If White Evangelicals Sold Their Souls For Trump, What Does Playing Kamala Harris Ads In Black Churches Mean?
Anti-Trumpers freaked out when the former president posed with a Bible for a photo op, but when Kamala Harris beams into hundreds of churches with a campaign video, they have nothing to say.
By Kylee Zempel
October 19, 2021
Virginia church congregants got a political message from the pulpit on Sunday, with more to come. It isn’t just one congregation but more than 300 churches, and it isn’t just a biblical sermon with a political application but an outright campaign clip telling congregants explicitly which candidate to vote for to accomplish political goals. And it wasn’t from a pastor. It was from the vice president of the United States.
“As you know, this is an important election coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and early voting is already underway. I believe that my friend Terry McAuliffe is the leader Virginia needs at this moment,” Vice President Kamala Harris says in a video to be played in hundreds of black churches across the state. She went on to tout McAuliffe’s record on jobs, health care, education, and “getting things done for the people of Virginia.”
“So early voting has already started, and this is the first year that you can vote on Sunday. So please, vote after today’s service. And if you cannot vote today, make a plan to go vote. … And after you vote, please tell every soul you know that it is so important they vote,” she said, telling listeners how to join McAuliffe’s campaign. The video will reportedly play in numerous churches for the next couple of Sundays until the election.
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