In a column lauding Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) for following his conscience instead of the demands of Donald Trump and the Senate GOP leadership, longtime conservative writer Kathleen Parker had a few things to say about the GOP lawmakers who are fond of calling themselves "Christians."
Singling out the putative Christian lawmakers who voted to eliminate benefits for the poor, the elderly and those in need of food and healthcare, the Washington Post columnist noted they seem to have missed out on what Jesus commanded them to do.
As she wrote the day after Donald Trump –– whom she characterized as a " a Bible-thumping sideshow barker pitching gospel and perfumes" –– signed the megabill before an appreciative audience of conservatives, "In plain terms, this legislation translates to a loss of health care — and food subsidies — for tens of thousands if not millions of children. And to think that evangelical America claims God chose Trump to lead the country and, presumably, the world."
Taking a broader approach, she argued, "Surely, we should stop saying America is a Christian nation. Jesus Christ and the religion he inspired are all about helping the poor, the meek, the hungry, the homeless."
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Focusing her attack on the lawmakers who ignored pleas from their own voters to rewrite the highly unpopular bill, she claimed those who profess to be "Christians" are in for a rude afterlife awakening.
"If Republicans are representing themselves as Christians while cutting essential aid to the neediest among us, then we might infer that they’re all going to hell," she wrote before adding, "
Vice President J.D. Vance, a converted Catholic who cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, also did not escape Parker's wrath.
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"Thanks to Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote, the Republican-controlled Senate embraced the rich and shafted the poor. (Not to be outdone, the GOP-led House did the same with its Thursday vote, though much more quickly)," she wrote.
You can read her entire scathing column here.
