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Spokane, WA's mayor on stage at major Xian Fascist event (rangemedia.co)
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At a gathering of Christian nationalist preachers called Let Us Worship on Sunday night, Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward took to the stage with other political candidates to receive prayers and an endorsement from former Spokane Valley legislator-turned-pastor, Matt Shea.

The event came almost exactly four years after Woodward denounced what she called Shea's "divisive and extreme rhetoric and ideology." Onstage Sunday, Shea began by striking an unmistakable chord of reconciliation.

"I want you to extend your hands," Shea implored the crowd in a video of the event RANGE reviewed, “because we have an enemy we need to be fighting. His name is Satan. We don’t need to be fighting each other, amen?” The crowd shouted, “Amen.”

Woodward, her hands crossed in front of her, nodded positively.

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[-] VM_Abrantes@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

Reached on her cell phone Monday morning, Earl Moore confirmed she had attended. “I have no comment, I have no comment,” she told RANGE. “I am a prayer warrior. I went there to pray. End of conversation.”

My sister in Christ, you made a comment anyway. They really aren't trying to hide it anymore.

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

wtf is a prayer warrior?

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

a religious terrorist, but since they're christian cowards treat them with kid gloves. we're supposed to bow down to their rule, apparently

[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

It’s a straight up crazy person

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 18 points 1 year ago

Religious zealot who thinks talking to an empty room will somehow get them what they want.

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

This woman right here is a prayer warrior. https://youtu.be/bOpva_iit-8

[-] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

These people vote.

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hopefully they all think it's futile this time around because the election will be "stolen again" and stay home.

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 year ago

“Xian” in the title made me think it was a Chinese fascist group.

[-] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ha, that's great, that would never have occurred to me. I long ago got into the habit of abbreviating "X" for "Christ", as is commonly done for, say, Xmas=Christmas. We Regret The Ambiguity.

I've little doubt the mayor would be totally down with a Chinese Fascist event, as long as there was money or votes to be had from attending. Bear in mind though her one and only "qualification" for her job is that she was once a TV news anchor, so I fear that Fascism would be way, way too ideologically complex for her to get her head around. Prayers, laying-on of hands, casting-out Satans ... that's comfy, simpleton TV-actor stuff. Reading and understanding the writings of a Mussolini would be on another level entirely. And a Duce with a difficult Chinese accent? Forgeddabout it.

[-] IceMan@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for explaining - I honestly wouldn’t have guessed - I was searching for the chinese connection in the article :D

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

She is one of the very long standing tv station personalities. The Spokane area can be a wonderful place and also a shit hole. It's always been a place where the rich fuck over the rest of the people HARD and get away with it. I was born and raised here. Spent half my life here and in Seattle. The polar opposite of each other. Spokane has a very distinct culture and lots of religious freaks. The fact that Matt Shea can share a stage with the mayor is frightening.

Anyways fuck Matt Shea and fuck Nadine Woodward. ↙️↙️↙️

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

There are a few Chinese restaurants in Seattle that have Xi'an in their names.

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

On one hand, I feel bad for Spokane going through some really bad wildfires right now.

On the other hand, this right wing craphole produces terrible people, it seems.

From the psychologists who helped engineer President Bush's torture regime to Rachel fucking Dolezal, Spokane has it all!

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Clearly the wildfires are burning the wrong things.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Casually mentions matt shea without context... This guy wants christians to kill non-christians with swords.

[-] mosthated@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

Did you guys see the cat face in her left knee? :|

[-] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Oh wow, I missed that! Is it a Sign? A Sign from ... Satan!?

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Why are knees always the worst part of the human body? Nobody in their right mind has a knee fetish.

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