Save us the hollow call for unity, Franklin Graham
Jan 12, 2021 10:01:51 #
Last Thursday, one day after the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol, Franklin Graham had a message for Americans.
“The division in our country is as great as any time since the Civil War,” he tweeted. “I am calling on Christians to unite our hearts together in prayer for President-elect @JoeBiden and Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris, and for the leadership in both parties.”
It was the kind of statement this country needs to hear, a call for reconciliation that you’d expect from a faith leader. Except just two weeks before, this leader’s arms were folded, not open. “Many people believe the p**********l e******n was s****n from @realDonaldTrump,” Graham tweeted on December 28, “and if conservatives lose control of the Senate, there is nothing to stop the radical agenda of the left.”
Earlier in December, Graham echoed the same e******n **es that fueled the Capitol invaders. “When he says this e******n was r****d or stolen,” Graham said of the president, “I tend to believe him.”
Unite our hearts? Save it, Rev. Graham.
Get ready for the big walk back, America. Get ready for the agitators to now call for peace. Get ready for the same people who played along when the president stoked a nationwide fury now wanting to calm everyone down.
Like Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who said after last week’s siege: “We must come together and put this anger and division behind us. We must, and I am confident we will, have a peaceful and orderly t***sition of power.”
This is the same Ted Cruz who, as the mob was forming in Washington, encouraged “peace” and “order” by declaring: “We are gathered at a time when democracy is in crisis.” It’s the same Cruz who the week before shouted at a Georgia rally that “We will defend our constitution” and “We will not go quietly into the night.”
All for e******n f***d that didn’t exist.
This costume change, brazen as it is, is hardly surprising. For years, Republicans and conservative leaders have told Americans that what they see isn’t actually true, that Donald Trump’s unhinged tweets and intemperate attacks are merely the products of media and Democrats picking on him. Just as guilty, although slightly less hypocritical, are the Republicans who chose to be silent about the president and Charlottesville, the president and “s**thole” countries, the president telling P***d B**s to stand back and stand by.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article248417510.html
“The division in our country is as great as any time since the Civil War,” he tweeted. “I am calling on Christians to unite our hearts together in prayer for President-elect @JoeBiden and Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris, and for the leadership in both parties.”
It was the kind of statement this country needs to hear, a call for reconciliation that you’d expect from a faith leader. Except just two weeks before, this leader’s arms were folded, not open. “Many people believe the p**********l e******n was s****n from @realDonaldTrump,” Graham tweeted on December 28, “and if conservatives lose control of the Senate, there is nothing to stop the radical agenda of the left.”
Earlier in December, Graham echoed the same e******n **es that fueled the Capitol invaders. “When he says this e******n was r****d or stolen,” Graham said of the president, “I tend to believe him.”
Unite our hearts? Save it, Rev. Graham.
Get ready for the big walk back, America. Get ready for the agitators to now call for peace. Get ready for the same people who played along when the president stoked a nationwide fury now wanting to calm everyone down.
Like Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who said after last week’s siege: “We must come together and put this anger and division behind us. We must, and I am confident we will, have a peaceful and orderly t***sition of power.”
This is the same Ted Cruz who, as the mob was forming in Washington, encouraged “peace” and “order” by declaring: “We are gathered at a time when democracy is in crisis.” It’s the same Cruz who the week before shouted at a Georgia rally that “We will defend our constitution” and “We will not go quietly into the night.”
All for e******n f***d that didn’t exist.
This costume change, brazen as it is, is hardly surprising. For years, Republicans and conservative leaders have told Americans that what they see isn’t actually true, that Donald Trump’s unhinged tweets and intemperate attacks are merely the products of media and Democrats picking on him. Just as guilty, although slightly less hypocritical, are the Republicans who chose to be silent about the president and Charlottesville, the president and “s**thole” countries, the president telling P***d B**s to stand back and stand by.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article248417510.html
Jan 12, 2021 10:19:36 #
rumitoid wrote:
Last Thursday, one day after the deadly siege on t... (show quote)
The empty call of Democrats who practiced h**e and division and now want unity.
Jan 12, 2021 12:08:02 #
rumitoid wrote:
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Seattle and Portland.
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