraine added .
“ I ’ m sorry , President Trump , you know I ’ ve been your biggest cheerleader since day one , but if you want to win this election , you can not take our vote for granted .
Absolutely not .
It is not a shoo-in .
It ’ s not an open and closed case at all .
And now , more than ever , we need these rallies .
We need enthusiasm .
We need you to stand up for us and fight for us and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that mandatory masks are B.S .
Don ’ t promote it even more by wearing them in public or having Melania Trump wear it in public .
You know , it ’ s really ridiculous .
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During a livestream broadcast Tuesday, Trump cultist, QAnon conspiracy theorist, and failed congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine criticized President Donald Trump for wearing a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Medical Center last weekend, saying that his doing so makes it “much more difficult” for people like her “who understand the science and the health behind masks” to fight against mask mandates.
“President Trump is, I feel, a little bit taking his base for granted and is taking the vote for granted,” she said. “He needs to go full steam ahead with his rallies. I don’t care what the media criticizes him for or not. We’re in almost August now, and we’ve had one rally. That’s not good.”
Lorraine said that Trump and his base need rallies to generate energy and enthusiasm heading into the election, but that Trump has fallen into the Democrats’ “trap” by not holding them out of fear of being criticized for recklessly creating situations for the coronavirus to spread.
“They have killed his rallies, and he’s fallen right into this trap, and it sucks,” she said. “I know that’s not a popular opinion to say, but look, he just wore a mask a few days ago, which makes it that much more difficult for us people who understand the science and the health behind masks to defend against that. Because now he’s wearing a mask, and all the media feel like he’s submitted to it, and they won.”
“He needs to step it up,” Lorraine added. “I’m sorry, President Trump, you know I’ve been your biggest cheerleader since day one, but if you want to win this election, you cannot take our vote for granted. Absolutely not. It is not a shoo-in. It’s not an open and closed case at all. And now, more than ever, we need these rallies. We need enthusiasm. We need you to stand up for us and fight for us and call out the B.S. Call out the fact that mandatory masks are B.S. Don’t promote it even more by wearing them in public or having Melania Trump wear it in public. You know, it’s really ridiculous.”


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rightwingwatch--2020-07-15--Breitbart Editor Warns U.S. Will Have ‘Black Lives Matter Administration’ if Trump Not Reelected

Alex Marlow , editor-in-chief of Breitbart News , told radio listeners that if President Donald Trump is not reelected this November , the United States will essentially have a “ Black Lives Matter administration ” in office .
On Monday ’ s episode of “ Brietbart News Tonight , ” Marlow phrased his remark about Black Lives Matter in the form of a question to Breitbart News senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak , who joined him for an interview segment .
“ A lot of the [ Trump ] agenda got implemented , a lot of it didn ’ t get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matter when faced with the prospect of a Black Lives Matter administration , which is basically what it seems like we ’ re going to get if we don ’ t get Trump ?
” Marlow asked Pollak .
Pollak responded by saying that he sensed Trump supporters were feeling confident that Americans were not going to choose presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and that they viewed this year ’ s election as a “ choice about the country itself.
” The Trump campaign and its allies in right-wing media have sought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the political left ’ s radical elements , claiming he supports antifa and socialism .
In the wake of civil unrest following the police killing of George Floyd , that effort has included linking Biden to the Black Lives Matter movement , which the right has long sought to portray as a radical organization .
Breitbart News served for years as a clearinghouse for racist material and gave rise to far-right figures such as Milo Yiannopoulos .
The Southern Poverty Law Center published leaked emails that revealed that White House senior policy adviser @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affinity for white nationalism , gave editorial directions to Breitbart News and used the outlet to attack his political enemies and promote his political agenda .

Alex Marlow, editor-in-chief of Breitbart News, told radio listeners that if President Donald Trump is not reelected this November, the United States will essentially have a “Black Lives Matter administration” in office.
On Monday’s episode of “Brietbart News Tonight,” Marlow phrased his remark about Black Lives Matter in the form of a question to Breitbart News senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak, who joined him for an interview segment.
“A lot of the [Trump] agenda got implemented, a lot of it didn’t get implemented, but does any of that matter when faced with the prospect of a Black Lives Matter administration, which is basically what it seems like we’re going to get if we don’t get Trump?” Marlow asked Pollak.
Pollak responded by saying that he sensed Trump supporters were feeling confident that Americans were not going to choose presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and that they viewed this year’s election as a “choice about the country itself.”
The Trump campaign and its allies in right-wing media have sought to portray Biden as a carrier for the political left’s radical elements, claiming he supports antifa and socialism. In the wake of civil unrest following the police killing of George Floyd, that effort has included linking Biden to the Black Lives Matter movement, which the right has long sought to portray as a radical organization.
Breitbart News served for years as a clearinghouse for racist material and gave rise to far-right figures such as Milo Yiannopoulos. The Southern Poverty Law Center published leaked emails that revealed that White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, who has a well-documented affinity for white nationalism, gave editorial directions to Breitbart News and used the outlet to attack his political enemies and promote his political agenda.


rightwingwatch--2020-07-15--Robert Maginnis Ranks Barack Obama, George Soros Among ‘Satan’s Greatest Human Proxies’

