US bishop says Trump should concede, as Nixon did with clear voter fraud

LifeSite News ^ | November 18, 2020 | Emily Mangiaracina

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US bishop says Trump should concede, as Nixon did with clear voter fraud

'Love of country and not self is patriotic,' tweeted Bp. Richard Stika of Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, November 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Richard Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville recently denied voter fraud and called for President Donald Trump to concede the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. Days later, the bishop commended Richard Nixon for conceding the 1960 presidential election despite what Stika considers the decisive influence of “deceased” voters in that election.

Stika’s implication that Trump should concede regardless of the credibility of voter fraud allegations is just the latest in a series of apparent shifts in stance regarding Democrat Joe Biden and the presidential election.

'Love of country and not self is patriotic,' tweeted Bp. Richard Stika of Knoxville.

On Nov. 12, Stika tweeted, “So technically we don’t have a President-elect until the states certify the vote and the Electoral College votes. Until now, it’s the national media who have proclaimed the winner. Just saying....”

However, the same day, Stika referred to Biden as a “head of state” in addressing a story about Biden meeting with Pope Francis:

On Nov. 15, Stika praised Richard Nixon for his “patriotic” “love of country” for not contesting his official loss in the 1960 presidential election, despite the fact that “history now tells us” dead voters swung the election in Kennedy’s favor.

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Barf Alert Ping

[CondorFlight]

The same bishop who didn’t like the falsely-accused Covington students.

[Hazwaste]

Groveling to lawbreakers would not be patriotic. It would be spitting on the graves of the patriots who died in order for us to live in a free republic built on laws and Christian principles.

[Shadow44]

Worst mistake Nixon ever made in his life.

[CommieCutter]

Nope.

[Veto!]

Seriously barf[ng. I like our Catholic cathedral for Easter because the music is divine. People from the local opera, including a friend of mine, sing like true angels.

Other than that, I’m investigating Lutheran churches. Are they as cray-cray?

[Fledermaus]

Okay, so does this mean Biden will be shot in Dallas in 3 years?

[rktman]

“Constitution? We don’t need no constitution!” Could turn in to “Bible? We don’t need no steenkin’ bible?”. But as long as the bishops are okee dokee. Remind me again when the amendment to the constitution passed making media projections the be all end all. crickets....................

[crusty old prospector]

Who died and made him pope?

[CdMGuy]

As a Catholic, I have two words for Stika, and those words are not Happy Birthday.

[Fiji Hill]

Nixon’s failure to contest the 1960 vote and let the Democrats get away with stealing the election only encouraged such behavior.

[campaignPete R-CT]

I am calling on Bishop Stika to retire to s life of silent solitude.

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'Love of country and not self is patriotic,' tweeted Bp. Richard Stika of Knoxville.

If francisbishop Stika had love of country, he would not be so quick to bend a knee to the baby-killers Biden and Kamala before the election is official.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

If Nixon had contested the election then maybe JFK, RFK, and even MLK would not have been assassinated.

[FlipWilson]

Bishop Simka or whatever, you should concede that your church sheltered child rapists and sexual predators. I’ll wait.

[Fledermaus]

The Catholic Church is a waste. Nothing but gay pedophiles and lefties.

They even tried to kill Michale Corleone.

[Skywise]

I bet he would’ve said the same thing to Hillary or Biden.

NOT

[dsrtsage]

The entire Catholic Church has been infiltrated and taken over by antifa from the pervert pope down

[Darksheare]

Maybe the esteemed bishop should stick to things he knows.