Posted on 09/23/2020 11:07:41 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin slammed religious criticisms of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a front-runner for President Trump's nomination to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
During an interview on Fox and Friends Wednesday, the centrist Democrat decried the attacks against Barrett's Catholic beliefs, which some outlets have linked to the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale that has been converted into a television series.
"I have heard your colleagues in the Senate query her about her religion, which makes you wonder should a person’s religion disqualify them from a job on the Supreme Court? Because it sounds like some people on your side think that it should," host Steve Doocy asked.
"Well, I guess whatever side you're on, they can pick whatever they want to pick. I’m Catholic, OK? And religion should not enter into it. It sure doesn’t with me," Manchin said.
"Does anything about her Catholic background bother you?" Doocy pressed.
"Not at all. No. We are who we are, how we were raised, where we were raised, and who raised us," Manchin said.
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You have to be Jewish or Catholic.
:: We are who we are, how we were raised, where we were raised, and who raised us, ::
Speaking from his background of white privilege and racist upbringin.
Wait.
Manchin /is/ white, isn’t he?
should a person’s religion disqualify them
If the answer is yes,, the Ilhan Omar should be run out of Congress on a rail.
Dumbles need to stfu about religious tests...
“..Or do they just hate Catholics when its convenient?”
Our current culture is definitely taking an anti-religious swing.
The MSM cannot praise Biden as a devout Catholic whose beliefs are "baked into the core functions of the campaign," and then try to attack and disqualify Judge Barrett over the same claims.
From just two days ago...
September 20, 2020: NPR: How Joe Biden's Faith Shapes His Politics
When Joe Biden seeks to inspire or comfort, he turns to his faith. His speeches are woven with references to God, biblical language or the pope...If elected, Biden would become only the second Catholic president in American history. It's not a detail he highlights, but people who know him well say his Catholic faith is central to how he sees the world...
Biden, who carries a rosary in his pocket and attends Mass every Sunday, is known as a deeply devout person of faith, and his campaign sees electoral implications in that — in part because Biden has tried to frame this election as a clear moral contrast between Trump and himself.
Some Democrats would go so far as to say that Biden is running perhaps the most overtly devout Democratic presidential campaign since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
From July 17, 2020: Associate Press via the New York Daily News - Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives:
President Donald Trump’s appeal to religious conservatives is a cornerstone of his political identity. But Joe Biden is a different kind of foe than Trump has faced before: one who makes faith a central part of his persona — often literally wearing it on his sleeve.In fact, Biden's practice of carrying a rosary that belonged to his late son Beau caught the attention of one of his Democratic presidential rivals when the two were awaiting a debate last year...
Biden's identity as "a very devout Catholic and person of deep faith," deputy political director John McCarthy said, is "baked into the core messaging and core functions of the campaign."
-PJ
You are correct. Catholic and Jewish.
He’ll never get a thumb’s up from me.
He aligns himself with the vile democrats. He’s one of them.
This carries the Newsweak “handmaid’s tale” accusation. Even though Newsweak shrugged and pulled it back. This how the media works. It’s a disguised smear.
The latter, of course.
Pelosi, their ringleader, is Catholic. They don't hate her.
Biden, their nominee for POTUS, is Catholic. They don't hate him.
Trumps SCOTUS nominee's, Barrett and Logoa are both Catholics...and naturally, the left really hate them.
And when it comes time to vote, he will line up with his party. This guy is a clown.
If Biden were actually ‘devout’, he would not have behaved the way he has for 50 years.
I cannot believe the Left is selling this. What hypocrisy!
Hey, Joe, show how really firm you are about your Catholic religion. How about telling your Democrat colleagues that if they attack Amy Coney Barrett about her devout Catholic faith that you will vote to confirm her. Then if they do then you do.
Correct. Manchin is a Democrat there for he is pure scum.
Didn’t he vote to approve Kavanaugh? I don’t remember his vote.
Yes, I think he did. I forgot that! Still don’t trust him.
Manchin wants to run for president. He can only do that as a Democrat.
His party is the anti religious, anti Christian party. He should leave the Dem caucus.
Manchin voted to confirm Cavanaugh.
Same fake news media:
Amy Coney Barret is a Catholic so therefore she is Satan.
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