{"id":2002355,"date":"2023-08-16T11:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-aiming-more-fire-at-christian-tweet-than-trump-indictment-shows-why-republicans-keep-losing\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T11:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:39:40","slug":"gop-rep-aiming-more-fire-at-christian-tweet-than-trump-indictment-shows-why-republicans-keep-losing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-aiming-more-fire-at-christian-tweet-than-trump-indictment-shows-why-republicans-keep-losing\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep&#8217;s Focus on Christian Tweet Over Trump Indictment Reveals Republican Losses"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fgop-rep-aiming-more-fire-at-christian-tweet-than-trump-indictment-shows-why-republicans-keep-losing%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=2002355&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<p>What\u2019s more concerning: that a Republican congressman has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-aiming-more-fire-at-christian-tweet-than-trump-indictment-shows-why-republicans-keep-losing\/\" title=\"GOP Rep's Focus on Christian Tweet Over Trump Indictment Reveals Republican Losses\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-calls-new-yorks-covid-19-restrictions-discriminatory-sides-with-religious-leaders\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Calls New York\u2019s COVID-19 Restrictions \u2018Discriminatory,\u2019 Sides With Religious Leaders\">religious liberty<\/a> fundamentally backward<\/a> or that\u200c he\u2019s focused on harassing grassroots conservatives \u2064while the GOP presidential frontrunner is indicted with the latest \u2063of 91 charges?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Religious Liberty and Political Priorities<\/h2>\n<h3>Is\u200c This Congressman Missing\u200d the\u2062 Mark?<\/h3>\n<p>On Tuesday, freshman Rep.\u200b Max \u2063Miller \u2064from Ohio went on X, formerly known as Twitter, to\u200b decry a call for \u201cfaith \u200din Jesus Christ alone\u201d as \u2062\u201cbigoted.\u201d A post from an Ohio \u2062activist \u2063apparently set\u2063 him off.\u200d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1224261038\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-471cd347eefa0f76c367784feffda2d8 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-471cd347eefa0f76c367784feffda2d8\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no hope for any of us outside \u200cof having faith in\u200d Jesus\u2062 Christ alone,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizzieMarbach\/status\/1691557901666529341?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> Lizzie Marbach.<\/p>\n<p>Miller, who is Jewish, took offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of\u2064 the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-mcauliffe-spokesman-ashamed-of-racist-tweets-apologizes-days-before-election\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 McAuliffe Spokesman \u2018Ashamed' of Racist Tweets, Apologizes Days Before Election\">bigoted tweets<\/a> I \u2062have ever seen,\u201d\u2062 Miller wrote, demanding Marbach \u200c\u201cDelete it,\u201d because she had\u200d \u201cgone\u2062 too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious freedom\u2064 in \u2062the United States applies\u2064 to every \u2064religion,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2a09cf6e6c06aa0b9347f58aecb2d72e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2a09cf6e6c06aa0b9347f58aecb2d72e\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s quite \u2062a comment from \u200ca congressman\u200c who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxMillerOH\/status\/1439024549358669829?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spoke<\/a> at the \u200b30-year anniversary\u2063 of the apparently bigoted Ohio \u200dChristian Alliance. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>Miller didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062the\u200b replies to Marbach\u2019s post, Miller \u200bwrote, \u201cGod says that \u2062Jewish people\u2062 are the \u200bchosen ones, but yet you say \u200cwe have no hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for your pearl of wisdom today,\u201d Miller added. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-496e5b1c7373ec71e563481fdbdba321 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-496e5b1c7373ec71e563481fdbdba321\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The posts got deservedly mocked \u2064all over the\u2062 website. <\/p>\n<p>Kingsley Cortes from the Center\u2062 for Renewing America asked whether Miller had joined \u201cthe\u2064 Squad.\u201d But \u200bhours later, even squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar of \u200cMinnesota showed \u2064herself to be a better ally to \u2062Christians than the GOP lawmaker. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cStating the core beliefs \u200bof principles of \u200byour faith isn\u2019t bigoted as \u2063Lizzie did,\u201d \u2063Omar \u2064wrote. \u201c[It\u2019s] religious freedom and no\u2062 one should be \u200bscolded\u2064 for\u200c that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>Miller \u200capologized for the post after drawing online rebuke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI posted something \u2064earlier that conveyed a message I did not intend,\u201d Miller wrote three hours after the initial\u2063 post. \u201cI will\u2064 not \u2062try to hide my mistake or run from\u200b it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller\u2019s office, however, did not\u2062 respond \u2064to the Federalist\u2019s repeated inquiries over what\u2063 the congressman <em>did intend <\/em>by the Wednesday\u200b morning\u200c deadline. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misplaced Priorities <\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-we-go-first-confirmed-case-of-significantly-more-contagious-covid-19-variant-found-in-us\/\" title=\"HERE WE GO: First Confirmed Case of \u201cSignificantly More Contagious\u201d Covid-19 Variant Found in US\">top priority<\/a> for\u200b Republicans \u200din Congress right now ought to be the nation\u2019s\u200d quick descent into banana\u2063 republic \u2062territory. Late Monday, \u200cGeorgia prosecutors \u2062unveiled a new round of indictments against former President Donald Trump, bringing the total \u2064charges against \u200dthe lead candidate for the 2024 GOP White House nomination \u2064to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/us\/trump-investigations-charges-indictments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">91<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged Trump with 13 additional \u200bcounts over his objections to the 2020 election \u2014 objections \u2062like those Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/13\/second-j6-hearing-criminalizes-republicans-for-election-objections-after-democrats-made-them-for-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made<\/a> for decades. <\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/15\/how-stupid-is-the-georgia-anti-trump-case-they-indicted-trump-for-tweeting-at-people-to-watch-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How\u2063 Stupid Is The Georgia\u2062 Anti-Trump Case? They Indicted \u200cTrump For Tweeting At People To Watch TV<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The blatant effort to\u200d rig the next election is apparently an afterthought, if\u200d any thought at all, on \u200dthe minds of Republican lawmakers like Miller as well\u200d as leaders \u200bin the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>While\u2062 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at least put out\u200d an <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4153055-kevin-mccarthy-jim-jordan-line-up-behind-donald-trump-after-georgia-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immediate<\/a> statement, the silence \u2063of \u200btop\u2063 GOP Senate leaders \u2062on past Trump indictments has been on \u200creplay this\u200d week, with Mitch\u200d McConnell still missing in action. Miller has also aimed less firepower at \u200cthe \u200clatest indictment than at another Ohioan for\u2062 sharing\u2064 the gospel. But at least he made \u2063time\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxMillerOH\/status\/1691585964617982123?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a> \u200cabout inflation.\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>House Republicans, meanwhile, have the power to do\u2064 more than put out statements if they wanted \u200bto. The weaponized FBI \u2063could be defunded, for starters\u200c \u2014 but instead the agency remains on \u2063track to get\u2063 a shiny\u2062 new headquarters. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bbbc6947d42daadb07cc07eebf75d28f fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bbbc6947d42daadb07cc07eebf75d28f\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s more alarming: a Republican congressman misunderstanding religious liberty or targeting grassroots conservatives, while the GOP frontrunner faces 91 charges? On Tuesday, Ohio&#8217;s freshman Rep. Max Miller criticized a plea for &#8220;faith in X&#8221; (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2002356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}