POLITICO: Sharron Angle Says Social Security & Medicare Are “Wicked”
According to a new report in POLITICO, Sharron Angle was caught telling what appears to be a local church group that Medicare and Social Security are symptoms of the nation's "wicked ways." Angle made these remarks despite falsely claiming over and over that she has never said she wanted to kill Social Security and that she wants to “save” Social Security.
POLITICO reported on Angle’s remarks:
“We as a nation have been walking away from our constitutional freedom and relying on government instead to take care of the widow and the orphan," Angle said during the Oct. 10 appearance in the northern Nevada town of Gardnerville. She lists government safety-net programs, along with abortion, divorce and gay marriage, among the "wicked ways that we can confess as a church."
These statements echo earlier comments Angle made that Social Security and Medicare constitute idolatry, violating God’s First Commandment. Angle’s remarks, caught on tape in newly-unearthed audio, are particularly troubling given her public protestations that she never said she wanted to kill Social Security, despite clear evidence here, here, here, and here. Combined with Angle’s refusal to speak to the public, to address any media outlets, or to respond to clear and simple questions about her positions on a variety of topics, it’s hard to know how to contextualize these extreme statements about Social Security.
In the article, POLITICO recounts more of Angle’s bizarre statements heard on the posted tape:
“I confess that we are a nation who has killed our children. I confess that we are a nation who has walked away from the family and allowed divorce, even among our ranks. We have walked away from the biblical definition of marriage: one man, one woman, the two become one flesh.
“We as a nation have been walking away from our constitutional freedom and relying on government instead to take care of the widow and the orphan. Isn't that what he says, true religion and undefiled before God is that you care for the widow and the orphan? Isn't that the poor and needy among us? And yet we're saying, 'Well, the government, we have all these programs now. Aid for Families with Dependent Children and Medicare and Social Security.' That's fine, but isn't it we that should be thinking about this, isn't it us that should be caring in our community for those that the Lord has called us to? Didn't he say you honor him, you love him if you've cared for these the least among you? So we do have a lot of wicked ways that we can confess as a church, and I think that's what he's calling us to now.”
POLITICO’s full account of Angle calling Social Security and Medicare “wicked” can be found HERE.
POLITICO: Sharron Angle Says Social Security & Medicare Are “Wicked”
According to a new report in POLITICO, Sharron Angle was caught telling what appears to be a local church group that Medicare and Social Security are symptoms of the nation's "wicked ways." Angle made these remarks despite falsely claiming over and over that she has never said she wanted to kill Social Security and that she wants to “save” Social Security.
POLITICO reported on Angle’s remarks:
“We as a nation have been walking away from our constitutional freedom and relying on government instead to take care of the widow and the orphan," Angle said during the Oct. 10 appearance in the northern Nevada town of Gardnerville. She lists government safety-net programs, along with abortion, divorce and gay marriage, among the "wicked ways that we can confess as a church."
These statements echo earlier comments Angle made that Social Security and Medicare constitute idolatry, violating God’s First Commandment. Angle’s remarks, caught on tape in newly-unearthed audio, are particularly troubling given her public protestations that she never said she wanted to kill Social Security, despite clear evidence here, here, here, and here. Combined with Angle’s refusal to speak to the public, to address any media outlets, or to respond to clear and simple questions about her positions on a variety of topics, it’s hard to know how to contextualize these extreme statements about Social Security.
In the article, POLITICO recounts more of Angle’s bizarre statements heard on the posted tape:
“I confess that we are a nation who has killed our children. I confess that we are a nation who has walked away from the family and allowed divorce, even among our ranks. We have walked away from the biblical definition of marriage: one man, one woman, the two become one flesh.
“We as a nation have been walking away from our constitutional freedom and relying on government instead to take care of the widow and the orphan. Isn't that what he says, true religion and undefiled before God is that you care for the widow and the orphan? Isn't that the poor and needy among us? And yet we're saying, 'Well, the government, we have all these programs now. Aid for Families with Dependent Children and Medicare and Social Security.' That's fine, but isn't it we that should be thinking about this, isn't it us that should be caring in our community for those that the Lord has called us to? Didn't he say you honor him, you love him if you've cared for these the least among you? So we do have a lot of wicked ways that we can confess as a church, and I think that's what he's calling us to now.”
POLITICO’s full account of Angle calling Social Security and Medicare “wicked” can be found HERE.
