{"id":1844894,"date":"2023-02-13T09:19:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1844894"},"modified":"2023-02-13T09:19:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:19:42","slug":"aoc-mocks-christian-groups-super-bowl-ads-calling-for-love-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-mocks-christian-groups-super-bowl-ads-calling-for-love-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Mocks Christian Group\u2019s Super Bowl Ads Calling For Love, Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Faoc-mocks-christian-groups-super-bowl-ads-calling-for-love-compassion%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=1844894&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-->\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) mocked the Super Bowl message of love and hope from a Christian organization. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/aoc-criticizes-christian-super-bowl-ad-jesus-would-not-fund-commercials-fascism-benign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">likened<\/a> The commercials proclaim Jesus Christ to \u201cfascism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two Super Bowl commercials were sponsored by the nonprofit Servant Foundation as part of the \u201cHe Gets Us\u201d campaign. First featured photos of children in heartwarming circumstances, including black and White children hugging, and a poignant 2019 photo of Aubrey Burge, 5-year-old Aubrey Burge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/heartbreaking-photos-show-girl-comforting-brother-with-leukaemia-chemotherapy-2019-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comforting<\/a> Her 4-year-old brother, who was undergoing chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus didn\u2019t want us to act like adults,\u201d the narrator says as legendary country singer Patsy Cline\u2019s \u201cIf I Could See The World [Through The Eyes of a Child]\u201d plays. \u201cHe gets us. All of us. Be childlike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second ad featured adults fighting and arguing with each other. \u201cJesus loved the people we hate,\u201d reiterating, \u201cHe gets us. All of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the messages might have inspired millions of people of all faiths and religions, they did not inspire AOC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething tells me Jesus would *not* spend millions of dollars on Super Bowl ads to make fascism look benign,\u201d New York lawmaker tweets<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Something tells me Jesus would *not* spend millions of dollars on Super Bowl ads to make fascism look benign<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1624967013817884674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Green, Hobby Lobby&#8217;s founder and one of the main funders for the He Gets Us campaign was a Christian devout Christian. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/february\/he-gets-us-super-bowl-commercial-billion-jesus-christian.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\u00a0With its call to kindness and compassion, the group aimed to reach the greatest audience of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to see it at the Super Bowl\u2014\u2018He Gets Us.\u2019 We are wanting to say\u2014we being a lot of people\u2014that He gets us,\u201d Green said. \u201cHe understands us. He loves who we hate. I think we have to let the public know and create a movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt fits with our target audience really well,\u201d Jason Vanderground is the campaign spokesperson for He Gets Us <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/religious-super-bowl-ad-campaign-he-gets-us-424b36089913ff4a8639bbcf20c14ae3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submitted<\/a> The Associated Press. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to get the message across to people who are spiritually open, but skeptical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanderground\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/12\/business\/media\/he-gets-us-jesus-commercial-super-bowl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\u00a0According to the group, there is room for a message about love among all the commercials for consumer products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelling chips is cool, selling light beers, all of that stuff is awesome,\u201d Vanderground added. \u201cI enjoy consuming all those things. There\u2019s something about figuring out the way that we treat fellow human beings that we think is just a profound activity to occur during the Super Bowl.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-2023-super-bowl-ads-will-feature-booze-betting-and-jesus-d8dff447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>Super Bowl ads that ran for 30 seconds sold for $7 million. Some of these ads cost $6 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Super Bowl message of hope and love from a Christian organization drew mockery from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who likened the commercials extolling Jesus Christ to \u201cfascism.\u201d The nonprofit Servant Foundation sponsored two Super Bowl commercials as part of the \u201cHe Gets Us\u201d campaign. 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