{"id":2629828,"date":"2026-07-14T21:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marines-disavow-florida-house-candidate-who-said-trump-is-antichrist\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T21:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:40:20","slug":"marines-disavow-florida-house-candidate-who-said-trump-is-antichrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marines-disavow-florida-house-candidate-who-said-trump-is-antichrist\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines disavow Florida House candidate who said Trump is &#8216;Antichrist&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmarines-disavow-florida-house-candidate-who-said-trump-is-antichrist%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=2629828&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>The Marine Corps condemned william Upham, a former Marine and congressional candidate in Florida&#8217;s 5th District, for making inflammatory statements on social media.upham posted a six-minute video claiming that President Donald Trump is the &#8220;Antichrist&#8221; and advocating for his assassination. He also described the U.S. as &#8220;at war with evil&#8221; and &#8220;America as Babylon,&#8221; asserting that Trump is a false Messiah and enemy of God. Upham cited biblical verses and called for an uprising against perceived enemies, asserting that the contry is spiritually broken under Trump\u2019s leadership. His comments contradict the Marine Corps&#8217; values, leading to public disapproval from military officials, including Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao. Upham, who is running in the Republican primary against incumbent rep. John Rutherford, has a history of military service but was medically retired. While active-duty personnel face strict restrictions on political speech, retirees like Upham are less constrained but can still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-makes-final-jab-offer-72k-staff-unvaccinated-this-week\/\" title=\"DHS Makes Final Jab Offer, 72K Staff Unvaccinated This Week\">face disciplinary actions<\/a> for inflammatory statements.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marine-corps\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2183\">Marine Corps<\/a> on Tuesday renounced a former Marine who is running to represent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"159\">Florida\u2019s<\/a> 5th Congressional District after the write-in candidate posted a lengthy video to social media claiming President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> is the \u201cAntichrist\u201d and calling for his assassination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Upham is running for Congress in Florida on a campaign centered on his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"266\">military<\/a> service as a first lieutenant, saying he is for \u201cGod and country.\u201d Upham medically retired and went on to work as a prosecutor\u00a0in Pensacola and Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended 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who was medically discharged on May 30, 2025,\u201d the Marine Corps posted to social media. \u201cThe comments made by Upham are a direct violation of the oath he swore to uphold and are not in keeping with the service\u2019s values.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a six-minute video post to his X account, Upham said he decided to run for office to \u201cfix our broken political system, to restore bipartisanship, return power to the working class, and to end our system of Washington insiders, extremism, and excuses from our current members of Congress.\u201d The former Marine then claimed he had \u201ccome to the realization\u201d that the United States \u201cis broken\u201d under Trump\u2019s leadership because he is an \u201cenemy of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upham also listed a series of Bible verses and called for an uprising against \u201cenemies\u201d in the U.S. He also cited Trump\u2019s posting of an AI-generated image <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4526843\/trump-ai-jesus-doctor\/\">depicting himself as Jesus<\/a>, something he later apologized for, claiming he thought he was a doctor in the image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are at war with evil,\u201d Upham said of the country. \u201cThis is a war between God and the Antichrist. There is no doubt in my mind that the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is the Antichrist. He is a false Messiah, and he is your enemy, and he must be killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao also condemned the statements made by Upham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnacceptable,\u201d Cao said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average ...n Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a>. \u201cWilliam Upham is no longer a Marine and does not represent our values or ethos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upham then claimed \u201cthe Book of Revelation is occurring right now,\u201d referring to the final book in the New Testament that tells of the apocalypse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerica is Babylon,\u201d he said. \u201cGod and his angels have condemned our country because we are drowning in sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4648644\/trump-invade-kharg-island-iran\/\">TRUMP SAYS \u2018I WOULD\u2019 INVADE IRAN\u2019S KHARG ISLAND IF \u2018WE DEGRADE THEM\u2019 ENOUGH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While active-duty personnel have tight restrictions on their First Amendment rights under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, retirees are not held to the same standard but can still be disciplined for using such language as Upham against the president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upham is running against five-term incumbent Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL) in the Republican primary. The seat is ranked solid Republican by the Cook Political Report.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USMC\/status\/2077183741026328775\/history\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Corps disavows ex-Marine&#8217;s anti-Trump remarks in Florida race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2629829,"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\/2026\/07\/AP20153844954439.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[82731,5113,11217,36160,3634],"class_list":["post-2629828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-disavowal","tag-florida","tag-marines","tag-political-controversy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP20153844954439.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629828","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\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629828"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2629832,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629828\/revisions\/2629832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}