Bannon: Catholic churches 'need illegal aliens'

[DonViejo]

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 09/07/17 08:04 AM EDT

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon in a new interview slammed the Catholic Church for its stance on immigration, saying leaders “need illegal aliens to to fill the churches."

Bannon told "60 Minutes" that the Catholic Church has been “terrible about” immigration when Charlie Rose noted that Cardinal Timothy Dolan in New York opposed President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

“You know why? Because [they have been] unable to really, to come to grips with the problems in the church, they need illegal aliens. They need illegal aliens to fill the churches. It’s obvious on the face of it,” Bannon said.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the administration would phase out the program, which temporarily blocked the deportation of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as minors, giving Congress six months to act. Bannon in the interview also argued that the Catholic Church has an “economic interest” in "unlimited illegal immigration."

more + video:
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/349582-bannon-catholic-church-needs-illegal-aliens

[Girard442]

1. Getting back to those Klan roots, are we now?

This might actually be a smart move for Bannon -- deciding to go back to being a not-too-small frog in a small white supremacy pond. More likely, he's just flinging poop because that's what he does.

[Docreed2003]

2. Shocked he didn't call us Papists!

Hey Steve, you know who else loved immigrants, or strangers?? Jesus Christ

[DonViejo]

4. He's Roman Catholic too...very conservative RC, at that. eom

[Docreed2003]

10. Wow, I didn't know that.

[white_wolf]

24. Then shouldn't be listen to the Pope and Bishops?

I sometimes read religious forums because I like learning about beliefs and I stumbled across this site called Catholic Answers that was so conservative, it would have made Free Republic look sane. Anyway, one of the things these people always stressed was following church teaching and the authority of the Pope. Of course, this was during the reign of the conservative Benedict. I'm vaguely curious to know how those folks feel about Francis.

[Eugene]

3. Mr. Bannon finds a church that helps people in need deeply offensive.

Even for a Deplorable, this plumbs new depths.

[Major Nikon]

8. Isn't that the same church that wants to see pregnant women die horrible deaths rather than abort?

[LanternWaste]

17. Nuance, exceptions to blanket rules, and a lack of absolutism can be a difficult thing to grasp.

Nuance, exceptions to blanket rules, and a lack of absolutism can be a difficult thing to grasp.

Both our statements most likely contain the same approximate amount of sincerity.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Anybody Else Feel It's Untoward. . .

. . .for media to now be giving coverage to someone in the media?

He's not a WH insider any longer. He got fired. He's yesterday's news. Now, major media is fauning over a guy who is competition with them for clicks.

Seems stupid.

[Raven]

6. I'll bet he doesn't like sitting in a pew next to an "illegal" or

drinking from the same wine cup at communion. It'd sort of "get them outta here, I don't want to pray with those people!"

[TexasProgresive]

7. That's just about as stupid a remark as can be made.

The Church is wanting to keep illegal immigrants around for economic reasons as the brain eating Mr Bannon thinks is really ridiculous as serving people who are poorly paid is not a money maker but actually cost money. I would say that Bannon is a stupid doofus but he is not- he is playing the stupid doofi (attempt at a Latin plural of doofus).

[Vogon_Glory]

12. Perhaps we Democrats ought to publicize Bannon's remark

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A lot of the Texas Republican Party's voting strength comes from middle-class and upper-middle class Catholics of European descent. Those Catholics supply a good chunk of the leadership of the anti-abortion movement and the GOP's cadre.

I wonder how they'd feel if they couldn't ignore such remarks anymore? Those people have gone on the warpath against Democrats for saying far, far less offensive behavior.

Can we hope that they'd feel sufficiently offended enough to sit out 2018 and 2020?

[sarisataka]

9. I read something about this

Matthew 25:35
'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in

But what does a Jewish carpenter know about Christianity?

[Vogon_Glory]

11. I wonder if Bill Donahue and the Catholic League Will Respond

Or if Donohue will keep to his usual habits of ignoring attacks on the practices and doctrine of the Catholic Church in favor of throwing hissy fits about some gay cross dresser or other putting on a nun's habit at a drag show.

Waiting for the chirping of distant crickets in five, four, three, two...

[hunter]

13. There are plenty of Catholic parishes catering to affluent white bigots...

... like Bannon, unwelcoming to anyone else.

I'm glad I don't live in one.

[dembotoz]

14. chance for great pillow talk for bannon and dolan at the next right to lie fascist fetus fest

send in the clowns

[Johonny]

15. Bannon is a horrible human being that feels the need to spread his lack of intelligence

with others. He's rich and could do anything in the world. But he's an unhappy loathsome human being that can only think to spread unhappiness to others. He'll die an unhappy ugly toad. Good.

[Initech]

16. God these people are fucking horrible!

[LanternWaste]

18. I'm guessing calling Catholics 'papists' will be the next big thing on the right.

I'm guessing calling Catholics 'papists' will be the next big thing on the right.

[Vogon_Glory]

22. Probably

I'm sure some of the right-wing Fundamentalist and Evangelicals have got some revolting videos and print diatribes they're just itching to release. It'll be interesting to see how willing the rural conservative Catholic precincts and counties that have reliably voted Republican these last few elections will be willing to turn out for Donnie and the Rethuglies in 2018 and 2020.

[Baitball Blogger]

19. No he didn't?

They hate the Catholic church because they are all inclusive and they are not shy about castigating a wealthy person for ignoring their role to help the poor.

[LeftInTX]

20. Obviously Bannon has forgotten his Catechism

He is free to leave the church and join a prosperity gospel church.

[Paladin]

21. Bannon needs a daily bath. Among a lot of other things. (nt)

[irisblue]

23. American Catholic or Roman Catholic? ann coulter weighs in.

no I won't post her tweet here.
She is using Brannon to flog her 2015 book on immigration....
gotta go find the tums now.
Ann=👎