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Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton faces GOP criticism over 2020 sermon on climate and beef
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Republican-aligned outlets are highlighting a 2020 sermon by Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee challenging Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., in which Hamilton, then a United Methodist pastor, called on his congregation to repent for their carbon footprints, including eating beef and raising cattle. The sermon, titled “What Would Jesus Say About Climate Change?”, was reviewed by Fox News Digital. Hamilton led what outlets describe as the largest United Methodist church in the country before entering the race. Breitbart notes Kansas has roughly 5.8 million cattle compared with about 2.9 million residents. Townhall separately cites a June 2020 sermon in which Hamilton said he had to “repent” for being white, and criticizes a Hamilton campaign ad about Marshall.
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Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee for Kansas's U.S. Senate seat, is challenging Republican Sen. Roger Marshall.
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In a January 2020 sermon titled “What Would Jesus Say About Climate Change?”, Hamilton called on his congregation to repent for their carbon footprints, including eating beef and raising cattle.
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Hamilton led the largest United Methodist church in the United States before running for Senate.
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Kansas has roughly 5.8 million cattle compared to about 2.9 million residents, according to the Kansas Livestock Association.
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Townhall reports that in a June 2020 sermon, Hamilton said, “By virtue of being white, I have to repent.”
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Townhall reports that Hamilton told Kamala Harris not to campaign for him in Kansas.
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Townhall reports the Hamilton campaign ran an ad claiming Marshall had a woman arrested over a missed $50 medical payment, which Townhall calls false.
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A Hamilton campaign ad claiming Sen. Marshall had a woman arrested over a missed $50 payment is accurate.
Townhall states the ad is false and accuses the Hamilton campaign of lying; no other outlet in this set addresses the underlying facts of the ad.
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Right-leaning outlets frame the sermon as evidence Hamilton is a ‘woke’ pastor out of step with Kansas culture; Fox News's original report was republished by the New York Post, while Daily Mail and Breitbart attribute their coverage to Fox, and Townhall broadens the attack with additional claims about Hamilton's views on race, LGBTQ issues, and a disputed campaign ad.
‘Real Adam Hamilton’ Website Targets Kansas Democrat’s Sermons, LGBT Record, Schumer Connection
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Woketrying to seize powerexposed aswoke megachurch pastor
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Woke megachurch pastor, Dem nominee called on congregation to repent for driving, eating…
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FIRST ON FOX: In Kansas, cows are king, but a Democrat trying to seize power once told his congregation to repent for eating beef and raising cattle.
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Senate in Kansas, has been exposed as a woke megachurch pastor who preaches on issues like Black Lives Matter,…
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Senate in Kansas, has been exposed as a woke megachurch pastor who preaches on issues like Black Lives Matter, environmentalism, and the…
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…2020 sermon that, "By virtue of being white,I have to repent." Hamilton knows his radical agenda won't play well with Kansas voters, and he even told former Vice President Kamala…
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…who for years led the largest United Methodist church in the nation, often gave “woke” sermons at odds with the state’s culture and agrarian economy.
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- labeling Hamilton and his sermons as ‘woke’
- contrasting the beef-repentance message with Kansas's cattle-heavy economy
- Hamilton's broader progressive positions on race, climate, and LGBTQ issues
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- Breitbart NewsFar Right
‘Real Adam Hamilton’ Website Targets Kansas Democrat’s Sermons, LGBT Record, Schumer Connection
A website that supports Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall (R) is targeting Democrat nominee Adam Hamilton over past sermons, his church’s activities, and his involvement with national Democrats as the two candidates compete for the state’s U.S. Senate seat.
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Partisan shorthand“Woke”“Woke” is used as a dismissive partisan label rather than a neutral description.More neutral: progressiveDisagree with this highlight? pastor running for Kansas congressional seat once used sermon to implore locals to eat less BEEF
During a 2020 sermon called What Would Jesus Say About Climate Change? Adam Hamilton urged his church to repent from harmful behaviors to the environment.
- Fox NewsFar Right
Partisan shorthand“Woke”“Woke” is used as a dismissive partisan label rather than a neutral description of the pastor's views.More neutral: progressiveDisagree with this highlight? megachurch pastor, Dem nominee called on congregation to repent for driving, eating beef
Adam Hamilton, the Democrat seeking to be the first Kansans sent to the Senate in nearly a century, once asked his church congregation to repent for eating beef.
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A New Ad From Kansas Democrat Adam Hamilton Deserves Three Pinocchios
Democrat Adam Hamilton, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Kansas, has been Loaded verb“exposed as”Implies wrongdoing was uncovered rather than simply reporting facts about the candidate's sermons.More neutral: reported to beDisagree with this highlight? a Partisan shorthand“woke megachurch pastor”“Woke” functions as a dismissive partisan label rather than a neutral description.More neutral: progressive megachurch pastorDisagree with this highlight? who preaches on issues like Black Lives Matter, environmentalism, and the Partisan shorthand“radical LGBTQ agenda”Frames advocacy for LGBTQ rights as an extremist plot rather than describing specific positions.More neutral: LGBTQ rights advocacyDisagree with this highlight?. …
Woke megachurch pastor trying to unseat Kansas GOP senator called on congregation to repent for driving, eating beef
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- New York PostRightSep 28, 3:52 PM EDT
- Daily MailRightSep 28, 4:18 PM EDT
- Breitbart NewsFar RightSep 28, 5:46 PM EDT
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