Unfit to Print: FAITH UNDER FIRE
Plus: An exclusive campaign ad drop, the royals in rural Virginia, & a shakeup in Maine
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Today we’re covering the DOJ report on anti-Christian bias, an exclusive campaign ad from a GOP contender in Oklahoma, the King and Queen’s Appalachia visit, and big news in the Maine Senate race.
FAITH UNDER FIRE
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice released a report Thursday on stopping anti-Christian bias in the government that revealed stunning new details about the Biden administration’s targeting of Catholics.
While the Biden White House often referred to the president as a “devout Catholic,” his deputies were eager to investigate and criminalize churchgoers. The infamous FBI “Catholic memo” that originated in a Richmond field office, the report found, was sparked by the case of a lone racial extremist and spurred on by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Xavier Lopez attended a chapel in Richmond affiliated with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), a traditionalist Catholic group that has a troubled relationship with the Vatican.
Lopez tried to use religion to justify his desire for violence, but wrote in conversations on Gab that his church wasn’t as extreme as he’d like them to be. Nonetheless, the FBI seemed to use Lopez’s as the predicate for a larger investigation into traditional Catholics that had no link to the radicalism he espoused.
Text messages obtained by the Daily Wire show that some Biden DOJ officials also joked about their desire to prosecute nuns.
“I would like to take a special assignment of finding and prosecuting [the nuns],” Molly Gaston, a federal prosecutor who later joined Jack Smith’s team, said.
J.P. Cooney, another federal prosecutor who is now running for Congress in Virginia, wrote, “I’m with you, although I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit.”
EXCLUSIVE: GOP CANDIDATE GETS LEO BOOST
Nathan Butterfield, a fifth-generation Oklahoman running in the Republican primary to replace Rep. Kevin Hern — who is leaving the House to run for Senate — is dropping a new ad Friday touting an endorsement from a major law enforcement official in the state.
The ad, which was obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller, features Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado, who spoke at a Trump rally in 2020.
“I was honored to speak at President Trump’s rally. I backed Trump because he’s a smart businessman who has law enforcement’s back and puts America first,” Regalado says in the ad. “That’s also why I am backing Nathan Butterfield for Congress.”
“Washington doesn’t need more polished politicians, Washington needs some Oklahoma grit,” Regalado says.
Regalado’s endorsement carries weight, as he considered running for the open seat in Oklahoma’s first congressional district.
Butterfield owns a multi-million dollar restoration company and took time off campaigning when tornadoes hit Enid last week to offer his assistance.
“After seeing photos online of the tornado’s destruction in Enid, I couldn’t sit still, so I grabbed my team and we’ve been up here the past two days working and doing what we can to help. This is what Oklahoma is all about!” Butterfield wrote on X.
There are a dozen Republicans running in the district’s crowded primary. The eventual winner will face off against Democrat John Croisant, a member of the Tulsa Public Schools Board.
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