Evangelicals for Harris to Trump's threatening religious mouthpiece: Bring it!

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NJ.com

Published: Oct. 08, 2024, 2:09 p.m.


The Evangelicals for Harris organization is not backing down despite legal threats from a conservative ally of former President Trump. The group said Tuesday on social media platform X that lawyers for Rev. Franklin Graham, a longtime supporter of Trump, sent cease-and-desist letters to Evangelicals for Harris over its ads supporting Vice President Harris. About 8 in 10 white evangelical voters voted for Trump in 2020, according to AP VoteCast.

“In response to our first ads, Franklin Graham went on a conservative media tour calling us names and telling Christian audiences to ignore the Scripture and Donald Trump’s own words in our ads. When that failed and tens of millions of Christian voters not only listened to but shared our ads, Franklin Graham turned to a page in the Trump playbook and is trying to silence us with threats of a long and costly court process,” the group wrote in a statement.

“Franklin is scared of our ads because we do not tell people what to do or think. We merely hold Trump’s own words up to the light of Scripture, the necessity of repentance, and Biblical warnings against leaders exactly like Trump,” the statement continued. Graham spoke during a Georgia campaign event with Trump last month, shortly after Hurricane Helene ripped through his home state of North Carolina as well as Florida, Georgia and Tennessee.

Some of the ads by Evangelicals for Harris feature sermons from Graham’s father, Billy Graham. Graham has accused the group of “trying to mislead” people by featuring his father in their ads. The Evangelicals for Harris group gave no indication that they would halt their ads despite Graham’s legal threats.


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[Comfortably_Numb]

1. Franklin Graham is a grifting nepo- charlatan who plays a revival huckster on tv. Fuck him.

[YessirAtsaFact]

2. I never liked to listen to Billy Graham

But I believe that he was actually a Christian.

Franklin Graham is just as much a con artist as Trump.

He just scams from the pulpit.

[keithbvadu2]

3. There are Christians of faith and political Christians.

Trump's Christians are the public face of Christianity in America today.

[TomSlick]

4. Go for it Franklin.

However, I recommend a discussion with your attorneys about Rule 11.

[BaronChocula]

5. I'm guessing the word "frivolous" might show up

in one form or another in rule 11.

[TomSlick]

8. In classic legal speak, the requirement of Rule 11 is that a pleading be "nonfrivolous."

By presenting to the court a pleading, written motion, or other paper—whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it—an attorney or unrepresented party certifies that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances:
. . .
(2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law....

So yeah, filing a frivolous lawsuit can lead to sanctions.

[GreenWave]

6. Jerusalem, I see you standing high...

But if you lose your salvation, there'll be no tears left to cry
Now some men worship a golden calf,
while others are bought and sold
and if we live like that,
brother we'll pay the toll.

John Denver

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Perhaps Evangelicals should take a listen?

[Beartracks]

19. +1000 for John Denver.

[Trueblue1968]

7. By what right does that Non Christian Frankie boy think he can silence Christian citizens ????

Piece of dog poop is what he is. His dad is rolling o er in his grsve.

[Qutzupalotl]

20. Fallwell Jr.?

[spike jones]

11. On November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was killed

Billy Graham was interviewed and among other things said he thought this was a "wonderful opportunity." He said it twice. Something to the effect that people who haven't been to church in years will be in them now, and we can bring them to the Lord. I thought, “why you damn asshole, the whole world is crying and all you can say is that it is a wonderful opportunity.”

[HUAJIAO]

14. Billy Graham was an asshole fraudster.

[oasis]

17. To my understanding, Rev. Graham and JFK

had a friendly relationship, played golf and kept in touch.
Graham and Kennedy were to have a further discussion concerning the Christian faith. The meeting never happened because the President was shot.
Upon learning of JFK’s assassination, Graham lamented, “as followers of Christ we dare not be satisfied until we take every opportunity to share the love of Christ”.
A missed “opportunity”.

[BittyJenkins]

12. Found this link with their ads, they

are great ads. Glad Frankie is mad.

]https://www.evangelicalsforharris.com/ads

[bagimin]

13. Good ads..

especially "Keep Clear"!

[czarjak]

15. Baptists For Sinners?

New rules, Franklin?

[The Roux Comes First]

16. Obviously, It Is Not Just Trump at Issue Here, But Graham Himself

These cheesy faux-Christians have been working the marks (and markets) for years of course (brains knew this), but it is a great Revelation (!) to have the smartest and sparkiest few break out and wonder what life is like out there with reality!

Welcome to Oxygen!

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. On what possible basis does this grifter think he has standing

Nothing but hateful threats and egomaniacal bluster