Evangelical minister who sought to influence Supreme Court comes under withering criticism

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A conservative evangelical minister testifying before a House committee Thursday came under fierce personal attacks from Republican members of Congress angry that he has accused U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito of leaking news of a 2014 decision ahead of time.

Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., called the Rev. Rob Schenck “a pathetic grifter” and declined to even ask him any questions about his claims, saying it would be “pointless.”

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., dismissed Schenck’s claims as “gossip” and “deceit.”

“I have to tell you, it is one of the most pernicious performances I have seen publicly in a long time,” Biggs said during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/evangelical-minister-who-sought-to-influence-supreme-court-comes-under-withering-criticism-211926904.html

Oh please. They're mad at him for telling the truth.

[RockRaven]

1. He testified in front of a Congressional committee, where lying would be a crime. His testimony

is unrefuted in the Congressional record by any other witness who was present at the incident in question. If Alito wants to refute it in front of the Committee -- where him lying would likewise be a crime -- he just has to say so and they will welcome his testimony. But we all know Alito will never do so.

[Deuxcents]

2. They can't handle the truth. Nor do they want to.

[usonian]

3. About Rob Schenck

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From the description of his book "Costly grace: an evangelical minister's rediscovery of faith, hope and love"

The author recalls his life as a controversial Washington, D.C. evangelical minister and spiritual advisor to America's political class. He begins with his conversion from Judaism to born-again Christianity, and then finding his calling in public ministry. He chronicles his years as an activist leader of the most extreme wing of the anti-abortion movement, brazenly mixing ministry with Republican political activism. Finally he reflects on his unconscious abandonment of Christian principles in the face of fame and influence, and ultimately his return to the lessons Jesus imparted. Today Schenck works to liberate the evangelical community from a politicized gospel, urging partisan conservatives to move beyond social battles and forsake the politics of hate, fear, and violence.

His web page:
https://www.revrobschenck.com/


McClintock and Biggs are, as always, projecting their own deceitful nature.

[stopdiggin]

4. let's note that the withering criticism comes not from the

influence campaign waged for years on sitting justices - but instead for the (rather lately turned) new leaf as a whistle blower regarding same.

Oh, yes - and there was the publishing of a book ... Always and important element. Can I be forgiven for sprinkling all of this with a grain of salt?

[Initech]

5. What a piece of shit.