Family Research Council senior fellow and right-wing conspiracy theorist Robert Maginnis appeared on “ The Jim Bakker Show ” yesterday to promote his latest book , “ Collision Course : The Fight to Reclaim Our Moral Compass Before It Is Too Late.
” During the interview , Maginnis said that a chapter in his book exposes “ Satan ’ s greatest human proxies , ” among whom he includes former President Barack Obama and billionaire philanthropist George Soros .
Among “ Satan ’ s proxies ” in history , Maginnis named Mao Zedong , Joseph Stalin , and Adolf Hitler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ modern proxies of Satan , people that are true anti-Christs , ” Maginnis named North Korea ’ s Kim Jong-un , China ’ s Xi Jinping , and George Soros .
“ I would argue in our culture today , George Soros—who of course funds antifa and Black Lives Matter and other radical groups—is a major Antichrist , ” Maginnis said .
Maginnis then cited a document from the right-wing organization WallBuilders that characterizes Obama as “ America ’ s Most Biblically-Hostile U.S. President ” as proof that Obama is also a modern-day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report contains ] over 100 very well-recorded , well-documented examples of his anti-biblical actions that have really come after Christians in America , ” Maginnis said .
“ Very anti-Christian behaviors and decisions and displays .
”

Family Research Council senior fellow and right-wing conspiracy theorist Robert Maginnis appeared on “The Jim Bakker Show” yesterday to promote his latest book, “Collision Course: The Fight to Reclaim Our Moral Compass Before It Is Too Late.”
During the interview, Maginnis said that a chapter in his book exposes “Satan’s greatest human proxies,” among whom he includes former President Barack Obama and billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
Among “Satan’s proxies” in history, Maginnis named Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, and Adolf Hitler. But among “today’s modern proxies of Satan, people that are true anti-Christs,” Maginnis named North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, China’s Xi Jinping, and George Soros.
“I would argue in our culture today, George Soros—who of course funds antifa and Black Lives Matter and other radical groups—is a major Antichrist,” Maginnis said.
Maginnis then cited a document from the right-wing organization WallBuilders that characterizes Obama as “America’s Most Biblically-Hostile U.S. President” as proof that Obama is also a modern-day proxy of Satan.
“[The report contains] over 100 very well-recorded, well-documented examples of his anti-biblical actions that have really come after Christians in America,” Maginnis said. “Very anti-Christian behaviors and decisions and displays.”


rightwingwatch--2020-07-15--QAnon Devotees Plan Rally At Republican National Convention

Believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are staging an event in Jacksonville , Florida , next month coinciding with the second day of the 2020 Republican National Convention .
Pro-Q personalities and followers will gather at an ice rink and indoor sports facility 11 minutes away from the RNC to “ rock out on stage to celebrate President Donald Trump ’ s nomination and eventual defeat of Sleepy Joe Biden , ” according to the event page .
The ticket page clocks the event at eight hours long on August 25 and displays a lineup advertising appearances from : • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Trump ’ s 2016 presidential campaign turned QAnon devotee .
• Dylan Wheeler , a pro-Q social media personality who uses the moniker “ Education4Libs.
” • And Brian Gamble , an organizer of the event .
The RNC-adjacent QAnon event comes during a year where the conspiracy theory has infected the GOP electorate in undeniable ways .
Media Matters has identified dozens of political candidates who have embraced the far-right conspiracy theory , including some who have viable shots of winning their elections this fall .
The president ’ s son @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his Instagram profile ahead of Trump ’ s rally in Tulsa , Oklahoma , last month .
Longtime Trump ally Roger Stone , who Trump granted clemency to last week , has cozied up to supporters of the conspiracy movement .
Alysia and Brian Gamble , a Q-supporting pair who organized a gathering of Q supporters on the National Mall in Washington D.C. last year , appear to be the ones organizing the Jacksonville event .
Red Pill Roadshow , the event planning business in charge of selling tickets , states on its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the D.C. event , and a link on the page directs users to Alysia Gamble ’ s “ RedShiftReality ” Instagram page .
The Gambles put together an additional QAnon gathering in Tampa , Florida , this past January ; the Jacksonville “ The Great Awakening ” event appears to be the third such event put together by the duo .
Right Wing Watch attempted to reach event organizers via Instagram direct message , as no contact information was provided on the Red Pill Roadshow website .
Right Wing Watch did not receive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ followers believe that Trump is working in secret to expose their perceived social and political enemies covering up horrific crimes , like child sex trafficking , and committing acts of treason against Trump .
As the conspiracy theory has spread , the coinciding community has absorbed countless other outlandish theories about aliens , 5G networks , and alternative medicines—just to name a few .
The FBI considers the QAnon conspiracy movement a potential source of domestic terrorism , and followers of the conspiracy theory have been involved in criminal acts , including kidnapping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June , Republicans relocated their convention to Florida hoping to avoid mandates requiring its attendees to wear masks indoors , the New York Times reported .
At the time of the decision , the state seemed on track to lift several COVID-19 restrictions for public gatherings .
However , a surge in coronavirus cases has caused Jacksonville to reimpose orders that would require convention attendees to wear masks indoors .
At this time , it appears Republicans intend to follow through with their plans to rally at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ event to an outdoor venue in Jacksonville .
But one thing is for certain : The QAnon movement will be there .

Believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are staging an event in Jacksonville, Florida, next month coinciding with the second day of the 2020 Republican National Convention.
Pro-Q personalities and followers will gather at an ice rink and indoor sports facility 11 minutes away from the RNC to “rock out on stage to celebrate President Donald Trump’s nomination and eventual defeat of Sleepy Joe Biden,” according to the event page. The ticket page clocks the event at eight hours long on August 25 and displays a lineup advertising appearances from:
Gene Ho, a former personal photographer for Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign turned QAnon devotee.
Dylan Wheeler, a pro-Q social media personality who uses the moniker “Education4Libs.”
Joe Stroh, a Marine Corps veteran and child sex abuse survivor turned Q follower.
And Brian Gamble, an organizer of the event.
The RNC-adjacent QAnon event comes during a year where the conspiracy theory has infected the GOP electorate in undeniable ways. Media Matters has identified dozens of political candidates who have embraced the far-right conspiracy theory, including some who have viable shots of winning their elections this fall. The president’s son Eric Trump shared a QAnon graphic on his Instagram profile ahead of Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month. Longtime Trump ally Roger Stone, who Trump granted clemency to last week, has cozied up to supporters of the conspiracy movement.
Alysia and Brian Gamble, a Q-supporting pair who organized a gathering of Q supporters on the National Mall in Washington D.C. last year, appear to be the ones organizing the Jacksonville event. Red Pill Roadshow, the event planning business in charge of selling tickets, states on its about page that it was formed after the D.C. event, and a link on the page directs users to Alysia Gamble’s “RedShiftReality” Instagram page. The Gambles put together an additional QAnon gathering in Tampa, Florida, this past January; the Jacksonville “The Great Awakening” event appears to be the third such event put together by the duo.
Right Wing Watch attempted to reach event organizers via Instagram direct message, as no contact information was provided on the Red Pill Roadshow website. Right Wing Watch did not receive a response prior to publication.
QAnon followers believe that Trump is working in secret to expose their perceived social and political enemies covering up horrific crimes, like child sex trafficking, and committing acts of treason against Trump. As the conspiracy theory has spread, the coinciding community has absorbed countless other outlandish theories about aliens, 5G networks, and alternative medicines—just to name a few. The FBI considers the QAnon conspiracy movement a potential source of domestic terrorism, and followers of the conspiracy theory have been involved in criminal acts, including kidnapping and murder.
At the end of June, Republicans relocated their convention to Florida hoping to avoid mandates requiring its attendees to wear masks indoors, the New York Times reported. At the time of the decision, the state seemed on track to lift several COVID-19 restrictions for public gatherings. However, a surge in coronavirus cases has caused Jacksonville to reimpose orders that would require convention attendees to wear masks indoors. At this time, it appears Republicans intend to follow through with their plans to rally at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, although GOP officials are considering moving the event to an outdoor venue in Jacksonville.
But one thing is for certain: The QAnon movement will be there.


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rightwingwatch--2020-07-17--DeAnna Lorraine Claims That ‘God Does Not Want Us Wearing Masks’

During a livestream broadcast yesterday , Trump cultist , QAnon conspiracy theorist , and failed congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine warned her viewers that God does not want them wearing masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19 .
After saying that she doesn ’ t “ want any kind of vaccine ever , ” Lorraine declared she will absolutely not receive any eventual COVID-19 vaccine because it will be full of “ mouse genes ” and “ robotic nanoparticles.
” “ I don ’ t want robotic nanoparticles in my body , ” she said .
“ We don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Biblically , God does not want us wearing masks , ” Lorraine added .
“ Masks are a symbol of hiding yourself , of doing bad deeds , inappropriate deeds , or malicious things that you need to hide from .
And it is also a symbol of stripping us of our unique identity because [ when ] we ’ re wearing a mask , we ’ re not unique anymore , we ’ re all the same .
And God doesn ’ t see us that way.
” “ He also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone who is doing good deeds should not be living and hiding in the shadows behind a mask , ” she continued .
“ A mask is a symbol of fear .
You ’ re living in fear .
If you have a mask on , it means you actually don ’ t trust God .
You don ’ t have faith .
You ’ re living in fear instead of faith .
And of course , the Marxist globalist Satanists that are pushing all this , they are trying to invert reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they want to isolate us from God , isolate us from other humans , and deprive us of that faith so that we rely on the government , the media , telling us what to do and telling us whether to be fearful or not instead of God.
” “ I prefer to have faith , ” Lorraine declared .
“ I will live by faith instead of by fear .
”

During a livestream broadcast yesterday, Trump cultist, QAnon conspiracy theorist, and failed congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine warned her viewers that God does not want them wearing masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
After saying that she doesn’t “want any kind of vaccine ever,” Lorraine declared she will absolutely not receive any eventual COVID-19 vaccine because it will be full of “mouse genes” and “robotic nanoparticles.”
“I don’t want robotic nanoparticles in my body,” she said. “We don’t want any of that crap.”
“Biblically, God does not want us wearing masks,” Lorraine added. “Masks are a symbol of hiding yourself, of doing bad deeds, inappropriate deeds, or malicious things that you need to hide from. And it is also a symbol of stripping us of our unique identity because [when] we’re wearing a mask, we’re not unique anymore, we’re all the same. And God doesn’t see us that way.”
“He also sees us as being good, and anyone who is doing good deeds should not be living and hiding in the shadows behind a mask,” she continued. “A mask is a symbol of fear. You’re living in fear. If you have a mask on, it means you actually don’t trust God. You don’t have faith. You’re living in fear instead of faith. And of course, the Marxist globalist Satanists that are pushing all this, they are trying to invert reality and pervert God and Christians, and they want to isolate us from God, isolate us from other humans, and deprive us of that faith so that we rely on the government, the media, telling us what to do and telling us whether to be fearful or not instead of God.”
“I prefer to have faith,” Lorraine declared. “I will live by faith instead of by fear.”


rightwingwatch--2020-07-17--Sean Feucht Calls California COVID-19 Restrictions ‘Tyrannical’ and ‘Insane’

