Posted on 12/20/2018 6:27:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez blasted Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as "a liar" and appeared to compare President Trump with King Herod, who wanted Jesus killed after his birth.
Nielsen was testifying on border policy before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday when Gutierrez used his allotted time to rip into her and the president.
He said it is ironic that Republicans would hold the hearing during the Christmas season, which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
Gutierrez, a Chicago Democrat, said that it is "repugnant and astonishing" that during the holiday season, migrant family separation would be a topic of importance to the GOP.
Gutierrez said that, at the time of Jesus Christ's birth, King Herod became outraged and ordered all children under two to be murdered.
"Thank God there wasn't a wall that stopped [Jesus, Mary and Joseph] from seeking refuge in Egypt. Thank God that wall wasn't there," he stormed.
"And, thank God [the Trump] administration [wasn't there] or He too would have perished on the 28th -- on the Day of Innocence when Herod ordered the murder[s]."...
(Excerpt) Read more at insider.foxnews.com ...
I’m reminded of a sheepfold...
Mr. Gutierrez, and I do use the term “Mr.” loosely,
You seem to be one of very little faith. Do you really think that God is so little and weak that a silly border wall would have stopped his plan of salvation dead in its tracks????
Mr. Gutierrez . . . you are a complete phony!!!
He walk out on POTUS SOTU this past January,
Showing he is just another misogynist progressive liberal, he walks out on DHS secretary Kirstjen Nielsen
“...King Herod, who wanted Jesus killed after his birth”
Unlike the Democrats who would have been okay with killing Jesus BEFORE His birth!
I haven’t read through the thread yet, but if comparisons are going to be made, let’s compare the baby slaughtering Herod with the baby slaughtering Democrats.
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