{"id":8118,"date":"2021-01-08T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T23:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/jeffhood\/?p=8118"},"modified":"2021-01-08T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T23:40:09","slug":"officer-brian-sicknick-speaks-trump-trumpsters-condemned-from-the-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jeffhood\/officer-brian-sicknick-speaks-trump-trumpsters-condemned-from-the-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"Officer Brian Sicknick Speaks! : Trump\/Trumpsters Condemned from the Grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8121\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/751\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-08-at-6.36.40-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"430\"><\/p>\n<p>Officer Brian Sicknick Speaks! : Trump\/Trumpsters Condemned from the Grave<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we fight. We fight like hell.\u201d The hair on the back of his neck rose up. \u201cAnd if you don\u2019t fight like hell, you\u2019re not going to have a country anymore.\u201d Something in him snapped. \u201cLet\u2019s go!!!\u201d He was activated. \u201cLet\u2019s show those bitches whose boss!\u201d Fists in the air, he started to run. \u201cThere\u2019s Hawley!\u201d By responding with a raised fist, the Senator assured him that everything he was planning to do was right. \u201cGod is with us!\u201d He raced up to the line. \u201cPush!!!\u201d When the police line fell, he trampling officers under his feet. \u201cBreak the window!!!\u201d He never hesitated. \u201cUp the stairs!!!\u201d In the midst of it all, he pushed harder. \u201cGet him!!!\u201d With no restraint, he was beating a police officer. \u201cHell yeah!!!\u201d Everybody started to chant\u2026 \u201cTrump!!! Trump!!! Trump!!!\u201d Nobody took the time to hear his screams. \u201cHey Trump\u2019s on television\u2026\u201d The President called everyone who had just beat the police officer special. \u201cHe\u2019s one of us!\u201d Everyone was so proud. \u201cWe did it all for Trump!!!\u201d Hours later, Officer Brian Sicknick was dead. \u201cWe did it all for Trump!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, I wondered how far Trump\u2019s supporters would go. Now we know that they will kill for him. As I think back to all of the things that Trump\u2019s supporters told me over the years, one thing in particular stands out. \u201cTrump backs the blue!\u201d If he was able to speak, I wonder what Officer Sicknick would say about that?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, there was Christian symbolism littered throughout the rioters. In the midst of this, someone asked me, \u201cWhere was Jesus in the midst of all of this?\u201d To which I quickly replied, Jesus was there with Officer Sicknick as the followers of Trump beat him to death.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For years, many Christians have repeatedly stated that God is with Trump. For years, they have made claims that he was the candidate of life. From the grave, Officer Sicknick clearly declares that they were all full of shit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brian Sicknick<\/p>\n<p>Ashli Babbitt<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Philips<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Greeson<\/p>\n<p>Rosanne Boyland<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officer Brian Sicknick Speaks! : Trump\/Trumpsters Condemned from the Grave \u00a0 \u201cAnd we fight. We fight like hell.\u201d The hair on the back of his neck rose up. \u201cAnd if you don\u2019t fight like hell, you\u2019re not going to have a country anymore.\u201d Something in him snapped. \u201cLet\u2019s go!!!\u201d He was activated. \u201cLet\u2019s show those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2509,"featured_media":8121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[5749,5752,5746,5761,5764,5755,5758,4168,3782],"class_list":["post-8118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freshwritings","category-thoughts","tag-ashli-babbitt","tag-benjamin-philips","tag-brian-sicknick","tag-capitol-police","tag-insurrection","tag-kevin-greeson","tag-rosanne-boyland","tag-trump","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Officer Brian Sicknick Speaks! : Trump\/Trumpsters Condemned from the Grave<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Officer Brian Sicknick Speaks! : Trump\/Trumpsters Condemned from the Grave &nbsp; &quot;And we fight. 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