Megachurch Pastor Who Literally Demonized “Antichrist” Obama Calls For End To Demonizing Republicans

Raw Story reports:

A right-wing pastor who literally demonized former President Barack Obama as a precursor to the antichrist responded to the shootings of two Republican lawmakers with a call for political civility.

Megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, who said he’d vote for “strongman” Donald Trump over Jesus, blamed the shootings of GOP whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) on three of conservatives’ most hated enemies.

“This appalling act of violence highlights the fact that the unrelenting demonization of our legitimately elected political leaders could lead to tragedy, and I refer particularly to the mainstream media, our universities and to Hollywood,” Jeffress said.

“Now is the time to tone it all down, embrace real tolerance, report objectively, and stop provoking our nation to conflict.” Jeffress, pastor of the 12,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, warned that Obama and LGBT rights would usher in the antichrist in accordance with the biblical prophesy.

Jeffress earned widespread GOP criticism in 2011 for declaring that Mitt Romney is not a Christian because Mormonism is a cult. In 2015 Jeffress declared that the Obergefell ruling will “speed the return” of White Jesus.