Nikki Haley taps controversial pastor for campaign launch invocation

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This preacher is a major league asshole

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/haley-taps-controversial-pastor-campaign-launch-invocation-rcna70821

As a presidential candidate in 2000, then-Sen. John McCain told voters he had no use for the religious right movement, denouncing prominent evangelical leaders as “agents of intolerance.” The message did not resonate with most Republican voters and the Arizona Republican’s candidacy fell short.

Eight years later, McCain was determined to learn key lessons from his earlier failure and eagerly forged partnerships with far-right social conservatives. In fact, the GOP senator even welcomed the support of Pastor John Hagee — at least for a while.....

In 2018, for example, Donald Trump invited Hagee, the founder of Christians United for Israel, to deliver the official benediction at the opening of a new U.S. embassy in Israel.

This morning, Hagee made another notable political appearance, delivering the invocation at the kickoff event for Nikki Haley’s Republican presidential campaign.

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After the pastor exited the stage, and the GOP candidate stood at the microphone, Haley said, “To Pastor Hagee, I still say I want to be you when I grow up.”

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1. Holy Crap!

His church is just a few miles from where I live. He is one of the worst of the worst.

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2. NH is playing to the Bottom of Pit.

The Lowest of the LOW!

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3. "Did John Hagee deliver the invocation at Nikki Haley's kickoff event despite his record of

radicalism or because of it?"

Is that supposed to be a joke? Because if not this person is clearly not familiar with the rethugs. This is how they all "worship"

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4. Oh, and that's just GD Stupid.

[tanyev]

5. Wow, Hagee's still alive?

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6. Hagee is a horrible excuse for a human being

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[GreatCaesarsGhost]

7. That pos is right out of central casting

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8. BECAUSE OF IT

when reThugs tell you who they were, believe them

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9. Nikki Haley with controversial Pastor John Hagee in 2021.

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