Sean Feucht , a pro-Trump culture-war Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress this year , has become an outspoken critic of public health restrictions placed on churches by California Gov .
Gavin Newsom as cases of COVID-19 have surged in the state .
“ What a tyrannical move and drastic overreach of government into our religious liberties !
!
” Feucht tweeted Monday in response to the latest public health orders from the governor , which ban indoor operations for places of worship ( and many businesses ) in the counties most impacted by the coronavirus .
“ Silencing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ main agendas , ” Feucht said in a video included in the tweet .
“ This is insane !
What a tyrannical overreach of the government .
What an infringement on our Constitution and our free liberty to worship God .
We are standing up .
This is insane.
” Feucht , whose congressional run was backed by Christian nationalist activists , is a missionary and musician affiliated with the controversial Northern California megachurch Bethel .
After he was defeated in the primary , Feucht launched  “ Hold the Line ,  @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ political activist movement ” aimed at getting conservative Christian millennials to become more politically active .
Newsom ’ s restrictions on worship gatherings earlier in the pandemic were challenged by conservative church leaders , and in late May , he loosened restrictions .
But with cases rising , the governor imposed a ban on singing and chanting—which has been proven to spread the virus further—in churches on July 1 .
Feucht called the ban on singing hypocritical and discriminatory because he said state officials were “ encouraging protests , ”  presumably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police killing of George Floyd .
Feucht began gathering signatures for a “ Let Us Worship ” petition , which he launched just before the Fourth of July weekend , comparing Newsom to the biblical Pharaoh who was challenged by Moses to set the Israelites free .
It reads in part : But our freedom to worship God and obey His Word has come under unprecedented attack .
Powerful politicians and social media giants have engaged in unchartered abuses of religious liberty , silencing the faithful , banning our voices , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His goodness .
States across America , including here in California have shut down church services and even outlawed singing in church .
Instagram and Twitter is censoring Christian voices every single day .
And every hour that passes they grow bolder in their efforts to silence the faithful .
It ’ s time for the Church to rise up with one voice and tell our government leaders and the rulers of big tech that we refuse to be silenced !
Feucht told Charisma ’ s Kathy DeGraw of the “ Prophetic Spiritual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be delivering petition signatures to the U.S. Senate soon .
Feucht described the dispute over coronavirus measures as spiritual warfare , saying , “ Now , more than ever , there really is an agenda from the enemy to come and silence the sound of the church.
” On Thursday , July 9 , Feucht ’ s political organization , Hold the Line , organized hundreds of people to gather on the Golden Gate bridge to protest restrictions on worship .
“ Our heart in bringing worship outside was taking it to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distancing , ” Feucht told a local Fox affiliate .
But pictures he shared of the event show people crowded together , the vast majority of them not wearing masks .
Feucht , who is among the religious-right activists who believe the U.S. is about to experience a historic revival , is taking his “ Let Us Worship ” tour to Washington Square Park in New York City on Saturday , July 18 before traveling to Washington , D.C. with his petition .
The American Center for Liberty and Justice , the religious-right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Jordan Sekulow , filed a lawsuit this week challenging the ban on singing and chanting .

Sean Feucht, a pro-Trump culture-war Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress this year, has become an outspoken critic of public health restrictions placed on churches by California Gov. Gavin Newsom as cases of COVID-19 have surged in the state.
“What a tyrannical move and drastic overreach of government into our religious liberties!!” Feucht tweeted Monday in response to the latest public health orders from the governor, which ban indoor operations for places of worship (and many businesses) in the counties most impacted by the coronavirus.
“Silencing the church seems to be one of his main agendas,” Feucht said in a video included in the tweet. “This is insane! What a tyrannical overreach of the government. What an infringement on our Constitution and our free liberty to worship God. We are standing up. This is insane.”
Feucht, whose congressional run was backed by Christian nationalist activists, is a missionary and musician affiliated with the controversial Northern California megachurch Bethel. After he was defeated in the primary, Feucht launched “Hold the Line,” which he described as a “political activist movement” aimed at getting conservative Christian millennials to become more politically active.
Newsom’s restrictions on worship gatherings earlier in the pandemic were challenged by conservative church leaders, and in late May, he loosened restrictions. But with cases rising, the governor imposed a ban on singing and chanting—which has been proven to spread the virus further—in churches on July 1.
Feucht called the ban on singing hypocritical and discriminatory because he said state officials were “encouraging protests,” presumably referring to the nationwide anti-racism protests following the police killing of George Floyd. Feucht began gathering signatures for a “Let Us Worship” petition, which he launched just before the Fourth of July weekend, comparing Newsom to the biblical Pharaoh who was challenged by Moses to set the Israelites free. It reads in part:
But our freedom to worship God and obey His Word has come under unprecedented attack. Powerful politicians and social media giants have engaged in unchartered abuses of religious liberty, silencing the faithful, banning our voices, and outright attacking our God-given right to declare His goodness. States across America, including here in California have shut down church services and even outlawed singing in church. Instagram and Twitter is censoring Christian voices every single day. And every hour that passes they grow bolder in their efforts to silence the faithful. It’s time for the Church to rise up with one voice and tell our government leaders and the rulers of big tech that we refuse to be silenced!
Feucht told Charisma’s Kathy DeGraw of the “Prophetic Spiritual Warfare” podcast this week that he would be delivering petition signatures to the U.S. Senate soon. Feucht described the dispute over coronavirus measures as spiritual warfare, saying, “Now, more than ever, there really is an agenda from the enemy to come and silence the sound of the church.”
On Thursday, July 9, Feucht’s political organization, Hold the Line, organized hundreds of people to gather on the Golden Gate bridge to protest restrictions on worship. “Our heart in bringing worship outside was taking it to a place where we could have social distancing,” Feucht told a local Fox affiliate. But pictures he shared of the event show people crowded together, the vast majority of them not wearing masks.
Feucht, who is among the religious-right activists who believe the U.S. is about to experience a historic revival, is taking his “Let Us Worship” tour to Washington Square Park in New York City on Saturday, July 18 before traveling to Washington, D.C. with his petition.
The American Center for Liberty and Justice, the religious-right legal group run by Trump attorneys Jay and Jordan Sekulow, filed a lawsuit this week challenging the ban on singing and chanting.


rightwingwatch--2020-07-20--Right Wing Round-Up: It Is What It Is

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rightwingwatch--2020-07-20--Mike Pompeo Says Property Rights and Religious Liberty Are ‘Foremost’ Human Rights, ‘Expanding Catal

Mike Pompeo Says Property Rights and Religious Liberty Are ‘Foremost’ Human Rights, ‘Expanding Catalog’ of Rights ‘Trivializes’ American Values

