{"id":131279,"date":"2021-02-14T20:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T01:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=131279"},"modified":"2021-02-14T20:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T01:27:44","slug":"god-herself-rep-eric-swalwell-claims-god-is-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-herself-rep-eric-swalwell-claims-god-is-female\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018God Herself\u2019: Rep. Eric Swalwell Claims God Is Female"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgod-herself-rep-eric-swalwell-claims-god-is-female%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=131279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231083519.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) implied God is a woman during a Saturday interview on MSNBC about the recent impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with host Nicole Wallace about Democrats\u2019 decision not to subpoena witnesses, Swalwell said, \u201cThe choice was, do we chase those people, not knowing what they\u2019re going to say, to the courts for years or do we go forward with the powerful, thundering case that we have? And also knowing that Mitch McConnell was already telling us that he believed the challenge was a jurisdictional one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we could have called God herself, and the Republicans weren\u2019t going to be willing to convict, so we\u2019re proud of the case we have put forward,\u201d Swalwell added.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepSwalwell<\/a> on impeachment failure: \u201cWe could have called God herself and it would not have\u201d swayed McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y3v7gw3geq\">pic.twitter.com\/y3v7gw3geq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1360721340454567941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Swalwell\u2019s role as House impeachment manager concerned some people given the allegations of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.axios.com\/china-spy-california-politicians-9d2dfb99-f839-4e00-8bd8-59dec0daf589.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dalliance<\/a> between him and a Chinese spy named Christine Fang, or Fang Fang. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tweeted yesterday,&nbsp;\u201cThis afternoon we have been lectured to by Eric Swalwell, a guy accused of consorting with a Chinese spy. How appropriate!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This afternoon we have been lectured to by Eric Swalwell, a guy accused of consorting with a Chinese spy. How appropriate!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1359593232359968774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Swalwell\u2019s theological commentary follows recent backlash against his colleague, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), who opened the 117th Congress last month by praying in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/amen-and-awoman-minister-invokes-hindu-god-offers-gender-lesson-during-opening-prayer-for-117th-congress\">name of a Hindu god<\/a> and tweaking the Hebrew word \u201camen\u201d into a statement about gender.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), who is an ordained United Methodist minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?507549-1\/opening-day-117th-congress-us-house-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opened the first session of the 117th Congress<\/a> on Sunday by praying in the name of a Hindu god and twisting the word \u201camen\u201d into a commentary on gender.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEternal God, noiselessly we bow before your throne of grace as we leave behind the politically and socially clamorous year of 2020,\u201d began Cleaver,&nbsp;who served as the pastor of St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1972 to 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Though his prayer was replete with explicitly Christian themes, terminology, and references, Cleaver closed it by appealing to the deities of \u201cmany different faiths,\u201d implying they are all the same.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe ask it in the name of the monotheistic God, Brahma, and \u2018god\u2019 known by many names by many different faiths,\u201d said Cleaver.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAmen and a-woman,\u201d he closed, in an apparent attempt to render the word fair to both sexes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cleaver blamed \u201corchestrated outrage\u201d for the backlash he faced over the prayer from figures such as Franklin Graham, who claimed the prayer was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/shaking-a-fist-in-the-creators-face-franklin-graham-slams-gender-neutral-house-rules-awoman-prayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shaking a fist in the Creator\u2019s face<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/proposed-house-rules-strike-non-inclusive-words-father-son-sister-mccarthy-responds?fbclid=IwAR0a0KMqu-e-w-JmKnAoPXZ-GYFNtO1nkb2W8EC25uc-xHI33r1-N0gz0Nk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struck gendered language<\/a> from the 48-page text of the House rules, swapping out the words father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, husband, and wife for the words parent, child, sibling, parent\u2019s sibling, and spouse. References to \u201cchairman\u201d were changed to \u201cchair,\u201d two references to \u201che or she\u201d were exchanged for \u201cMember, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner,\u201d and a reference to \u201cseaman\u201d became \u201cseafarers,\u201d among other linguistic changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/shaking-a-fist-in-the-creators-face-franklin-graham-slams-gender-neutral-house-rules-awoman-prayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Shaking A Fist In The Creator\u2019s Face\u2019: Franklin Graham Slams Gender-Neutral House Rules, \u2018Awoman\u2019 Prayer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) implied God is a woman during a Saturday interview on MSNBC about the recent impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. 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