CharisMAGA: The ‘nonwackadoodles’ are wackadoodles

CharisMAGA: The ‘nonwackadoodles’ are wackadoodles October 28, 2024

These folks are weird:

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to address a group of extreme right-wing media “prophets” and pastors who have claimed that “demonic forces” are behind the popularity of the Harris campaign, declared that Trump is “anointed to be king,” and said that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz “go to churches that are synagogues of Satan” because they are Baptist and Lutheran.

But for all of the whacky from that bunch, this was a group of CharisMAGA self-proclaimed “prophets” and “apostles” who were hand-picked to avoid that movements weirder fringe:

The 11th Hour Faith Leaders Meeting, scheduled for October 21 in North Carolina, is apparently being organized by Clay Clark, co-founder of the ReAwaken Tour, which holds events across the country that have featured QAnon influencers, pro-Trump “prophets,” Christian nationalists, and figures who have praised Hitler. Clark has promoted numerous conspiracy theories, including that Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, may have been replaced by a clone created by the Chinese government and that the U.S. government created or worsened Hurricane Helene through “weather manipulation.”

Clark revealed in a recent interview that Eric Trump had asked him to organize the event because “we need to get together the nonwackadoodles.” “That was the phrase Eric used, ‘nonwackadoodles,’” said Clark, “the serious faith leaders, the people that are actually committed to saving this country. And he said, ‘Clay, we need to get them together, my father needs to be able to address this community.’” He added that the event is “an invitation-only thing” and “we’re vetting everybody very carefully.”

So what does a “vetted” and “nonwackadoodle” roster of CharisMAGA prophets look like? Well, it includes the following people:

Jonathan Cahn is a “doomsday prophet” and author who has claimed that the Bible predicted Trump’s 2016 election and suggested that progressive cultural change is a result of ancient gods influencing cultural shifts. Cahn has claimed that an ancient goddess is “seeking to possess an entire generation” into supporting LGBTQ rights and compared abortion to “child sacrifice.” He also recently spoke at the “Million Women” worship rally in Washington D.C., where he used a sledgehammer to hit a “pagan altar to ‘Ishtar,’ an ancient Messopotiamian goddess whom he claims is behind ‘the sexual immorality that that enslaves this culture,’” per Rolling Stone. In an interview with Posobiec, Clark confirmed that Cahn is “going to be one of the speakers.”

Robin Bullock is a pastor and self-proclaimed “prophet” who has said that “Trump was anointed to be king twice,” claiming that Trump has “been president this whole time” and “heaven recognizes him as president.” Bullock also bizarrely claimed to have traveled into the future and prevented an assassination attempt against Trump. He has also claimed that he “watched [God] create the world one time,” predicted that the “glory” of God “will invade the halls of Congress” and “demon-possessed congressmen are going to manifest,” and said that there are “witches and warlocks employed” at the U.N. “advising government officials.”

Amanda Grace is a self-proclaimed “prophet” who shares her prophetic visions, which she claims come from God, on YouTube and other streaming platforms. Grace has said that the “Lord warned” her that an assassination against Trump would happen and likened Trump to David avoiding assassination in the Bible. She has also pushed bizarre rhetoric, warning of highly technologically advanced “mermaids and water people” spreading “wickedness” and calling for “hand-to-hand combat.”

Yeah, the “mer-people” lady makes the cut. She passes the vetting here. And so does Bullock, who sometimes gets so lost in his own conspiracy theories that he confuses himself. This is what CharisMAGA looks like after you’ve screened out the most extreme “wackadoodles.”

As for Jonathan Cahn, that’s him in the picture up above, wearing a tallit tied around his neck like a superhero’s cape and smashing an “altar of Ishtar” at a DC Christians for Trump rally on October 12.

So, you may be wondering, where did this “altar of Ishtar” come from? Was it stolen from the offices of evil, idol-worshipping Democrats?

No. Cahn made it himself. Or, at least, he hired someone to have it made for him.

See, he wants to show that he’s like Gideon — a defiant hero smashing false idols. But since there weren’t any such false idols lying around — or, rather, none of the sort that he would recognize as such — he had to bring his own.

He had to make his own. Jonathan Cahn literally built an altar to the Goddess Ishtar. He made unto himself a graven image.

This is a revealing metaphor for everything these “prophets” do. They construct idols as theater set-dressing just so they can cheer for one another as they smash them.

These folks are weird. It’s wackadoodles all the way down.

 

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