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a culture war speech at the U.S. Constitution Center in Philadelphia Thursday shortly before his controversial Commission on Unalienable Rights released its draft report declaring property rights and religious liberty “ foremost ” “ unalienable rights.
” Pompeo created the Commission on Unalienable Rights last year , warning against human rights “ inflation ” —suggesting that there has been a proliferation of haphazardly created human rights—and bypassing the State Department ’ s existing human rights infrastructure .
He packed the commission with mostly conservative academics and gave them the assignment of reconsidering United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural law , the founding principles of the U.S. , and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , which was adopted by the United Nations after World War II .
In April , Pompeo said the commission would return U.S. human rights policy to the “ Judeo-Christian tradition on which this country was founded.
” While anti-LGBTQ groups have been excited about the commission from the start , national and international human rights groups have been outspoken critics of the commission throughout its tenure , sounding the alarm about Pompeo ’ s apparent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human rights embedded in international agreements .
Full disclosure : This author was among hundreds of foreign policy , human rights , civil liberties , social justice , and faith leaders , experts , scholars , and organizations , that signed a letter last year urging Pompeo to disband the commission .
Those fears were confirmed by the draft report and Pompeo ’ s speech , which stated that “ foremost ” among human rights are property rights and religious liberty .
Pompeo said that “ a rapidly expanding catalog of rights ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Here ’ s more from his speech : Now , he charged , many human rights advocacy groups “ have traded proud principles for partisan politics , ” while international human rights bodies have failed to uphold unalienable rights .
“ The vital 20th Century human rights project has come unmoored , ” he said. He continued : I established this commission because America , uniquely among nations , has the capacity to champion human rights and the dignity of every human being made in the image of God , no matter their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we must insist on the rightness and the relevance of America ’ s founding principles .
Surely , if America loses them , she loses her soul and our capacity to do good around the world .
If we adhere to them , we will reflect it we replenish that capacity .
Pompeo praised President Donald Trump ’ s divisive speech at Mount Rushmore while trashing the New York Times ’ s 1619 project , which reframes the history of the U.S. around the consequences of slavery and which Pompeo accused of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current protests and public debate around systemic racism , he charged that “ too many leading voices promulgate hatred of our founding principles.
” Human rights advocates have criticized the commission ’ s draft report .
Reps. Jared Huffman , D-C.A . )
 and Jamie Raskin , D-M.D , founders of the Congressional Freethought Caucus , released a statement that said in part : As we feared , this report does not enshrine essential human rights but rather confuses the whole field by downgrading political and civil rights and promoting a muddled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While invoking ‘ Protestant Christianity ’ first as a founding ethos for America , Secretary Pompeo ’ s report cautions against ‘ new claims of human rights , ’ and warns that ‘ the tendency to fight political battles with the vocabulary of human rights risks stifling the kind of robust discussion on which a vibrant democracy depends.
’ We fear that such slippery , equivocating language is intended to devalue LGBTQ+ rights and women ’ s reproductive rights and relegate them to mere ‘ claims.
’ While often pretending to some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rights of people , the authors can not resist throwing rhetorical bones to the Religious Right and its war on personal freedom in America .
Moreover , this report may lend credence to a foreign policy that disregards our international human rights framework in favor of a narrower interpretation of fundamental property and majority religious rights , one that allows for increased discrimination against political dissidents , women , and minority groups .
Amnesty International ’ s Americas director Erika Guevara-Rosas decried the report , saying in a statement , The Council for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mishmash of pontifications and sophistry—reflecting perhaps Pompeo ’ s political aspirations as much as his narrow , hard-right-religious worldview.
” A CGE blog post said : Among the takeaways from the report , according to CGE , is “ that abortion , affirmative action , and same same-sex marriage ’ are ‘ divisive social and political controversies in the United States ’ —in other words , not really human rights , and certainly not unalienable.
” The public has two weeks to comment on the report before it is made final ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carries no legal weight but is expected to be used by Pompeo to provide justification for his opposition to international support for reproductive choice and LGBTQ equality. Katherine Stewart , author of “ The Power Worshippers : Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism ” wrote several days before the release of the report that Pompeo ’ s tenure reflects a dangerous alliance between “ America ’ s Christian nationalists and like-minded religious nationalists in other countries.
” The report buttresses Pompeo ’ s advocacy for deference to “ pro-family ” religious traditionalists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States should respect the independence and sovereignty of nation-states to make their own moral and political decisions that affirm universal human rights within the limits set forth in the  [ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ] .
” Pompeo , who has bragged about using his official travel as an opportunity to evangelize and has helped open doors for a conservative Christian ministry seeking access to foreign officials , reportedly has his eyes on a presidential run .
The day after his speech in Philadelphia , he headed to Iowa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In Iowa , Pompeo was introduced by his wife , who credited his rise in government to “ the hand of God.
” He titled his speech , “ My Faith , My Work , My Country.
” Pompeo praised various aspects of Trump administration foreign policy , including its promotion of religious freedom internationally , and talked about how his faith shapes his work in the Middle East and elsewhere .
And he mentioned the work that he and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar have done to mobilize anti-abortion @ @ @ @ @ @

