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Rep. Mary Miller ― a Republican from Illinois who once praised Adolf Hitler ― wrote, edited and ultimately deleted a social media post decrying “a Muslim” speaking in Congress.

“It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should have never been allowed to happen,” she wrote Friday. “American was founded as a Christian nation, and I believe our government should reflect that truth. May God have mercy!”

The man leading the prayer was guest chaplain Giani Singh, a follower of the Sikh faith, not Islam. Miller’s Republican colleague Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) introduced him as such on Friday.

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[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 1 points 2 minutes ago

What a cunt.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Poor Sikhs always catching strays...

Also, yo, I kind of hate this country.

[–] LemmyIsReddit2Point0@lemmy.world 31 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

This lady won with 73% of the vote in 2020, 71% in 2022, and unopposed in 2024. She is exactly what the people in that area want and that's sad. The US is like social media. It's not the platform it's the users that make it garbage.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

But social media are garbage because of the platform. It's just built the way to present it as how the users are.

It's like saying that gasoline is not the cracking process, it's the oil.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

But the platform promotes garbage, too.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 21 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

These racist politician assholes should never ever be allowed to represent us in government.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 8 points 2 hours ago

Apparently she's exactly who her constituents want representing them. Take it up with those arseholes.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 48 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should have never been allowed to happen

I believe our government should reflect that truth.

She's right: leading prayer in Congress at all should never be allowed. Government should reflect the truth of a secular government.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

Yes. Government should be led by law not theology.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 49 points 7 hours ago

Pepperidge farms remembers when bigots were shamed away from talking not their target minorities.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 49 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Dumbfuck can't even get her religions straight, and apparently she thinks America was founded to be a Christian theocracy. Astoundingly ignorant and misinformed, yet there she sits Congress, governing the nation with her 2 brain cells.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

She probably has no idea what Deism is.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I was going to make a “DEIsm is woke, DEIsm is getting abolished, etc” joke… But it’s impossible to create a parody so extreme that some users won’t mistake it for the genuine thing. Poe’s Law is in full effect here.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago)

The people would likely think its a cult worshiping Dhalsim from Street Fighter 2.

And thus call for all Deists to be deported.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 hours ago

Her average constituent sees turban and thinks Muslim.

She represents her district in more ways than one.

[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 201 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

American was founded as a Christian nation

-- Every American Christian Bigot

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

-- First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States

🤔

[–] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 160 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Don't forget:

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

-- John Adams

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

“As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religious or tranquility of Musselmen [Muslim peoples], and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.” - Treaty of Tripoli, signed 1797.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Thomas Jefferson had his own personally edited version of the Bible that focused on the philosophies and stories in the Bible, and left out the supernatural mythology and fairy tales. There were parts of the religion he liked, but he was clearly uncomfortable with the actual religious parts of it.

And he actually WROTE the founding documents.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

TJ was Deist, not Christian.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 52 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly who could say what they meant by that, it's such an open to interpretation remark.

[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Good thing we know exactly what they meant in the second amendment.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but they're going to go extinct if we cut off their arms.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 3 points 53 minutes ago

Those poor bears

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

The thing you have to realize is that some words change meaning over time. If you check a dictionary from the time, you'll find that back then "regulated" meant... oh, looks like it meant the exact same thing it means today. Huh, looks like it's meant the same thing since it was taken from Latin. Fancy that.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 20 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It literally says "Congress," of which she is a member.

Every newly elected Congressional Rep and Senator should have to pass a difficult, graduate-level test on the history of the United States, and the Constitution, before being sworn into office. You can't be sworn in until you pass the test. These people are tasked with leading our country. Knowing the basics is the least we can demand of them.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago

And they won't be paid until they pass either.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

To be fair i feel the same way about any non-buddhist(or other peaceful) religion speaking.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 121 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Well you see, the thing about conservatives is that they are fucking stupid.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Well you see, the thing about conservatives is that they are fucking ~~stupid~~ self-serving liars.

FTFY

This bitch knows damn well America isn't a "Christian nation," but she'll shout it from the rooftops if she thinks she can get away with it in order to advance her hateful, bigoted agenda.

Do. Not. Give. Her. Any. Benefit. Of. The. Doubt.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

And they celebrate their ignorance...

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Trump loves the poorly educated, he said so himself. And they want daddy trump to love them.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

People of the land... you know... morons

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[–] GoobyMcMooby@lemmy.zip 40 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yet another Sikh man misidentified as a Muslim (not that it would matter if they were) by some backwood dumb fuck using weaponized religion.

[–] thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Surprise twist: He redirected all your Christian prayers to Waheguru and you're all now an additional cycle away from Mukti.

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[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 32 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

Why does the House of Representatives even have prayer in the mornings to begin with?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 4 hours ago

I would like to know the actual answer to this. When did it start? Has it been there from the beginning?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Because the foundation of US instritutions was largely Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V from Westminster, where morning prayers are the only time MPs are allowed to come and reserve a seat for the rest of the day. It’s probably a lot more attended in the American version though.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 2 points 51 minutes ago (1 children)

Once again, I am asking the British to stop fucking up governments worldwide

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 7 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

The British government has been functional since the civil war over 370 years ago. If there are functional issues with the US system, (and there are, to the point it actually shuts down sometimes) that’s their own meddling and the warranty is void.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Seriously. When is the designated time for thoughts?

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

“Thoughts and prayers!”

“Uh we’d like some more thoughts, please.”

“Well we’re OUT of thoughts! We only had three bits and we didn’t expect such a rush.”

“So my choice is ‘and prayers’? I’ll have the chicken then, please.”

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 29 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Mary Miller represents district 15 which surrounds but does not include both Springfield and St. Louis. It is 90% white, 2.9% black, and 2.8% Hispanic. There are basically no non-Republican elected officials above the county level and voted overwhelmingly for Trump. This district became home of the second resurgence of the KKK in Illinois in the 1920s and has stayed their home through resurgences in the 1950s and 1990s.

Illinois redistricted recently and it was gerrymandered to fuck to make sure that her district was absolutely backwoods conservative as possible. It practically ensures Illinois will swing blue for the next decade. She's unfortunately my representative, but I'll live with that reality knowing that my existence as her constituent pisses her off and Illinois stays blue.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

I hate Illinois Nazis.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

Chicagoan here. Like I always say, the souther you go the Kentuckier you get. And this is just central IL. Fuck her bitch face.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That bitch is from Naperville.

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