Meg Decker, Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Escondido, said the mashup of political intrigue with calls to arms in an impending spiritual war corrupts the Christian values of tolerance and charity. Saturday’s lineup featured California political candidates, alternative health practitioners and darkly messianic religious speakers, whose messages ranged from a recommendation to avoid COVID-19 by eating organic meat and leafy greens, to the admonition: “Do not be surprised if the Angel of Death shows up in Washington.” Fact-checks by numerous media outlets revealed that Pelosi did not purchase the luxury home.
The crowd chanted “Lock her up” after Trump, the scion of a real estate dynasty, wondered aloud how Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, could afford to purchase a $25-million Florida house a mile from his. Trump also reprised familiar refrains from his father’s 2016 campaign. Clay, the Reawaken tour organizer, is facing a defamation lawsuit by a former Dominion Voting Systems executive whom Clark accused of rigging voting machines in the 2020 election. More than 50 lawsuits and numerous election investigations and recounts found no evidence of widespread fraud. “Does anybody believe this was a legitimate election?” “You’ve got the greatest fraud that ever happened in America,” he said. The younger Trump also aired voter fraud allegations, playing to the largely sympathetic crowd. “We have to fight for religion, we have to fight for God, we have to fight for the nuclear family, which has been destroyed,” said Eric Trump, who spoke for about 40 minutes Friday afternoon to a packed crowd in the megachurch, while others watched the livestream from afar.įlynn, who pleaded guilty to felony counts of lying to the FBI about Russian election interference and was subsequently pardoned by Trump, repeated claims of election fraud and said their political opponents were not incompetent or stupid, but evil. While not an actual campaign rally for his father, who has not announced a re-election bid, Trump boasted about the former president’s accomplishments and spoke about upcoming elections. That defiance fit with the message of the two-day event, where speakers railed against mask mandates and COVID-19 vaccines in a program featuring elements of a trade show, political rally and fire-and-brimstone evangelical tent revival. Other Awaken church locations made headlines during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when the county issued cease-and-desist notices ordering them to stop holding unmasked indoor services.
The Reawaken America conference, organized by Flynn and Thrivetime Show podcast host Clay Clark, was held at Awaken Church in San Marcos as part of a national tour. Michael Flynn and other right-wing figures spoke at a conservative conference held at a San Marcos church this weekend, while other local faith leaders protested the event, calling it an anti-democratic movement that distorts Christianity. Eric Trump, Roger Stone, retired Army Lt.