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a culture war speech at the U.S. Constitution Center in Philadelphia Thursday shortly before his controversial Commission on Unalienable Rights released its draft report declaring property rights and religious liberty “foremost” “unalienable rights.”
Pompeo created the Commission on Unalienable Rights last year, warning against human rights “inflation”—suggesting that there has been a proliferation of haphazardly created human rights—and bypassing the State Department’s existing human rights infrastructure. He packed the commission with mostly conservative academics and gave them the assignment of reconsidering United States human rights policies in the context of natural law, the founding principles of the U.S., and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations after World War II. In April, Pompeo said the commission would return U.S. human rights policy to the “Judeo-Christian tradition on which this country was founded.”
While anti-LGBTQ groups have been excited about the commission from the start, national and international human rights groups have been outspoken critics of the commission throughout its tenure, sounding the alarm about Pompeo’s apparent intention to elevate religious liberty above other human rights embedded in international agreements. Full disclosure: This author was among hundreds of foreign policy, human rights, civil liberties, social justice, and faith leaders, experts, scholars, and organizations, that signed a letter last year urging Pompeo to disband the commission.
Those fears were confirmed by the draft report and Pompeo’s speech, which stated that “foremost” among human rights are property rights and religious liberty. Pompeo said that “a rapidly expanding catalog of rights” risks “trivializing core American values.”
Here’s more from his speech:
Americans have not only unalienable rights but also positive rights, rights granted by governments, courts, multilateral bodies. Many are worth defending in light of our founding. Others aren’t … human rights advocates won great and laudable victories in our lifetimes, from the defeat of fascism to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and to the end of apartheid. But that was then.
Now, he charged, many human rights advocacy groups “have traded proud principles for partisan politics,” while international human rights bodies have failed to uphold unalienable rights. “The vital 20th Century human rights project has come unmoored,” he said. He continued:
I established this commission because America, uniquely among nations, has the capacity to champion human rights and the dignity of every human being made in the image of God, no matter their nation. But to do so effectively, we must insist on the rightness and the relevance of America’s founding principles. Surely, if America loses them, she loses her soul and our capacity to do good around the world. If we adhere to them, we will reflect it we replenish that capacity.
Pompeo praised President Donald Trump’s divisive speech at Mount Rushmore while trashing the New York Times’s 1619 project, which reframes the history of the U.S. around the consequences of slavery and which Pompeo accused of promoting “Marxist ideology.” Speaking of current protests and public debate around systemic racism, he charged that “too many leading voices promulgate hatred of our founding principles.”
Human rights advocates have criticized the commission’s draft report. Reps. Jared Huffman,D-C.A.) and Jamie Raskin,D-M.D, founders of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, released a statement that said in part:
As we feared, this report does not enshrine essential human rights but rather confuses the whole field by downgrading political and civil rights and promoting a muddled and airily abstract interpretation of religious freedom. While invoking ‘Protestant Christianity’ first as a founding ethos for America, Secretary Pompeo’s report cautions against ‘new claims of human rights,’ and warns that ‘the tendency to fight political battles with the vocabulary of human rights risks stifling the kind of robust discussion on which a vibrant democracy depends.’ We fear that such slippery, equivocating language is intended to devalue LGBTQ+ rights and women’s reproductive rights and relegate them to mere ‘claims.’ While often pretending to some kind of abstract universal ambition for the rights of people, the authors cannot resist throwing rhetorical bones to the Religious Right and its war on personal freedom in America. Moreover, this report may lend credence to a foreign policy that disregards our international human rights framework in favor of a narrower interpretation of fundamental property and majority religious rights, one that allows for increased discrimination against political dissidents, women, and minority groups.
Amnesty International’s Americas director Erika Guevara-Rosas decried the report, saying in a statement,
The Department of State’s effort to cherry-pick human rights – in order to unlawfully deny the rights of women, LGBTI people and others – is a dangerous political stunt that could spark a race to the bottom by human rights-abusing governments around the world. This report, made through an illegitimate process, only further shows the contempt this administration has for human rights and its desire to excise certain rights for political gain.
The Council for Global Equality called the draft report “a mishmash of pontifications and sophistry—reflecting perhaps Pompeo’s political aspirations as much as his narrow, hard-right-religious worldview.” A CGE blog post said:
The basic message of this report sounds respectful but is deeply concerning as it argues that countries must have ‘leeway to base their human rights policy on their own distinctive national traditions.’ Claiming that this is a nuanced – not relativistic – approach, it still hands dictators a roadmap to justify abuses based on their culture, religion and national traditions.
Among the takeaways from the report, according to CGE, is “that abortion, affirmative action, and same same-sex marriage’ are ‘divisive social and political controversies in the United States’—in other words, not really human rights, and certainly not unalienable.”
The public has two weeks to comment on the report before it is made final; the report is advisory in nature and carries no legal weight but is expected to be used by Pompeo to provide justification for his opposition to international support for reproductive choice and LGBTQ equality.
Katherine Stewart, author of “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism” wrote several days before the release of the report that Pompeo’s tenure reflects a dangerous alliance between “America’s Christian nationalists and like-minded religious nationalists in other countries.” The report buttresses Pompeo’s advocacy for deference to “pro-family” religious traditionalists in other countries, stating, “the United States should respect the independence and sovereignty of nation-states to make their own moral and political decisions that affirm universal human rights within the limits set forth in the [Universal Declaration of Human Rights].”
Pompeo, who has bragged about using his official travel as an opportunity to evangelize and has helped open doors for a conservative Christian ministry seeking access to foreign officials, reportedly has his eyes on a presidential run. The day after his speech in Philadelphia, he headed to Iowa to address the religious-right Family Leader Summit.
In Iowa, Pompeo was introduced by his wife, who credited his rise in government to “the hand of God.” He titled his speech, “My Faith, My Work, My Country.” Pompeo praised various aspects of Trump administration foreign policy, including its promotion of religious freedom internationally, and talked about how his faith shapes his work in the Middle East and elsewhere. And he mentioned the work that he and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar have done to mobilize anti-abortion activism at the United Nations.


rightwingwatch--2020-07-20--Jesse Lee Peterson Smears John Lewis, Calling Him ‘An Evil Man’

