'Dehumanizing:' Pastor denounces Trump's remarks during service attended by VP Pence

[DonViejo]

Chelsea Cirruzzo, WUSA 7:14 PM. EST January 14, 2018

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD. (WUSA9) - During a service attended by Vice President Mike Pence and his wife on Sunday morning, a pastor in Prince George’s County denounced remarks made by President Trump earlier this week.

“I stand today as your Pastor to vehemently denounce and reject any such characterizations of The nations of Africa and of our brothers and sisters in Haiti,” said Pastor Dr. Maurice Watson of the Metropolitan Baptist Church.

In his speech, the pastor mentioned that some congregation members were from Haiti and African countries. He called the president’s comments “hurtful” and “dehumanizing.” He went on to call for the president to be held accountable for his words.

The Vice President reportedly became visibly red-faced at times throughout the speech.

Following his comments, members of the congregation rose out of their seats in support.

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According to the church's website, the historically black church was established a year after the Emancipation Proclamation. The service on Sunday was streamed on Facebook.

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[steve2470]

1. Pence needs to resign, repent publicly, and campaign as a DEMOCRAT against Trump!!!!

I hope he was extremely uncomfortable and not just angry.

[shanny]

5. Resign, yes--campaign as a Democrat? Fuck no--we don't want a tent that big.

And any repentance would be a sham, as it is with most christianists: no actual change in behavior or atonement is required, just beg forgiveness, shed a few tears and it's all good.

[steve2470]

6. ok I beg to differ, with all due respect

1- The repentance would have to be obviously sincere, not a sham.

2- Christianist?! That's a slur. I could not care less that he's a Christian albeit a phony one.

3- There's lots of "Christianists" in our tent. I get you don't like Christians, fair enough. However, the GOOD Christians are the ones on the LEFT and the sincere ones. Not the phony ones like Pence or the ones on the right. NOT all Christians are bad. We don't all ram our beliefs down other's throats or seek to have our beliefs enshrined in public policy.

smdh

[shanny]

7. y'know, I used the term "christianists" as opposed to "Christian" FOR A REASON.

That being, to distinguish between the two.

duh

[erronis]

31. Your use of the term "christianist" was immediately obvious to me, and correct.

Some might call them wannabe christians but I don't think any of them really wanna be in Jesus's footsteps.

Pseudo-xians works for me, too.

[shanny]

37. thank you

it was not my intention to insult actual Christians--the ones who do their best to follow Jesus' teachings. I just don't see many on the R side, and particularly not Pence.

[radical noodle]

23. Pence already thinks he puts God first

He's hopeless.

[DownriverDem]

9. Huh?

pence is a radical religious RWNJ repub. No way.

[steve2470]

10. I was dreaming :) nt

[olegramps]

15. There is no redemtion for the devil and his imps. They are the personifcation of evil.

[yardwork]

19. Pence needs to be convicted of Russian collusion and sentenced to prison.

[steve2470]

24. yes, true nt

[Siwsan]

2. I sense a bit of pandering, on the part of Torquemada Pence

But then I question the motivation of everything done by this band of miscreants.

[not fooled]

16. Yes

Hahaha his pandering attempt to blackwash after dump's blatant racism backfires bigly.

[yardwork]

22. It sounds like Pence was angered by the pastor's words.

The article says that Pence became visibly red-faced. I think he was surprised and angered by the sermon.

[steve2470]

25. agreed nt

[yardwork]

26. Pence gets humiliated in public by black people a lot.

I can't help but notice and laugh. Pence goes to see Hamilton. (Is he trying to show how with it he is?) and the lead actor rakes him over the coals in front of the entire audience.

Pence trundles into a historically black church on Martin Luther King weekend, days after his boss makes incredibly racist statements. What was Pence trying to prove? The pastor seizes the opportunity to make an example of Pence in front of the congregation.

Pence should stick to white country club audiences.

[steve2470]

30. yes he must be a masochist LOL nt

[yardwork]

33. I can't wait to see what he walks into next!

[steve2470]

35. maybe the next NAACP meeting ? haha

He would not DARE to go there.

[sarge43]

27. Good. Hope the door hit him on his way out. n/t

[steve2470]

3. good video here

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/maryland/dehumanizing-pastor-denounces-trumps-remarks-during-service-attended-by-vp-pence/508027658

[withoutapaddle]

36. thanks, trying to load it

[Fred Sanders]

4. Pence to Shitler: "We have another one on The List...set phasers on Surveillance".

[rurallib]

8. If these hypocritical Christians lived what they so publicly proclaim

stuff like this wouldn't happen to them.

[bluestarone]

11. my bet is pence

DID NOT STAND UP

[PatrickforO]

12. Very cool.

Pence and the rest of these right wingers, living in bubbles as they do, need to be confronted whenever possible.

[iluvtennis]

13. The audacity of Pence to even step his foot inside this black Baptist church after Trump's

shit**** comment. What disrespect.

[Maggiemayhem]

18. I wonder what church he regularly attends while in DC?

[mwooldri]

21. But it was a good thing he did.

He heard the Word of God there. They call it an altar, but it alters your life. Mr. Pence needed an alteration and IMO he went to the right place to do it. Sermons are never meant to be comfortable listening anyway.

[iluvtennis]

28. Truth about most sermons intended to be uncomfortable

Its about improving your morality and hence your soul

[keithbvadu2]

14. Pence did not get up and walk out? Just there for the optics.

Pence did not get up and walk out? Just there for the optics.

[Pluvious]

17. What, he saw no black men taking a knee ? n/t

[Angry Dragon]

20. Pence is fake

[djacq]

29. Ouch!

[calimary]

32. Yeah, no kidding!

[Capperdan]

34. That was good

I'm glad he didn't walk out. It seems we can't count on government to get rid of these creeps, so it's up to us as humans to shame him and his enablers publicly whenever possible. If Pence has a soul, it must be hitting home.