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United States News Title: In Bizarre Move, US House Chaplain Gives ‘Exorcism’ Prayer to Drive Demons Out of Congress (TMU) Theres no question about itthings have gotten rough in Congress, especially given the past weeks fallout over Donald Trumps racist tweets against four Democratic congresswomen. But if the official U.S. House Chaplain Rev. Pat Conroy is to be believed, this isnt so much a question of the presidents white nationalism or the supposedly un-American nature of the four Democratic congresswomen he attacked. Instead, this is a problem of demonic possession of the legislature, or as the Jesuit priest put it, spirits of darkness. On Tuesday, the 68-year-old chaplain intervened during the House vote to condemn as racist Trumps now-infamous tweets. In a prayer that was apparently inspired by Catholic exorcism rites and traditional blessings for homes or other buildings, Conroy prayed: This has been a difficult and contentious week in which darker spirits seem to have been at play in the peoples house. In Your most holy name, I now cast out all spirits of darkness from this chamber, spirits not from You
I want every member of the House to be able to say amen, The strange call for divine intervention came amid the raging battle that followed the presidents tweets telling the four congresswomen to go back to their supposedly home countries, despite three of them being born in the United States and the fourth, Ilhan Omar, being a naturalized citizen. The raging partisan contention over the tweets has seen those on the political right support Trump and demand that their opponents abstain from characterizing the tweets as racist. Meanwhile, members of the political left have condemned the president for resorting to classical fascist tropes. Conroy told CNN that he saw a clear theological aspect to the battle during Tuesdays raucous vote when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fled the room angrily after Republican Rep. Doug Collins demanded she retract her description of the tweets as racism. Democratic Rep. Doug Collins, who presided over the vote, then dropped his gavel and abandoned the chair in a move without precedent. Only after two hours of bickering were the lawmakers able to get back to business. The clergyman said: I was on the House floor on Tuesday
and to me, it felt different than other days. It felt like there was something going on beyond just political disagreement. The energy of the House was very off. No one was relishing what was happening. Conroy rarely mentions the infernal side of the religious coin, but for him, the dark side of the supernatural always stands in divine contrast to the heavenly. He added: If you are a person of faith
ultimately everything in our lives, our communities and our culture is a battle between darker spirits and our better angels. As to whether the chaplain is taking sides in the battle and sees darker spirits at work in Trumps tweets or in the Democratic congresswomens responses, Conroy remains decidedly non-partisan. He said: You heard it, I wasnt picking sides
Thats ultimately the goal every day. I want every member of the House to be able to say amen.' One wonders if the chaplain is equally concerned by demonic spirits when the Democrats and Republicans agree to prioritize literal fire-and-brimstone over bread and butter, as was the case last Friday when the House approved the massive $733 billion war budget for the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Perhaps God truly does work in mysterious ways. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
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when they are finished please move on to the White House, but that Chaplin might be misdirected he needs to exorcise the Demonrats
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