This segment was low-hanging fruit, but it’s always a good reminder to know your enemy's thoughts and end game. The Left's agenda items are often televised on MSNBC and CNN. MSNBC is by far the worst of the two, and ex-NBC News reporter Heidi Przybyla, now with Politico, demonstrated that Thursday night with her screed against Christianity.
Of course, it was framed under the guise of Christian nationalism. Still, the commentary was very much grounded in mainstream concepts about where rights come from, as Thomas Jefferson is the person who wrote about what Przybyla found unsettling (via Mediaite):
Here @MSNBC helpfully makes it clear their disdain for Christians in America.
— Wade Miller (@WadeMiller_USMC) February 23, 2024
She says that if you believe that your rights come from God, you aren’t a Christian, you are a Christian nationalist.
Somehow they seem to not mention that our own founding documents make this… pic.twitter.com/WTLMqcqTzg
After being asked how members of Congress were reacting to Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) leadership, which was characterized as an “infusion of Christian nationalism into the body politic of the House,” Przybyla proceeded to butcher her interpretation of the distinction between Christians and Christian nationalists.
After warning that Christian nationalists “have a lot of power in Trump’s circle,” she insisted that “the one thing that unites all of them, because there’s many different groups orbiting Trump, but the thing that unites them as Christian nationalists — not Christians, by the way, because Christian nationalist is very different — is that they believe that our rights as Americans, as all human beings, don’t come from any earthly authority. They don’t come from Congress, they don’t come to the Supreme Court, they come from God.”
Wild clip. This is one of their journos, not a pundit. https://t.co/8lLSfOiZl3
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 23, 2024
During the pandemic, Przybyla couldn’t accurately comment on a story about an Arizona couple who allegedly took hydroxychloroquine, which led to tragic results. The outlet tried to blame Trump, but the pair ingested chloroquine phosphate, fish tank cleaner, which isn’t the same thing. So, are we shocked this segment on Christian nationalism was botched?
Stop publishing garbage like this.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) April 16, 2020
1) Family doesn’t actually know cause of death.
2) Every drug has risks and side effects. Implication here is that this drug is particularly dangerous and the doctor was irresponsible in prescribing it, which is a smear without evidence. https://t.co/CPxfu6oVZK
Catholic Bishop Robert Barron saw the clip and took to social media, calling it ‘one of the most disturbing and frankly dangerous things I’ve ever seen in a political conversation.’ He pointed out that Jefferson is the one who penned the concept of our inalienable rights coming from God while adding the obvious: rights that come from the government can be taken away. Hence, why this flawed government theory is fertile ground for totalitarianism. He noted this isn’t a debate about religious nationalism but an outline of “one of the sanest principles of our democratic governance.”
Friends, I wanted to share some reflections with you concerning a recent clip I saw from @MSNBC, which was one of the most disturbing and frankly dangerous things I’ve ever seen in a political conversation. @HeidiReports @politico pic.twitter.com/3KO9LY4eXh
— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) February 23, 2024
Our rights come from God; the government exists to secure them, not produce them.
Ms. Przybyla doesn’t seem to get it yet, either.
Thank you.
— Heidi Przybyla 🌺 (@HeidiReports) February 23, 2024
While there are different wings of Christian Nationalism, they are bound by their belief that our rights come from God.
If you are Hindu, Jewish etc, this might help you understand the next part of my point, which is they are using this for a man-made policy agenda. https://t.co/7FoVJh1UTx