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

LifeSite News ^ | November 18, 2020 | Emily Mangiaracina

[ebb tide]

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.

[BradyLS]

You mean “Giggles” Harris.

[BiteYourSelf]

This 👍🏻.

[JBourne]

Yep i just left this Bishop a message on twitter saying essentially

As a Catholic I am embarrassed by clergy who are more interested in being good democrats than good Catholics

[T.B. Yoits]

So maddening how so many people don’t understand what is at stake here.

Oh, they understand what is at stake and can play the wishful thinker but they're evil and know what they're hoping to gain.

Ranking individuals in the Catholic Church are all suspect of either committing pederast acts or failing to report them.

[Qout]

“They were especially suspicious of the results from Chicago, the personal fief of Democratic Mayor Richard Daley (whose son, William Daley, happens to be Mr. Gore’s campaign manager). Mr. Kennedy carried 47 of the city’s 50 wards with a margin of 456,312 votes, just enough to overcome Mr. Nixon’s margin in the rest of the state. The Republicans suspected that many of their votes had ended up in the Chicago River.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/nixon-example-considered-honourable/article1043737/

[Bigg Red]

::Nothing but lefties,and gay pedophiles...::

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I am Catholic. I assure you I am neither of those.

[Bigg Red]

Well said.

[Bigg Red]

Ditto.

[Hambone 1934]

The people in charge...

[Bigg Red]

Thank you for tweeting that.

[trebb]

So, the Bishop basically says, “Satan’s gonna win so don’t bother resisting him...”

[DuncanWaring]

... and repentance.

[DuncanWaring]

Are you confusing ‘60 and ‘72?