Mario Murillo, a Trump-loving, right-wing, homophobic pastor made headlines this week following a bizarre rant in which he claimed the “men’s gay chorus of San Francisco” and famed TV icon Big Bird were coming to seduce children into “demonic” behavior.
Seriously.
Murillo delivered the remarks in an interview with Flashpoint, a talk show program on the right-wing network The Victory Channel. During his remarks, Murillo lashed out at public figures encouraging vaccination against COVID-19, and slammed Big Bird by name.
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“This is the most demonic thing I’ve seen in a long time,” he ranted. “The indoctrination of children, giving an experimental thing to children … see, to me, this is the worst form of bullying and peer pressure that you can possibly use in society. These adults–I don’t know if they have a conscience or not. The question of children is going to be the defeating force of the left. It’s what’s going to get ya.”
Right-wing evangelist Mario Murillo says that Sesame Street promoting COVID-19 vaccines is "the most demonic thing I've seen in a long time": "This is the worst form of bullying and peer pressure that you can possibly use in society." pic.twitter.com/jK9rnLKO6R
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) November 17, 2021
“Going after the children — when the Men’s Gay Chorus in San Francisco said, ‘We’re gonna go after your children,’ there was a massive backlash, and there’s going to be to the Sesame Street. And there’s going to be a line drawn by parents and they’re going to switch this off and you’re going to watch this firestorm,” Murillo continued, adding “once you make it about the children, that’s when all of the left, right, Republican, Democrat labels go out the window.”
Murillo’s remarks were apparently triggered by Big Bird tweeting about his own vaccination against COVID.
I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it'll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.
Ms. @EricaRHill even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!
— Big Bird (@BigBird) November 6, 2021
“I got the COVID-19 vaccine today,” Big Bird wrote on November 6. “My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy. Ms. @EricaRHill even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!”
Murillo’s attack on Big Bird and COVID vaccinations come as part of a string of right-wing figures denouncing the push by the Biden Administration to vaccinate Americans to end the pandemic. Sen. Ted Cruz also denounced Big Bird’s vaccination as “government propaganda,” while Republican lawmakers across the country continue to fight vaccine mandates. Murillo, meanwhile, has a long history of promoting loony theories, including the claim that Joe Biden’s election victory in 2020 was a “conspiracy theory.”
Chrisk
All I got is the Voltaire quote. Those that can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Religious loonies might be funny but they’re also extremely dangerous if given the chance.
Oh and no one is going after your kids but these jesus freaks. They know that’s that’s their best way to indoctrinate them before they get too old and start to question everything. Many of us have been brainwashed by these loons as kids but luckily got out.
joverit
Matt Gaetz is coming in your children.
Roy Moore is coming in your children.
Tim Nolan is coming in your children.
Dennis Hastert was coming in your children.
Jeffrey Epstein was coming in your children.
Jim Jordan is protecting coaches coming in your children.
Your local ‘christian’ pastor is probably coming in some of your children.
Donald Trump is going after his daughter…
Mack
Nailed it.
cuteguy
It’s called cherry picking . That’s what all cult members aka religious ppl do
Gadfeal
says the man who looks like a serial killer!
It’s time to apply the IRS to revoking the “charitable” tax status to human organizations that interfere with any state, political process.
It would also behoove theological schools to include compulsory Age of Reason philosophy. There is ample statistical evidence that:
1. Most cases of “pedophilia”, overwhelmingly, is men on girls i.e. heterosexual.
2. Most “predators” are known family members.
Jaquelope
Or clerical leaders.
Jim
Big Bird already has everyone under 60 and many of us over 60.
And aren’t we better for it???
fredk3
not sure what creeps me out more about this creep: the morgue skin, the cheap hair dye, the ghoul eyes or the satanic soul.
Jaquelope
I’d say all of the above.