Just as he did when Rep. Elijah Cummings died in 2019 , right-wing radio host and pastor Jesse Lee Peterson kicked off his radio program this morning by attacking Rep. John Lewis , who passed away Friday , as “ a phony , ” “ a race hustler , ” and “ an evil man.
” After playing an excerpt from an Oprah Winfrey tribute to Lewis , who was a civil rights leader and a longtime Democratic member of Congress , Peterson attacked Lewis , calling him “ a son of Satan ” who sought only to undermine America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words to call ex-Congressman John Lewis , ” Peterson said .
“ Hero would not be one .
Well , maybe he is a hero , because she [ Oprah ] is a daughter of Satan and he is a son of Satan , so maybe in that world , he ’ s a hero in that he pushed evil.
” “ Congressman John Lewis—he dead—was a race hustler , a loser , ” Peterson continued .
“ John Lewis was not a hero .
He was a zero , not a hero @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race hustler .
He divided the races , he did not unite them , and just because he marched in a rally down in Alabama or Georgia or wherever he was , that doesn ’ t make him a hero .
John Lewis did not do anything to earn becoming a [ member of ] Congress for so long .
He didn ’ t make things better .
He made them worse.
” “ John Lewis did not apologize for dividing the races , for calling America a racist society , ” Peterson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He was a race hustler .
I don ’ t know where he went when he died , but I do know according to all reports , he dead .
But he was not a good man .
I don ’ t know what he said to God before he died , but I know he did not apologize to this country for dividing and lying and doing what he did to America .
He used black people for his own personal gain .
John Lewis was an evil man .
”

Just as he did when Rep. Elijah Cummings died in 2019, right-wing radio host and pastor Jesse Lee Peterson kicked off his radio program this morning by attacking Rep. John Lewis, who passed away Friday, as “a phony,” “a race hustler,” and “an evil man.”
After playing an excerpt from an Oprah Winfrey tribute to Lewis, who was a civil rights leader and a longtime Democratic member of Congress, Peterson attacked Lewis, calling him “a son of Satan” who sought only to undermine America.
“I can think of many words to call ex-Congressman John Lewis,” Peterson said. “Hero would not be one. Well, maybe he is a hero, because she [Oprah] is a daughter of Satan and he is a son of Satan, so maybe in that world, he’s a hero in that he pushed evil.”
“Congressman John Lewis—he dead—was a race hustler, a loser,” Peterson continued. “John Lewis was not a hero. He was a zero, not a hero. … We knew he was a race hustler. He divided the races, he did not unite them, and just because he marched in a rally down in Alabama or Georgia or wherever he was, that doesn’t make him a hero. John Lewis did not do anything to earn becoming a [member of] Congress for so long. He didn’t make things better. He made them worse.”
“John Lewis did not apologize for dividing the races, for calling America a racist society,” Peterson added. “He was a phony. He was a race hustler. I don’t know where he went when he died, but I do know according to all reports, he dead. But he was not a good man. I don’t know what he said to God before he died, but I know he did not apologize to this country for dividing and lying and doing what he did to America. He used black people for his own personal gain. John Lewis was an evil man.”


rightwingwatch--2020-07-20--Trump Campaign Staffer’s History as Far-Right Blogger, Examined

Sonny Joy Nelson worked at the far-right blog Big League Politics before joining President Donald Trump ’ s 2020 reelection campaign last year , where she currently serves as associate director of strategic communications .
While working for the site , Nelson pushed far-right culture war talking points , claiming that white men are one of the “ largest groups ” discriminated against in the United States and that restorative racial justice actions create a “ never-ending cycle of oppression against the white man.
” The campaign ’ s choice to hire a staffer from a far-right publication and place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offer additional insights into its priorities as the 2020 election nears .
Trump ’ s operation has doubled down on incendiary culture war issues , fanning the flames of racial division in hopes of energizing its supporters , even though doing so has reportedly unnerved some of the president ’ s Republican allies in Congress , who fear such divisive rhetoric will usher them out of power .
Nelson ’ s prior employer , Big League Politics , is a far-right , pro-Trump news blog founded by a handful of former Breitbart News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by former chairman Steve Bannon as the “ platform for the alt-right , ” was too mainstream , Mother Jones reports .
The site was later purchased by political consultants Noel Fritsch and Reilly O ’ Neal , who used the site to advance the congressional campaigns of Corey Stewart , a neo-Confederate sympathizer with ties to white nationalists , and Roy Moore , a far-right politician extreme enough to have his own Southern Poverty Law Center profile .
The outlet has pushed the campaigns of additional far-right candidates including Paul Nehlen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ articles about even after Nehlen ’ s white supremacist ideology became evident , and a leading member of the Proud Boys hate group , Luke Rohlfing , is among the site ’ s former staff .
Big League Politics has also trafficked in conspiracy theories about the unsolved murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich .
Nelson left Big League Politics for the Trump campaign near the beginning of April 2019 , according to her LinkedIn profile , and currently works under Marc Lotter , the campaign ’ s director of strategic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lotter ’ s hire last year , the office of strategic communications was described as responsible for coordinating Trump surrogates in media appearances .
Since taking on a role in the Trump campaign , Nelson has been photographed mingling with prominent right-wing media figures and meeting high profile political figures like Attorney General William Barr .
Conservative power couple Mercedes Schlapp , a Trump campaign senior adviser , and Matt Schlapp , chairman of the American Conservative Union lobbying group , hosted Nelson at their 2019 Christmas party , where Nelson grabbed a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Trump ’ s online campaign merchandise shop displays several images of Nelson modeling Trump-branded hoodies , jackets , t-shirts , and a Christmas sweater .
Nelson announced in May 2019 that she had joined Turning Point USA ’ s ambassador program , but it is unclear if she is still a part of the program .
TPUSA did not respond to request for comment .
Nelson ’ s byline on Big League Politics first appeared on an Aug. 7 , 2018 ,  article accompanied by a video of Nelson arguing against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day , Nelson tweeted : “ Group most under attack in today ’ s society : white , Christian males.
” Nelson ’ s second video , published 10 days later , attacked the concept of white privilege , the societal advantage white people experience as a result of being seen as the norm in the United States .
Nelson asserted to the Big League Politics audience that the opposite is in fact true .
“ In our society right now , white males are one of the largest groups being discriminated against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that discussions about white privilege “ significantly increased racial tension ” and that the concept of white privilege “ has become an excuse to which minorities can blame their situation on.
” She claimed the idea of white privilege was itself racist and argued that affirmative action programs on college campuses should be abolished because they are racist against white students .
“ Being that there ’ s no affirmative action in favor of Caucasians makes it racist , ” Nelson said .
“ Unpopular opinion here : Racism toward white people is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The argument that because minorities were mistreated in the past that they deserve special treatment now just places us in a never-ending cycle of oppression against the white man.
” Nelson covered events like the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference for Big League Politics alongside co-workers who would later emerge as micro-influencers in far-right politics .
At Big League Politics ’ CPAC 2019 booth , Nelson photographed herself with her then-coworkers Tom Pappert and Pete D ’ Abrosca .
Pappert went on to create National File , a website closely affiliated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Infowars , and D ’ Abrosca launched a congressional campaign built on an extreme anti-immigrant platform , but he failed to complete necessary steps to appear on the ballot .
It is unknown whether Nelson maintains contact with either D ’ Abrosca and Pappert .

