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CBS News reports: White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network Wednesday that she believes God wanted Donald Trump to become president. Sanders said she believes God calls everyone to fill different roles, and that he wanted Mr. Trump to lead the country. “I think God calls all of us to fill different …

Politico today published a fascinating (and frightening) deep dive into the growing influence of rabidly pro-Trump Christian television networks. An excerpt: In the past two years, largely out of view of the coastal media and the Washington establishment, a transformation has taken place. As Christian networks have become more comfortable with politics, the Trump administration has turned them into a …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway was interviewed by Pat Robertson on “The 700 Club” today, where she declared that President Trump’s most notable characteristic is his humility. Robertson kicked off the softball interview by asking Conway “what characteristic stands out in your mind” most about Trump, to which she replied that “it’s …

Via press release: GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, denounced President Donald Trump’s one-on-one interview with Pat Robertson, a longtime anti-LGBTQ activist and Televangelist. The interview aired today at 10:00 AM on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). Robertson is infamous for calling for  so-called “religious exemptions” to push a dangerous anti-LGBTQ agenda, accusing LGBTQ people of deliberately spreading …

From Trump’s interview with Christian Broadcasting Network reporter David Brody: In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, President Donald Trump says the media in America is the, “opposition party.” “I think the media is the opposition party in many ways,” Trump tells me during our sit down interview at The White House. “I’m not talking about everybody, but a …

Pat Robertson today revealed that God Himself has told him that Saudi Arabia will burn during the coming world chaos. But Robertson assured viewers that his network and Regent University will nevertheless see a “year of prosperity” while, presumably, millions die. Watch below.

Marco Rubio appeared on the Christian Broadcasting Network this morning where he declared that the Obergefell decision isn’t “settled law.” And Christians should ignore the ruling anyway because when it comes to sin, “God’s rules always win.” Right Wing Watch has the transcript: “We are clearly called, in the Bible, to adhere to our civil authorities, but that conflicts with …

The Christian Broadcast Network this morning broadcast a look at Donald Trump’s purported Christianity and flatly asked whether he can “seal the deal” with evangelicals. Tony Perkins offers muted support in the below clip.

“Marriage is between a man and a woman and they’ve now brought cases to the Supreme Court saying, well, the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and so forth. So what should you do? You better get on your knees and pray and let the Lord take care of it because there isn’t a whole lot else you can do.”

Robertson notes that he doesn’t pray for cats. Hang around for the second question where Robertson says that it’s OK for ISIS to destroy “heathen idols.”

Brian Tashman writes at Right Wing Watch: On today’s edition of the “700 Club,” a viewer told Robertson that her 13-year-old step-son, who “lives with his mother most of the time,” has “crushes on boys” and wanted the televangelist’s help. Repeating the myth that homosexuality is the result of a lack of parental bonding, Robertson said “his attraction is now …

It was just a couple of months ago that Pat Robertson surprised us all by seemingly sympathizing with trans people by saying, “I don’t understand all that, but I think there are men who are in a woman’s body. It’s very rare, but it’s true. [snip] I don’t think there’s any sin associated with that. [Having gender reassignment surgery.] I …

In today’s “Bring It Online” segment on the 700 Club, Pat Robertson fielded an email from an elderly woman who is living on Social Security and wonders if it would be a sin to stop tithing in order to help pay her sick husband’s medical bills. Robertson responded: “Read carefully what the bible has to say in Malachi. He says, …

It’s really strange, if not necessarily surprising, that the anti-gay hate industry is going nuts about San Antonio when virtually identical non-discrimination laws have existed for years and years in many states and municipalities. Pat Robertson on San Antonio: “If you speak up about your beliefs, they’ll put you in jail! They’ll brand you some kind of Class Three felon!”