{"id":2316865,"date":"2024-07-31T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rallies-catholic-organization-with-message-slamming-harris-for-persecuting-parishioners-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T16:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T20:06:55","slug":"trump-rallies-catholic-organization-with-message-slamming-harris-for-persecuting-parishioners-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rallies-catholic-organization-with-message-slamming-harris-for-persecuting-parishioners-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump rallies Catholic organization with message slamming Harris for persecuting parishioners &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ftrump-rallies-catholic-organization-with-message-slamming-harris-for-persecuting-parishioners-washington-examiner%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=2316865&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--><p>Former President Donald \u200cTrump has garnered support \u200bfrom the \u200dCatholic organization CatholicVote, which is launching\u200b a multimillion-dollar \u200bcampaign targeting\u2063 Vice\u2064 President Kamala Harris. This initiative is fueled \u2063by Trump&#8217;s criticism of Harris&#8217;s treatment of religious conservatives, whom he accuses of facing\u2062 persecution. CatholicVote&#8217;s \u2063President, Brian Burch, asserts that Harris poses\u200c an unprecedented anti-Catholic threat among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-anatomy-of-a-stolen-election-the-fraud-cannot-stand\/\" title=\"The Anatomy of a Stolen Election \u2013 The Fraud Cannot Stand\">presidential candidates<\/a>, citing her previous \u200dquestioning of judicial \u200bnominees \u200cabout\u200d their affiliation with the\u2062 Knights of \u2062Columbus, a Catholic organization. Trump has intensified these allegations, characterizing Harris&#8217;s actions as discriminatory \u2064against Catholics, particularly by suggesting that their faith should disqualify them from\u2064 judicial roles. Following this, Trump has \u200cpublicly\u200b endorsed \u2064CatholicVote&#8217;s campaign against \u200bHarris, emphasizing that Catholics are facing \u2063persecution under her political stance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump rallies Catholic organization with message slamming Harris for persecuting parishioners<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1719408\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>After former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> railed against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s treatment of religious conservatives, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholicism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Catholic<\/a> organization threw its weight behind the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>CatholicVote has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/consumers-research-slams-blackrocks-close-ties-to-the-chinese-communist-party\/\" title=\"Consumers\u2019 Research Slams BlackRock\u2019s Close Ties to the Chinese Communist Party\">multimillion-dollar campaign<\/a> against Harris in heavily Catholic swing states, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/kamala-harris-demonstrates-anti-catholic-bias-bigotry-conservative-faith-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to a Fox News report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CatholicVote President Brian Burch said on Tuesday that &ldquo;Kamala Harris represents the most vile anti-Catholic threat of any leading candidate for president in American history. She is a candidate of the hard Left. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C90RZ8xPHEw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>her record and her words<\/a> demonstrate a gross anti-Catholic bias and bigotry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after Trump repeatedly fired up his base with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3101593\/donald-trump-attacks-kamala-harris-focus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>allegations<\/a> that Harris is &ldquo;anti-Catholic,&rdquo; referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s concerns over Catholic judicial nominees several years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecatholictelegraph.com\/kamala-harris-quizzed-judicial-nominees-over-christian-adoption-and-faith-values\/68974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>questioned<\/a> Brian Buescher, Paul Matey, and Peter Phipps over their membership in the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal service organization that promotes biblical values.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, then a Democratic California senator, expressed concern over the three nominees&rsquo; affiliation with a Catholic organization that holds a conservative stance on marriage and abortion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Were you aware that the Knights of Columbus opposed a woman&rsquo;s right to choose when you joined the organization?&rdquo; Harris pressed Buescher. &ldquo;Did you agree with Mr. Carl Anderson that abortion is &lsquo;the killing of the innocent on a massive scale&rsquo;? Were you aware that the Knights of Columbus opposed marriage equality when you joined the organization?