A gaggle of Catholics held a Rosary Rally outdoors the house of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday, after the Democrat sparked backlash with a Doritos video that critics alleged made mockery of a sacred Christian ceremony.
The “Rosary Rally for Spiritual Respect” was organized by CatholicVote.
The rally is available in response to a controversial social media video by which Gov. Whitmer wore a Harris-Walz marketing campaign hat and fed Doritos to a kneeling liberal podcaster named Liz Plank.
About 100 Catholics rallied outdoors the governor’s residence. (CatholicVote)
The video adopted a TikTok development whereby somebody, appearing in a sensual method, is fed by one other one who stares uncomfortably into the digicam whereas “Dilemma” by Nelly and Kelly Rowland performs within the background.
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The weird clip was meant to highlight the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act that allotted almost $53 billion in the direction of efforts to convey semiconductor provide chains again to the U.S. However spiritual teams felt the clip made a mockery of the sacrament of Holy Communion.
The Democratic governor apologized in response to the backlash, insisting the video was not meant to mock individuals of religion.
FILE: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks throughout a information convention at Michigan State College on November 07, 2022 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Brandon Bell/Getty Pictures)
Whitmer advised FOX 2 that in additional than 25 years of public service, “I might by no means do one thing to denigrate somebody’s religion.”
“I’ve used my platform to face up for individuals’s proper to carry and observe their private spiritual beliefs,” Whitmer mentioned.
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On Sunday, a gaggle of round 100 Catholics recited the rosary in entrance of the governor’s residence close to Moores River Drive within the Michigan capital of Lansing.
The rally was organized by CatholicVote. (CatholicVote)
One of many individuals advised The Lansing State Journal she participated due to the governor’s “blasphemous and offensive video mocking the Holy Eucharist.”
The Rosary Rally got here in response to a video deemed offensive by Catholics. (CatholicVote)
“It’s our most sacred sacrament,” she mentioned. “So, we got here to hope. We got here to hope for her, and we’re additionally praying out of mercy to hope for our Lord.”
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CatholicVote Nationwide Political Director advised Fox Information Digital that Sunday’s rally was motivated by “deep concern over current actions that undermine the dignity of the Eucharist and the rising tide of anti-Catholic sentiment promoted by some within the progressive left.
“We discover it profoundly troubling that our religion and its sacred beliefs are so brazenly mocked. As Catholics, we imagine within the energy of prayer, particularly for our nation’s leaders. Our rally served as a name for the conversion of Governor Whitmer’s coronary heart and thoughts, urging her to acknowledge and respect our spiritual convictions,” Church mentioned. “We additionally hope this serves as a reminder to our elected officers that Catholics vote.”
Republican State Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford wrote a submit on X selling the “Rosary Rally for Spiritual Respect.”
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Fox Information Digital has reached out to the governor’s workplace for a response to the rally.
Fox Information Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
