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Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts warned Americans in a Friday press call that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, is the most “anti-faith” presidential candidate in history and that her administration would lead to Christians losing their freedom to worship.
His statement stands in sharp contrast to how the Left has portrayed her---particularly in many of the Black churches in America---as a devout, faithful Christian woman.
Be informed, not misled.
Roberts described Harris as “the most anti-faith, anti-religion presidential candidate in history.” He maintained, "People of faith who are worried about the choice they are making need to understand what’s at stake.”
“We’re going to lose our ability to worship, we’re going to lose our religious liberty if the Harris-Walz campaign prevails,” he says. He cited the vice president’s suggestion to attendees at one of her recent rallies who shouted phrases including “Christ is King” and "Jesus is Lord" that they were at the wrong rally as an example of her hostility to religion.
You will remember that two Christian college students who were mocked by Vice President Kamala Harris at a recent campaign rally gave a warning for Christians: get ready for more of the same.
J.D. Vance told Fox News that Grant Beth and Luke Polaske attended the Harris-Walz rally at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and shouted phrases like “Christ is King!” and Jesus is Lord" as Harris spoke about abortion rights.
"I was pushed by an elderly woman. We were heckled at, we were cursed at, we were mocked,” Beth said. “In reflection of the event, Jesus was mocked. His disciples were mocked, and that’s OK."
“We did God’s work, and we were there for the right reasons.”
"There's a lot of controversy that says she wasn't talking to us or [that] we left. We didn't get kicked out. Well, I can speak on Grant and I's behalf," he said.
"On video, Grant's getting pushed and shoved, and there's about five seconds before she tells us to go to a small rally down the street. You can see on the video, she waves. She was actually waving to me,” Polaske added.
At that point, he said he removed his cross necklace, held it up in the air, and “pointed at” Harris.
“She looked [me] directly in the eye, kind of gave me an evil smirk,” he said.
Roberts expressed concern about the prospect of a Harris-Walz administration “expanding abortion” if the Democrats gain complete control of the U.S. Congress in addition to the presidency, as well as “a real abridgment of religious liberty” and efforts to “abridge free speech.” He expressed concern that “they’re going to abridge free speech for people of faith” as well as media organizations.
That process is already underway by the Biden-Harris Administration.
“Although I’ve got other things I’m concerned about, I think it’s not hyperbole for me to say that I think the entire First Amendment is endangered” in the event of a Harris-Walz victory in the 2024 election, Roberts declared. In addition to laying out the implications of a Harris-Walz administration for people of faith, he attempted to reassure those that a Trump-Vance administration would be much better.
Roberts lamented, “There are people of faith who are sitting on the sidelines because they have forgotten that we are electing a president, not a pastor.” He contended that Christians who plan on sitting out the 2024 election because of their concerns about Trump need to remember that “none of us is perfect,” including Trump and Vance.
Roberts’ comments about people of faith “sitting on the sidelines” in the 2024 election comes as a study from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University published last month estimated that 32 million self-identified Christians will abstain from voting in this election.
Addressing the concern that Trump has taken an inadequately pro-life position by insisting that the issue of abortion should be left to the states following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Thus, determining that the U.S. Constitution does not contain a right to abortion and his vow to not sign a national abortion ban, Roberts maintained that “I think people of faith need to remember the … former president’s track record” on the issue from his previous time in the White House."
The Christian Post published this regarding Robert's comments:
I’m cautiously optimistic that in a Trump-Vance administration, that the policy default of the president and vice president will still be solidly pro-life,” he said. Reflecting on the assembly of a presidential cabinet and administration that would follow a Trump-Vance victory, Roberts declared “It’s sort of impossible to avoid appointing pro-life people.”
Roberts described the pro-life movement as “a vital, vital part of the political coalition that will have succeeded in electing Trump and Vance,” stressing that giving pro-life activists prominent roles in the administration would be “politically intelligent.”
Polling at the national level as well as in individual swing states as of Friday forecasts a close election. The RealClearPolitics average of national polls asking voters which candidate they support shows Trump with a very narrow lead of 0.3 percentage points over Harris. The RealClearPolitics “no toss-up” map, which projects the outcome of the presidential election in the electoral college based on polling averages in individual states, shows Trump capturing 287 electoral votes to Harris’ 251.
Takeaway
He predicts "a significant Trump landslide that would mirror Ronald Reagan's historic win against Jimmy Carter in 1980."
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