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trump speaks to religious conservatives at The Believers&rsquo; Summit 2024 at a Turning Point Action event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3101593\/donald-trump-attacks-kamala-harris-focus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rallied<\/a> religious conservatives last weekend in Florida, Trump blasted Harris for &ldquo;viciously&rdquo; attacking &ldquo;highly qualified&rdquo; Knights of Columbus nominees and &ldquo;suggesting that their Catholic faith disqualified them from serving on the federal bench.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After CatholicVote announced its swing state initiative against Harris, Trump praised the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">religious group<\/a>&rsquo;s move against &ldquo;the most anti-Catholic person ever to run for high office.&rdquo; In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112881333191406102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> to Truth Social, the GOP leader said, &ldquo;Catholics are literally being persecuted by this Wack Job, just ask the Knights of Columbus.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the MAGA leader posted a follow-up post <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112882070395582452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thanking<\/a><\/span>  the religious group for &ldquo;doing GREAT work getting Voters to the Polls,&rdquo; the Harris campaign is pushing back on claims it is &ldquo;after Catholics.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/112881333191406102\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In comments to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Harris campaign spokesman James Singer said, &ldquo;Catholic voters are not defined by insults of Donald Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the past four years, Harris has served alongside President Joe Biden, who is the second Catholic to occupy the Oval Office.&nbsp;Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), is also a practicing Catholic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vice President Harris is proud to serve with the second Catholic president ever,&rdquo; Singer said on Wednesday and noted the presumed Democratic presidential nominee would &ldquo;fight every day to earn&rdquo; the Catholic vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1719408\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1719408\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump mobilizes Catholic group with criticism of Harris for targeting parishioners After former President Donald Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s treatment of religious conservatives, a Catholic organization has pledged its support to the GOP. According to a Fox News report, CatholicVote has initiated a multimillion-dollar campaign against Harris in key swing states with large Catholic populations. Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote, stated on Tuesday that \u201cKamala Harris poses the most egregious anti-Catholic threat from any major presidential candidate in American history. She represents the extreme Left, and her actions and statements reveal significant anti-Catholic bias and bigotry.\u201d This development follows Trump&#8217;s repeated assertions that Harris is \u201canti-Catholic,\u201d referencing her past concerns regarding certain Catholic judicial nominees. In 2018, while serving as a Democratic senator from California, Harris questioned nominees Brian Buescher, Paul Matey, and Peter Phipps about their membership in the Knights of Columbus\u2014a conservative Catholic fraternal organization\u2014expressing worries over their affiliations related to marriage and abortion issues. During this questioning, she asked Buescher if he was aware that the Knights opposed abortion when he joined and whether he agreed with statements made by Carl Anderson regarding abortion being \u201cthe killing of the innocent on a massive scale.\u201d At an event for religious conservatives in Florida last weekend, Trump condemned Harris for &#8220;viciously&#8221; attacking qualified Knights of Columbus nominees and implying that their faith disqualified them from federal positions. Following CatholicVote&#8217;s announcement about its initiative against Harris, Trump commended the group&#8217;s efforts against &#8220;the most anti-Catholic person ever to run for high office.&#8221; He remarked on Truth Social that &#8220;Catholics are literally being persecuted by this Wack Job,&#8221; referring to his support for the Knights of Columbus. While Trump expressed gratitude towards the group for encouraging voter turnout at polls in another post, the Harris campaign is countering claims that it targets Catholics specifically. James Singer, spokesperson for her campaign told Washington Examiner that &#8220;Catholic voters are not defined by insults from Donald Trump.&#8221; For four years now, Vice President Harris has served alongside President Joe Biden\u2014the second-ever Catholic president\u2014and Trump&#8217;s running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is also a practicing Catholic. Singer emphasized on Wednesday that Vice President Harris takes pride in serving with Biden and will work diligently to earn support from Catholic voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2316866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kamala-Harris-Catholic.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36806,4021,19118,4433,3634],"class_list":["post-2316865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-catholic-organization","tag-harris","tag-persecution","tag-rally","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kamala-Harris-Catholic.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316865","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}