{"id":118254,"date":"2021-10-08T14:10:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=118254"},"modified":"2021-10-08T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:11:57","slug":"republican-senators-address-alleged-anti-christian-stance-of-nominee-that-would-oversee-chaplains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=118254","title":{"rendered":"Republican Senators address alleged anti-Christian stance of nominee that would oversee chaplains"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joe Biden nominated Brenda Fulton for an office whose responsibilities would include overseeing religious freedoms and Chaplains. One issue that the Republicans had with Fulton was a social media statement she allegedly made identifying reservists and guardsmen, who are Christian and Republican, as “racists” and “nutjobs”. During the hearing, she identified herself as a Christian and answered “no” if she believed that statement.<\/p>\n

From Military.com:<\/span><\/p>\n

Fulton is a West Point graduate who was the first openly gay member of the academy’s Board of Visitors, and she has led several LGBT military groups including SPARTA, which advocates for transgender troops.<\/p>\n

Pointing to a tweet where Fulton called Republicans “right-wing anti-everyone nutjobs falling in love with a dictatorship,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., pressed Fulton on whether she thinks Christian Republican reservists and Guardsmen are “racist” and “nutjobs.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“I’m a Christian, and no, I don’t,” Fulton replied.<\/span> <\/strong>“I will, as I have throughout my career, work side by side with Republicans, with Democrats, with independents, with anyone regardless of their political beliefs, for the mission, for what is best for our Armed Forces.”<\/p>\n

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., who is the committee chairman, defended Fulton’s “extraordinary career” that he said has included working with people of all different ethnicities, as well as political and religious beliefs.<\/p>\n

“There’s been no complaints by any of your subordinates or any of your superiors about your work,” Reed said.<\/p>\n

But that was not enough to mollify Republicans, who said they would oppose the nomination.<\/p>\n

“I think you’ll understand why so many members of this committee and this Senate do not think you are fit to take over this position. You are going to be in charge of military chaplains,” said Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., a staunch conservative who is seen as a possible 2024 presidential contender. “You have a long history of offensive, inflammatory accusations against Bible-believing Christians.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When someone identifies Republican, Conservative, and Christian actions, statements, beliefs, etc., as racist, extremist, nutjobs, etc., that’s an indication of the speaker not being in the political center.<\/p>\n

Military.com has the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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