“Today we stand here and declare in his almighty name that it’s only a matter of time before we take your seats and we become a God-fearing example to the nation of how God is using California to lead the way. We already know who has won this battle. You will be removed in Jesus’s name! You, Satan, are losing. Get on your knees every night. All day I talk to him. People probably think I’m crazy, but I’m really just talking to God all day. I have looked demons straight in the eye and with God’s authority rebuked them back to hell where they belong. You can do that too, trust me.” – Recently elected Chino School Board president Sonja Shaw, quoted in a Daily Beast piece about the megachurch infiltrating multiple California school boards. The church was founded by viciously anti-LGBTQ Christian nationalist scamvangelical Jack Hibbs. Last week California AG Rob Bonja sued the school district over its plan to out LGBTQ students to their parents.
From fights over LGBT rights to prayer at school board meetings, Chino Valley public schools have become ground zero for the culture wars.https://t.co/yLZDp72HfM
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 4, 2023
“What does a nation look like when it starts to receive the judgement or the cursings of Almighty God?” asks right-wing pastor Jack Hibbs. His answer? LGBTQ characters in “Blue’s Clues.” pic.twitter.com/2RAOblz9Wc
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 12, 2022
Right-wing pastor Jack Hibbs declares that “the Democrat Party is a death cult” and lashes out at pastors who aren’t using their churches to promote right-wing political positions: “Woe to the pulpit that stays silent at an hour like this.” pic.twitter.com/OP3nkN1wSq
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) May 5, 2022
Right-wing pastor Jack Hibbs lays hands upon Mike Pompeo while praying that God will forgive California for electing “people with antichrist worldviews to office,” like Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris. https://t.co/BaSa6F3Hnb pic.twitter.com/9LITsv3DsE
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) July 26, 2021
If Trump hadn’t been elected, “you and I would be speaking Chinese right now,” says Trump-allied pastor Jack Hibbs https://t.co/bpVYN0Y130
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 26, 2020
Scamvangelist: Homosexuality Proves That God Exists – https://t.co/E7fBz9sERY pic.twitter.com/NjKDV9wOMS
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 16, 2021
🚨Traveling circus alert!🚨
These are the people trying to take over your school boards in SoCal.
LEXIT/ Proud Boys/ MomArmy J6rs, astroturf parent groups working under @TPUSA.
There’s only ONE parent from Chino Valley USD in this photo taken at the Chino Board meeting 7/20. pic.twitter.com/PN3Niraxm8— lepidoptera (@lunamothraa) July 22, 2023