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The Pope’s Florida Brother, a MAGA Disciple, Plans to ‘Tone It Down’
New York times ^ | 13th May 2025 | Richard Faussett

Posted on 05/13/2025 3:09:17 PM PDT by Cronos

... His ringtone plays the opening riffs of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.” He incurred $20,000 in roof damage from Hurricane Ian. And until recently, anyone could read his Facebook posts, which included vulgar potshots at Nancy Pelosi and her husband and a pronouncement that supporters of Joseph R. Biden Jr. suffered from a “mental affliction.”

...Among other things, he reposted an old video of Ms. Pelosi, under which the author of the original post referred to her with a vulgar sexist epithet. The original post also insinuated that Ms. Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was gay,

...By Monday, Mr. Prevost was a guest on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” where Mr. Morgan read some of the posts back to him. “It’s quite lively stuff for a bloke who’s now the pope’s older brother,” the talk show host said.

“Well, I posted it, and I wouldn’t have posted it if I didn’t kind of believe it,” said Mr. Prevost, who added that he would “probably tone it down” now that his brother was the Vicar of Jesus Christ.

... Mr. Prevost said that after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israelis by members of Hamas, “I’d have flattened Gaza and made it a parking lot.”

In his interview with Mr. Morgan, Mr. Prevost said that he had “backed off a lot of media” since being criticized for his online posts, and was looking forward to talking to the pontiff about them and finding out if he had felt any blowback.

“But he knows I am who I am,” Mr. Prevost said of the new pope. “He’s well aware of my positions. He knows I’m probably not going to change, and I don’t think I will, other than to, just as you say, tone it down.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: americanpope; maga; navy; pelosi; popebob; usnavy

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1 posted on 05/13/2025 3:09:17 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos
His ringtone plays the opening riffs of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.”

Ah-ah-ah-AH!

2 posted on 05/13/2025 3:11:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: Cronos

That’s ok. We know who’s corner you’re in


3 posted on 05/13/2025 3:13:01 PM PDT by albie (U)
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To: Cronos

It would be cool to have a Maga-red first brother....kind of a Billy Carter 2.0


4 posted on 05/13/2025 3:16:19 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: Cronos

Sounds like doesn’t want to be come the Vatican version of Billy Carter.


5 posted on 05/13/2025 3:16:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: y'all

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a64726252/pope-leo-xiv-brothers-john-louis-prevost/


6 posted on 05/13/2025 3:17:42 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Cronos
And until recently, anyone could read his Facebook posts, which included vulgar potshots at Nancy Pelosi and her husband and a pronouncement that supporters of Joseph R. Biden Jr. suffered from a “mental affliction.”

LOL. I wonder what his FR name is.

7 posted on 05/13/2025 3:18:13 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Cronos
“I’d have flattened Gaza and made it a parking lot.”

There is a precedent. Joni Mitchell said "They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot."

He might add "Big yellow Popemobile took away my brother."

Maybe Weird Al Yankovich could advise on the rewrites.

8 posted on 05/13/2025 3:19:08 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Cronos

There is so much fun to be had in this that I don’t know where to start. It really is like Pope Leo XIV has his very own “Billy Carter”.


9 posted on 05/13/2025 3:23:02 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

That very well may be a reality.


10 posted on 05/13/2025 3:23:59 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: Cronos

I think Mr. Prevost and I could be friends. I like somebody who tells me what they really think.


11 posted on 05/13/2025 3:24:17 PM PDT by kawhill ("Ain't gonna drink it? You tell me don't be like you, but you offer me a beer. Well which is it?")
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To: Cronos

HE IS SPOT ON ABOUT PAUL PELOSI


12 posted on 05/13/2025 3:27:06 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

13 posted on 05/13/2025 3:33:30 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: lightman
“kind of a Billy Carter 2.0”
LOL!!
Just what I've been thinking.
14 posted on 05/13/2025 3:36:56 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !!)
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To: lightman

Can you imagine having a boob like that for a brother?

I wonder how Louis puts up with it?


15 posted on 05/13/2025 3:39:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Cronos
His ringtone plays the opening riffs of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.”

If he plays the Viking Kittens version he just might be a FR member!

Viking Kittens

16 posted on 05/13/2025 4:36:18 PM PDT by CedarDave (An old saw: “How do you know Democrats are lying? Their lips are moving.”)
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To: Cronos

Here is interview with Piers:

https://youtu.be/ML2M9icrrKw?si=9cneWFsbm-fLrpES


17 posted on 05/13/2025 4:38:41 PM PDT by paudio (MATH: 45<47)
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To: dfwgator

Obviously Lou is over-the-moon proud of his brother and has indicated that he’s heading to Rome for the big “installation” Mass.


18 posted on 05/13/2025 5:12:46 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Cronos

The pope’s brother should respect tradition. There were 13 earlier Pope Leos and none of their brothers was active on social media.


19 posted on 05/13/2025 5:40:07 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Cronos

The brother should have said, “Jesus wears a MAGA hat too... but my brother wears a pointy one that looks like silly, like a dunce cap.”


20 posted on 05/13/2025 5:49:58 PM PDT by BEJ
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