Comedian Jason Selvig—part of the conservative-skewering comedy duo The Good Liars with partner Davram Stiefler—got Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ralph Rebandt to agree to an interview to discuss his Evangelical Christian centered campaign platform.
The interview—one of several—was recorded while MAGA minions gathered for a Trump rally in Washington Township, Michigan.
Rebandt has stated he wants the—probably King James edition—Christian Bible to be "the basic textbook in schools.” The pastor turned politician claims books with pornographic content are taking over secular public schools and need to be replaced by the Bible.
Of his campaign, Rebandt told Selvig:
"I’m bringing God back into culture, because I’m convinced that if we don’t get God right in this next election, nothing will matter."
The interview went sideways from there when Selvig reminded Rebandt of the salacious content in his preferred school textbook.
Both Selvig and The Good Liars shared the interview video on Twitter captioned:
"I interviewed a pastor running for Governor in Michigan who wants the Bible taught in schools. Things got awkward."
...and...
"Talked to a candidate for Governor and we’re pretty sure he wants to ban the Bible in schools."
...respectively.
Talked to a candidate for Governor and we\u2019re pretty sure he wants to ban the Bible in schools.pic.twitter.com/VY4RICJLL2— The Good Liars (@The Good Liars) 1650392841
Selvig noted the Book of Genesis, chapter 9, verses 30-37 is a story about two daughters who get their dad drunk and have sex with him.
As Rebandt had said no books with pornographic imagery should be allowed in schools, Selvig asked:
"You’re saying ban the Bible in school?"
Rebandt replied:
"No, I’m not saying ban the Bible in school."
But Selvig countered:
"You’re saying anything that has a pornographic image should be banned."
"And there are some images in the Bible about, you know, sex and incest and things like that."
"So it sounds like you’re saying we should ban the Bible."
Clearly flustered, Rebandt replied:
"What I am saying is that the Judeo Christian principles on which our country was founded need to be brought back into culture. And I can’t say it any more clearly than that."
To which Selvig quipped:
"If that means banning the Bible, so be it."
"Protect the kids."
As the interview ended, Rebandt was still trying to make Selvig understand how his hypocrisy made sense.
As with most of their content, people found Selvig's latest interview on point.
pic.twitter.com/vzg3lIZPD0— Pip (Minister of Silly Walks) is Missing a LEGO (@Pip (Minister of Silly Walks) is Missing a LEGO) 1650427674
The 1st Americans were well aware that there is no such book as "the bible," and there is not one "Christianity," but multiple versions, all claiming orthodoxy, upon which no one can agree. Ironically their First Amendment allowed for greater proliferation of these permutations.— William F Tulloch \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@William F Tulloch \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650461382
Its a shame the uk hasnt followed suit. the Queen of England is head of Parliament and The ChurchOfEngland, they are also have Bishops in the House Of Lords as overseers of legislation created in The House Of Commons.— MacTakeshisan\ud83c\udff4 (@MacTakeshisan\ud83c\udff4) 1650470585
Sadly, if you follow the voucher programs and the lobbyists that represent them, you'll see their goal is to send them to private schools. So they can get federal funding. Why do you think Trump's Education SEC choice was Betsy DeVos. She's made her money in private education.— Alon (@Alon) 1650393636
This is your brain. This is Cognitive Dissonance. This is your brain on Cognitive Dissonance.pic.twitter.com/sykwDorYn4— JG (@JG) 1650403279
And the Bible, since he\u2019s clearly unaware of what either of those documents actually contain!— Helena Handbasket (@Helena Handbasket) 1650544333
Another interesting follow-up question when someone talks about the "Judeo-Christian values" on which our country is supposedly based: Can you name one of the founders who was Jewish? Or did you mean Christian-Christian values which are sorta derived from Judaism?— Poe's Lawyer, Rob Northrup. This Gun in My Hand (@Poe's Lawyer, Rob Northrup. This Gun in My Hand) 1650482353
There are over 4000 active religions and cults in the world today. For any 1 religion to think that they are the only religion, or the best religion, is so arrogant and pathetic.— Alexis (@Alexis) 1650482693
According to their website, The Good Liars "came together when they posed as investment bankers protesting the Occupy Wall Street movement. Together, they formed the 1%’s counter protest: Occupy Occupy Wall Street" to give an "outrageously blunt and honest voice to the silent 1%."
In 2016, they released the election docucomedy Undecided: The Movie which pranked every presidential candidate without regard to party or platform.
Some candidates handled it better than others.
Their latest project is The Supporters which gave the same treatment to the 2020 election.
You can watch the trailer here:
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