At a gathering of Christian nationalist preachers called Let Us Worship on Sunday night, Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward took to the stage with other political candidates to receive prayers and an endorsement from former Spokane Valley legislator-turned-pastor, Matt Shea.
The event came almost exactly four years after Woodward denounced what she called Shea’s “divisive and extreme rhetoric and ideology.” Onstage Sunday, Shea began by striking an unmistakable chord of reconciliation.
“I want you to extend your hands,” Shea implored the crowd in a video of the event RANGE reviewed, “because we have an enemy we need to be fighting. His name is Satan. We don’t need to be fighting each other, amen?” The crowd shouted, “Amen.”
Woodward, her hands crossed in front of her, nodded positively.
Reached on her cell phone Monday morning, Earl Moore confirmed she had attended. “I have no comment, I have no comment,” she told RANGE. “I am a prayer warrior. I went there to pray. End of conversation.”
My sister in Christ, you made a comment anyway. They really aren’t trying to hide it anymore.
wtf is a prayer warrior?
a religious terrorist, but since they’re christian cowards treat them with kid gloves. we’re supposed to bow down to their rule, apparently
Religious zealot who thinks talking to an empty room will somehow get them what they want.
This woman right here is a prayer warrior. https://youtu.be/bOpva_iit-8
These people vote.
“Xian” in the title made me think it was a Chinese fascist group.
Ha, that’s great, that would never have occurred to me. I long ago got into the habit of abbreviating “X” for “Christ”, as is commonly done for, say, Xmas=Christmas. We Regret The Ambiguity.
I’ve little doubt the mayor would be totally down with a Chinese Fascist event, as long as there was money or votes to be had from attending. Bear in mind though her one and only “qualification” for her job is that she was once a TV news anchor, so I fear that Fascism would be way, way too ideologically complex for her to get her head around. Prayers, laying-on of hands, casting-out Satans … that’s comfy, simpleton TV-actor stuff. Reading and understanding the writings of a Mussolini would be on another level entirely. And a Duce with a difficult Chinese accent? Forgeddabout it.
Thank you for explaining - I honestly wouldn’t have guessed - I was searching for the chinese connection in the article :D
There are a few Chinese restaurants in Seattle that have Xi’an in their names.
On one hand, I feel bad for Spokane going through some really bad wildfires right now.
On the other hand, this right wing craphole produces terrible people, it seems.
From the psychologists who helped engineer President Bush’s torture regime to Rachel fucking Dolezal, Spokane has it all!
Clearly the wildfires are burning the wrong things.
Casually mentions matt shea without context… This guy wants christians to kill non-christians with swords.
Did you guys see the cat face in her left knee? :|
Oh wow, I missed that! Is it a Sign? A Sign from … Satan!?
Why are knees always the worst part of the human body? Nobody in their right mind has a knee fetish.
