Colorado Republican Representative Lauren Boebert was called out after she said in an interview that the church is supposed to "direct government."
Boebert made the remarks during an appearance on conservative commentator Graham Allen's Dear America podcast.and made her most passionate case for dissolving separation between church and state yet.
You can hear what she said in the video below.
\u201cLauren Boebert: \u201cThe church is supposed to direct government, not the opposite way. The church is supposed to influence govt .. The Bible says that government rests on God\u2019s shoulders.\u201d\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1658797963
Boebert said:
"The church is supposed to direct government, not the opposite way."
"The church is supposed to influence government and we need to be so involved in what is going on in our government."
"I mean, the Bible says that the government rests on His shoulders, on God's shoulders."
Boebert's statements are the most recent example of her willingness to insert church doctrine into government activity.
Last month, she made headlines after she told a crowd of worshippers that she is "sick" of the separation of church and state. In remarks at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, Colorado, Boebert argued that “the government is not supposed to direct the church," adding she is "tired of this separation of church and state junk — that’s not in the Constitution."
Boebert went on to say that the notion of a separation between church and state is only "in a stinking letter and it means nothing like they say it does," ignoring that the concept is derived from the Establishment Clause in the Bill of Rights, which states that Congress "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
The letter she refers to was written by Thomas Jefferson, who would become the nation's third President, in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut in which he observed that the American public had built “a wall of separation between Church and State.”
Boebert was criticized for her remarks.
\u201cWhat I think is craziest about these type of \u201cpatriotic\u201d comments, is that the church\u2019s influence on government in Britain is quite literally the reason this country exists.\u201d— go Bulls. see red. yeah, that. (@go Bulls. see red. yeah, that.) 1658913097
\u201cSomeone skipped social studies class\u201d— Andrew Ketchings (@Andrew Ketchings) 1658845246
\u201cWhen they tell you that they want a theocracy, listen. It's not subtle.\u201d— Truth Sandwich \ud83e\udd6a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\ude37 \ud83e\udd40\u2702\ufe0f \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b (@Truth Sandwich \ud83e\udd6a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\ude37 \ud83e\udd40\u2702\ufe0f \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b) 1658853200
\u201cThis is false, ignorant and dangerous\u201d— Richelle Carey (@Richelle Carey) 1658860471
\u201cThe trouble with refuting this garbage narrative is you have to do it in a way that doesn't tacitly grant the alleged religiosity of a congenitally dishonest first-term political demagogue who ran a gun-themed restaurant with health violations\u201d— Adam Weinstein (@Adam Weinstein) 1658861000
\u201cThe bible does say that (Isaiah 9:6).\nThe Constitution does not (We the People).\u201d— Andrew L. Seidel (@Andrew L. Seidel) 1658865537
\u201cI just want for her, once, to define "church". Which organized church exactly should run the US government?\u201d— Patrick Chovanec (@Patrick Chovanec) 1658863165
\u201cOk, don't see the insanity?\n\nJust replace "church" with "temple", "God" with "Allah, and "Bible" with "Quran."\u201d— Winn VoteByMail Khuong \ud83d\udcec (@Winn VoteByMail Khuong \ud83d\udcec) 1658869467
\u201cChurches need to pay taxes and church and state need to stay separated. And asking for a friend... if church should interfere in the state, which church should that be?\u201d— Peter van Es \ud83d\udc2c\ud83c\udfdd\ud83e\udd8b\ud83c\udf0a \ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Peter van Es \ud83d\udc2c\ud83c\udfdd\ud83e\udd8b\ud83c\udf0a \ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1658878881
Boebert has in the past come under fire for her statements about other religions, perhaps most notably when she branded Minnesota Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, who is Muslim, a member of the "Jihad Squad," a reference to the “Squad,” a group of prominent House progressives, of which Omar is a member.
Earlier this year, Boebert stunned a group of Jewish visitors to the United States Capitol after she asked them if they were conducting "reconnaissance" after she ran into them while they waited for an elevator.
