A right-wing pastor flipped out on Wednesday while discussing former President Barack Obama's new presidential library in Chicago.
Todd Friel, a radio pastor and host of "Wretched TV," said Obama was "sending a message" about his "fundamental redesign for America" by building his library, according to a new report from Right Wing Watch. The building, which is in Chicago's Park District and is scheduled to open on Juneteenth, sits on a 19.3-acre campus and includes the city's first "fully inclusive" playground, meaning it caters to children of all physical abilities.
Friel described the library as a "tangible symbol of Barack Obama's horrific ... destructive world views." He added that it is also an "intentional slight to God."
"That is why I believe President Obama continues to speak," Friel said. "He's not in office. He doesn't speak with his lips; he speaks with architecture. And what he is saying is as odious as ever. His presidential center, it shouts, 'I hate this America. I hate tradition. And I reject God's ordering of reality.'"
Friel also claimed that the building's contemporary architectural features show that Obama wants to "tear down and discard" American traditions.
"And that's why Obama's library, aside from being an eyesore, is downright diabolical. Just like the fellow who designed it," Friel said.
Right-wing pastor Todd Friel says Obama's presidential library is "downright diabolical" and "an intentional slight to God": "His presidential center, it shouts, 'I hate this America, I hate tradition, and I reject God's ordering of reality.'" pic.twitter.com/723UsCAiTE
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