Jerry Newcombe continued WorldNetDaily’s devotion to the government’s preferred narrative on the anti-ICE protest in his Feb. 3 column:
Minnesota is a “sanctuary state,” meaning that illegal aliens can flaunt our immigration laws, even though every nation has to have borders to remain a nation.
But as we all know, there was no sanctuary for those in the sanctuary of Cities Church in St. Paul a couple of weeks ago.
Just last week, Don Lemon – a former CNN anchor who was present during the sanctuary riot – was arrested for his role in the chaos that erupted when belligerent protesters commandeered a Sunday morning worship service. Lemon claims he was just acting as an impartial journalist at the scene.
[…]One of the reasons this particular church was targeted was because one of the assistant pastors appears to be an employee of ICE.
The protesters were yelling things like, “This ain’t God’s house. This is the house of the devil.”
Rather than pursue the idea that a church pastor works for ICE, Newcombe instead went on a tangent:
Recently, I spoke on the radio with Troy Miller, the president of the National Religious Broadcasters, about this incident. He told our listeners: “The whole scene was about intimidation. … They weren’t just being obnoxious. They were literally yelling at the parishioners.”
Miller was grateful that the Justice Department acted quickly, he said. “Otherwise, this could be just the beginning of many escalations.”
Don Lemon claims, “You have to be willing to go into places and disrupt and make people uncomfortable. That’s what this country is about.”
But is that really what our country is all about?
The rest of Newcombe’s column is dedicated to quoting people who called for civil behavior against Christians; no word on how he feels about Jews or Muslims. He concluded by whining, “The so-called sanctuary advocates allowed no sanctuary in a real sanctuary.” Would Newcombe be as demanding of sanctuary if it involved Jews or Muslims?