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At an April 1 White House event, Franklin Graham said a prayer referencing Esther, the Old Testament book in which the Jewish people faced destruction by the Persians. Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, thanked God for raising up President Trump “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14).
In response, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson accused U.S. Protestant leaders of being “spiritually corrupt,” saying, “They’re not preaching Christianity, not just because of their fealty to Israel, which is bizarre and kind of hard to understand.” On an “even deeper level,” he added, high-profile Protestant leaders are “preaching a religion that bears no resemblance to Christianity” and is “not what the gospels describe.”
Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, has been critical of Christian Zionism and of Graham specifically. Last month, Carlsonsaid Graham had called him an antisemite—a claim Graham denied.
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In response, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson accused U.S. Protestant leaders of being “spiritually corrupt,” saying, “They’re not preaching Christianity, not just because of their fealty to Israel, which is bizarre and kind of hard to understand.” On an “even deeper level,” he added, high-profile Protestant leaders are “preaching a religion that bears no resemblance to Christianity” and is “not what the gospels describe.”
Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, has been critical of Christian Zionism and of Graham specifically. Last month, Carlsonsaid Graham had called him an antisemite—a claim Graham denied.
Tucker Carlson: Franklin Graham’s Prayer Endorsed the ‘Murder of Civilians’
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Tucker Carlson: ‘Fealty to Israel’ Prevents Franklin Graham From ‘Preaching Christianity’
In response to a prayer from Franklin Graham, commentator Tucker Carlson accused U.S. Protestant leaders of being “spiritually corrupt.”
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