Vance quotes Apostle Paul, denounces Democrats as 'party of hatred'
Vice President JD Vance quoted the Apostle Paul and denounced Democrats as “the party of hatred” in a speech on the second night of the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas, Texas.
Speaking on the one-year anniversary of when conservative Christian pundit Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University, Vance described him as “great man” and a “dear friend.”
Vance directed his comments to the two young children of the late political activist, saying that “history will record that your father was a great man,” and hailed his widow, Erika Kirk, as an “amazing” woman.
“I want you to know what your dad knew,” Vance continued. “Scripture says that God is ‘a Father to the fatherless’ and every one of us is adopted into His family.”
“And as the Apostle Paul told us as he wrote to the Romans, ‘if we are His children, then we are also His heirs.’ We have inherited; we are entitled to inherit something straight from God the Father.’”
Vance also touted President Donald Trump's record, boasting that border security had greatly improved, that one million jobs had been created, and that violent crime had sharply dropped in the United States.
The vice president went on to claim that the Democratic Party had become “the party of hatred” and was being overrun by Democrat Socialists and far-left congressional candidates.
He cited incidents of Democratic candidates bashing the U.S., claiming that America deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks, or calling for the end of the nuclear family.
“The Democrats are running candidates who will tell your children what they’re allowed to say, how they’re allowed to live, and, importantly, who they ought to hate,” Vance said.
“We’ve got to send a message this November that the country does not belong to the radicals, it does not belong to the bureaucrats, it does not belong to the highest bidder. This country was handed down to us by our parents and their parents before them. We receive this national birthright and we are going to fight for it.”
Vance called on those gathered in Dallas and those watching at home to reject this “new type of hardcore hatred” and to “send their asses packing in November” during the midterm elections.
In June, Trump announced on Truth Social that there would be a midterm convention in Dallas, the first-ever such event in the GOP's history. According to Trump, the purpose of the event was “to celebrate the GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK, and the incredible successes of the American People who transformed our Country through the America First Agenda.”
Trump addressed the midterm convention on Wednesday night, promising that all American citizens will receive a $5,000 "Trump dividend" if the GOP maintains control of Congress.
The president went on to explain to the convention attendees that "the only condition" on the promised $5,000 dividend was that the money "must be spent in the United States of America."
First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress addressed the convention on Thursday afternoon, labeling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s beliefs “blasphemous” and “evil.”
Talarico, a progressive Christian who has garnered controversy for some of his theological views, is challenging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for a Senate seat currently held by Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who lost to Paxton in a primary runoff.
“James Talarico believes there is a spectrum of genders, but in Matthew 19, Jesus said there are only two genders, ‘male and female,’” Jeffress said. “James Talarico believes that all religions are equally valid and are simply different truths or different paths up the same mountain of truth.”
“But Jesus Christ disagrees with James Talarico. In John 14:6, Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me.’ James Talarico describes himself as ‘a Christian who hates Christianity.’ And perhaps he was telling the truth about that.”