Sonny Joy Nelson worked at the far-right blog Big League Politics before joining President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign last year, where she currently serves as associate director of strategic communications. While working for the site, Nelson pushed far-right culture war talking points, claiming that white men are one of the “largest groups” discriminated against in the United States and that restorative racial justice actions create a “never-ending cycle of oppression against the white man.”
The campaign’s choice to hire a staffer from a far-right publication and place her into a position of influence may offer additional insights into its priorities as the 2020 election nears. Trump’s operation has doubled down on incendiary culture war issues, fanning the flames of racial division in hopes of energizing its supporters, even though doing so has reportedly unnerved some of the president’s Republican allies in Congress, who fear such divisive rhetoric will usher them out of power.
Nelson’s prior employer, Big League Politics, is a far-right, pro-Trump news blog founded by a handful of former Breitbart News staffers who thought Breitbart News, described by former chairman Steve Bannon as the “platform for the alt-right,” was too mainstream, Mother Jones reports. The site was later purchased by political consultants Noel Fritsch and Reilly O’Neal, who used the site to advance the congressional campaigns of Corey Stewart, a neo-Confederate sympathizer with ties to white nationalists, and Roy Moore, a far-right politician extreme enough to have his own Southern Poverty Law Center profile. The outlet has pushed the campaigns of additional far-right candidates including Paul Nehlen, whom the site continued to publish fawning articles about even after Nehlen’s white supremacist ideology became evident, and a leading member of the Proud Boys hate group, Luke Rohlfing, is among the site’s former staff. Big League Politics has also trafficked in conspiracy theories about the unsolved murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich.
Nelson left Big League Politics for the Trump campaign near the beginning of April 2019, according to her LinkedIn profile, and currently works under Marc Lotter, the campaign’s director of strategic communications. In a press release announcing Lotter’s hire last year, the office of strategic communications was described as responsible for coordinating Trump surrogates in media appearances.
Since taking on a role in the Trump campaign, Nelson has been photographed mingling with prominent right-wing media figures and meeting high profile political figures like Attorney General William Barr. Conservative power couple Mercedes Schlapp, a Trump campaign senior adviser, and Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union lobbying group, hosted Nelson at their 2019 Christmas party, where Nelson grabbed a photo with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Trump’s online campaign merchandise shop displays several images of Nelson modeling Trump-branded hoodies, jackets, t-shirts, and a Christmas sweater. Nelson announced in May 2019 that she had joined Turning Point USA’s ambassador program, but it is unclear if she is still a part of the program. TPUSA did not respond to request for comment.
Nelson’s byline on Big League Politics first appeared on an Aug. 7, 2018, article accompanied by a video of Nelson arguing against gun control proposals. On the same day, Nelson tweeted: “Group most under attack in today’s society: white, Christian males.” Nelson’s second video, published 10 days later, attacked the concept of white privilege, the societal advantage white people experience as a result of being seen as the norm in the United States. Nelson asserted to the Big League Politics audience that the opposite is in fact true.
“In our society right now, white males are one of the largest groups being discriminated against,” Nelson said.
Nelson argued that discussions about white privilege “significantly increased racial tension” and that the concept of white privilege “has become an excuse to which minorities can blame their situation on.” She claimed the idea of white privilege was itself racist and argued that affirmative action programs on college campuses should be abolished because they are racist against white students.
“Being that there’s no affirmative action in favor of Caucasians makes it racist,” Nelson said. “Unpopular opinion here: Racism toward white people is still racism.”
She later added, “The argument that because minorities were mistreated in the past that they deserve special treatment now just places us in a never-ending cycle of oppression against the white man.”
Nelson covered events like the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference for Big League Politics alongside co-workers who would later emerge as micro-influencers in far-right politics. At Big League Politics’ CPAC 2019 booth, Nelson photographed herself with her then-coworkers Tom Pappert and Pete D’Abrosca. Pappert went on to create National File, a website closely affiliated with Alex Jones’ far-right conspiracy theory outlet Infowars, and D’Abrosca launched a congressional campaign built on an extreme anti-immigrant platform, but he failed to complete necessary steps to appear on the ballot. It is unknown whether Nelson maintains contact with either D’Abrosca and Pappert.


rightwingwatch--2020-07-21--Right Wing Round-Up: The Right Hears What It Wants to Hear


rightwingwatch--2020-07-21--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: The War on White America