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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

The Strange Story of a Catholic Bishop, a Journalist & Threats to American Democracy

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8784 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Why is Bishop Robert Barron, a Catholic prelate with a huge social media presence, targeting an investigative journalist? Steve Schmidt explains the strange story of why His Excellency is bearing false witness against Heidi Przybyla after she spoke out against Christian Nationalism. Steve Schmidt warns this is demagogic attack and makes an important point: "Politicians with clerical collars have historically been very dangerous people. And this man, speaking of danger, seems like someone we all ought to keep an eye on." BAD FAITH is now streaming on AppleTV+, Amazon and Google Play. This vital and timely documentary tells the disturbing story of the rise of Christian Nationalism in the US and how some are perverting religion to achieve their political goals. www.badfaithdocumentary.com To become a The Warning Premium Member and listen to the show 48 hours early with access to premium content visit: https://thewarning.supercast.com/ Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/

Transcript

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0:00.0

The next time you see this Catholic bishop on television or the internet, pointing a finger,

0:06.7

judging, remember something. Christ wouldn't do that, but a politician would.

0:12.0

And politicians with clerical collars have historically been very dangerous people.

0:18.4

And this man, speaking of danger, seems like someone, we all ought to keep an eye on.

0:25.2

Today, I'm going to talk about a grave threat facing the country. Now, there are some people who say

0:36.2

this danger isn't real.

0:40.9

It's so-called.

0:43.3

They deny its existence.

0:47.0

And this denialism falls somewhere between delusional and sinister.

0:54.4

Because the threat that I'm going to talk about is very real.

1:00.9

The threat is nationalism.

1:04.7

But there's a very specific derivative type of nationalism

1:08.9

that is American in character.

1:13.9

National socialism was very German in character.

1:21.1

The torchlight parades, the vast rallies.

1:25.9

They were teutonic in nature, in aesthetic effect.

1:34.2

America is a different society, a different culture. So the nationalism we are going to talk about

1:43.7

today is Christian nationalism.

1:49.0

And let's distinguish between Christianity and Christian nationalism.

1:55.0

Christianity is a faith of peace and love.

2:00.0

Christian nationalism is a political dogma of violence, subjugation, and death.

2:07.6

A Christian nationalist is a contradiction.

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