“Since you mentioned Easter and prayers, I wanted to ask you about something the Pope said yesterday,” said the reporter. “So Pope Leo said yesterday, and I quote him, ‘God does not listen to the prayer of those who wage war.’ Can you comment on that?”
“I think our nation was a nation founded 250 years ago, almost, on Judeo-Christian values,” replied the White House Press Secretary. “
And we’ve seen presidents, we’ve seen the leaders of the Department of War, and we’ve seen our troops go to prayer during the most turbulent times in our nation’s history. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with our military leaders or with the president calling on the American people to pray for our service members and those who are serving our country overseas.”
“In fact, I think it’s a very noble thing to do,” she continued. “
And if you talk to many service members, they will tell you they appreciate the prayers and support from the commander-in-chief and from his cabinet.”
Of course, anyone with even a cursory understanding of this nation’s history knows that it was not founded on “Judeo-Christian” values, but rather on Enlightenment ones.
The Founding Fathers were explicit in their embrace of a separation between church and state. They would be horrified by the Republican Party’s push towards Christian Nationalism.
As for Leavitt’s remarks about these “turbulent times” that we find ourselves in, we have only her boss to thank for that.
Donald Trump started this illegal war for aggression with zero consideration of America’s best interests because Israel wanted it. Now, our service men and women are dying overseas so that a foreign nation can expand its territorial borders uncontested.
Meanwhile, Trump’s nemesis Pope Leo XIV has been offering bold moral leadership on this issue.
“Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war.
He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them,” Leo said at Palm Sunday Mass this past weekend.
The pope’s remarks were a less-than-veiled rebuke of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s nonstop efforts to paint this war as some kind of holy and righteous endeavor waged in the name of Jesus.
As for Karoline Leavitt, we suggest that she remove that cross that she makes a big show of wearing during her White House press briefings.
Jesus Christ would be ashamed to call her a follower of his. She stands for the slaughtering of innocent men, women, and children and the continued rule of a literal pedophile.
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Karol is Leavitt is a twit.