During a spirited discussion Tuesday about America’s epidemic of mass shootings, two cohosts on ABC’s “The View” decried how some Christians twist Bible passages to support their beliefs about guns and slavery.
Tara Setmayer, who describes herself as a “principled conservative,” cut ties with the Republican Party in 2020 due to the “malignancy of Trumpism.” She has been filling in as a guest host this week on “The View.”
On Twitter Thursday, Setmayer called out Fox News and its reporter, urging them to “correct your headline & story” because “it’s dishonest and inaccurate.” She writes: “My comments are in the context of the gun maker’s ad featuring a child & using a Bible verse. I never tie violent Christian nationalism to Uvalde.”
Setmayer has appeared on other outlets to warn against the “radicalization of the Christian evangelical movement.” On “The Breakdown” last week, she described being “alarmed” by the movement’s rapid acceleration. “They are so perverting the Bible and what Christianity stands for,” she told the Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson.
“This is no different than the radicalization of Muslims and calling for Muslim jihad,” Setmayer continued. “Because they are calling for violence. They’re using biblical Scripture to justify violence… and they’re rationalizing violence. That is not a joke at all.”
Referring to controversial Pastor Greg Locke, who has spoken about insurrection, Setmayer added, “That Tennessee pastor is a heretic, as far as I’m concerned…That’s not the Christian church I grew up in, and I don’t know what Bible he’s reading from.”