{"id":2486447,"date":"2025-09-14T19:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-puts-democrat-senator-in-his-place-for-rejecting-god-given-rights\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:57:21","slug":"trump-puts-democrat-senator-in-his-place-for-rejecting-god-given-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-puts-democrat-senator-in-his-place-for-rejecting-god-given-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Puts Democrat Senator in His Place for Rejecting God-Given Rights"},"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\">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%2Ftrump-puts-democrat-senator-in-his-place-for-rejecting-god-given-rights%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=2486447&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>Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine recently sparked controversy by denying that rights come from God rather than government. During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Kaine criticized the idea that rights are granted by a Creator, comparing it to beliefs held by the Iranian government, wich bases its rule on Sharia law and persecutes religious minorities. Kaine described this notion as &#8220;extremely troubling&#8221; and emphasized the importance of legal and governmental foundations for rights, referencing the Supreme Court&#8217;s motto, &#8220;equal justice under law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>in response, former President Donald Trump defended the Declaration of Independence&#8217;s principle that rights are endowed by the Creator, criticizing Kaine&#8217;s remarks and calling him &#8220;ineffectual&#8221; and shameful. Trump asserted that tyrants deny rights that come from God, reinforcing the traditional view of natural rights.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy drew strong backlash from conservatives, including commentators like Matt Walsh and Senator Ted cruz, who insisted that basic rights originate from God, not government. Critics argued that Kaine&#8217;s rejection of this principle challenges the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melania-will-make-white-house-christmas-decorations-great-again\/\" title=\"Melania Will Make White House Christmas Decorations Great Again\">core foundational values<\/a> of the United States.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine recently denied that rights come from God rather than government, and President Donald Trump corrected the record in a speech about religious liberty on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-senator-tim-kaine-mocks-founding-belief-declaration-ties-sharia-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hearing<\/a> for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, Kaine blasted &ldquo;the notion that rights don&rsquo;t come from laws and don&rsquo;t come from the government, but come from the Creator&rdquo; as an idea that &ldquo;the Iranian government believes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Sharia law and targets Sunnis, Bah&aacute;&rsquo;&iacute;s, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities. And they do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling,&rdquo; the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;The notion that rights don&rsquo;t come from laws and don&rsquo;t come from the government, but come from the Creator &mdash; that&rsquo;s what the Iranian government believes. It&rsquo;s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Sharia law and targets Sunnis, Bah&aacute;&rsquo;&iacute;s, Jews, Christians and other religious&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XcrPHbVplp\">pic.twitter.com\/XcrPHbVplp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraPowellEsq\/status\/1963392572858273797?\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the motto over the Supreme Court is &lsquo;equal justice under law&rsquo; &mdash; the oath that you and I take pledged to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senator-tim-kaine-mocks-founding-belief-in-the-declaration-ties-it-to-sharia-law\/\" title=\"Dem Senator ... Mocks Founding Belief in the Declaration, Ties It to ...\">arbitrarily defined natural rights<\/a>,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks at the Museum of the Bible to the newly established White House Religious Liberty Commission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-new-nationwide-rules-prayer-public-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> spent time debunking the claims from Kaine, who ran against him in 2016 as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a> for Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ineffectual senator from Virginia, a man named Tim Kaine, stated that the notion our rights come from our Creator is &lsquo;extremely troubling&rsquo; to him,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s this Declaration of Independence that proclaims we&rsquo;re endowed by our creator with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The senator from Virginia should be ashamed of himself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump takes a shot at Democrat Senator Tim Kaine: &ldquo;The ineffectual senator from Virginia stated that the notion that our rights come from our Creator is extremely troubling. This is advocated by a totalitarian regime. It is tyrants who are denying that our rights come from God.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3h3uVy0RvG\">pic.twitter.com\/3h3uVy0RvG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1965065235506790623?\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump also remarked during the speech, &ldquo;It is the tyrants who are denying our rights and the rights that come from God.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-dive-34-comments-founders-put-tim-kaine-shame-denying-rights-come-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaine<\/a> had already earned plenty of other backlash from conservatives after denying that our rights fundamentally come from the Most High.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a remarkable moment from Tim Kaine,&rdquo; Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1963565914743316965?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1963565914743316965%7Ctwgr%5E9d9594e6ee041029b4885d92b27c2ca940499550%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2Fbacklash-erupts-tim-kaine-calls-foundational-principle-united-states-extremely-troubling%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He just announced that the core foundational principle of our country, affirmed in the Declaration of Independence, is &lsquo;extremely troubling&rsquo; and &lsquo;theocratic.&rsquo; He should be immediately removed from office. Anyone who rejects our nation&rsquo;s foundational principles is obviously not fit to serve.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1963299914034663825?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1963299914034663825%7Ctwgr%5E9d9594e6ee041029b4885d92b27c2ca940499550%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2Fbacklash-erupts-tim-kaine-calls-foundational-principle-united-states-extremely-troubling%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>, &ldquo;Our rights don&rsquo;t come from government or the DNC. 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At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing last week, Kaine criticized the belief that rights come from a Creator rather than laws or government, associating it with Iran&#8217;s theocratic regime. Trump responded by emphasizing that the Declaration of Independence affirms rights are granted by our Creator and criticized Kaine for opposing this foundational principle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2486448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-09-13T181703.847.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,63329,5894,5579,3634],"class_list":["post-2486447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-democrat-senator","tag-politics","tag-rights","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-09-13T181703.847.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486447","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486451,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486447\/revisions\/2486451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}