you have to work for it. you have to nurture it. you have to fight for it. now, the good news is you get to make a difference, as long as you turn out the vote. former president barack obama he s good. he s good, isn t he? he s better than i ve seen him in a long time. he s having a good time out there. fired up, ready to go. it s like hank aaron playing on the 1962 mets, you re going to stand out, right? he s having fun, and i think you could see there, it s interesting, the arc of the rallies. he was really animated early in the tour. sober now, interesting. it s a sober time. that was former president obama in pennsylvania helping democrats with their closing message ahead of tomorrow s crucial midterm elections. this is it. meanwhile, new polling shows democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap with republicans, but will that be enough to keep the party in control of congress. we re going to have the latest numbers for you. plus, new reporting on when dona
back a little bit, the line of christians personally, i feel like we can t have this conversation today without acknowledging in the midst of this perceived victim hood, and white evangelicalism that has been weaponized that we have seen an extraordinary increase on actually attacks on jews, and the anti-semitism that is on the rise, and, you know, other hate crimes that are on the rise. and so, i would ask, i guess, my fellow christians, is that the country you want to live in? is that what jesus died for? i don t think so. i think this is basic humanity. you don t have to be a christian to know right from wrong, and i just, i m totally demoralized, you know, as an american, as a human, as a black woman and a christian, to see people treat each other in ways that your kindergarten teacher would have
an ar-15, he wouldn t have been krus crucified. god so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son to be crucified for our sins. and, joe, when he was being crucified, he said, father forgive them for they know not what they do. he didn t say send an ar-15 from heaven with an angel. no, he didn t. and so, david, again, i don t bring this up to preach. i bring this up to show that the very basis of this new sort of christian nationalism is the antithesis of jesus s teachings for 2,000 years. the fear and anger is so wrong and misplaced. look, if you read the new testament, every syllable of the
and impose to reform or reshape our nation. and that it s high time we remember that, and it s high time that people be confident in their religious freedom and don t live under an atmosphere of fear and panic. i mean, scripture said god didn t give us a spirit of fear but of power and love and sound mine, and a lot of these rallies, you re not seeing a lot of evidence of sound mind. i ve got to say also, and i m sure this will offend some christian nationalists, let me tell you the truth. if you read the new testament, red letters, you go away with a an unmistakable understanding about jesus and his relationship to politics. he doesn t care about your political party. jesus cares about your soul. that s what it s all about. and again, these people, i hear
taken care of. you re not supposed to do that. in ancient times when you actually took care of somebody else and you get nothing in return, charity was seen as a weakness. seen as a weakness. all of the things that we now have established in our culture, as signs of strength, humility, meekness, kindness. blessed are the peacemakers for they will be children of god. all of those things, the romans didn t understand. that created the revolution that helped christianity take over the roman empire, and it is why it has dominated western civilization for 2000 years, and i bring this up because mara was talking about a republican instead of jesus would have had