Rep. Mary Miller ― a Republican from Illinois who once praised Adolf Hitler ― wrote, edited and ultimately deleted a social media post decrying “a Muslim” speaking in Congress.

“It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should have never been allowed to happen,” she wrote Friday. “American was founded as a Christian nation, and I believe our government should reflect that truth. May God have mercy!”

The man leading the prayer was guest chaplain Giani Singh, a follower of the Sikh faith, not Islam. Miller’s Republican colleague Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) introduced him as such on Friday.

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    This lady won with 73% of the vote in 2020, 71% in 2022, and unopposed in 2024. She is exactly what the people in that area want and that’s sad. The US is like social media. It’s not the platform it’s the users that make it garbage.

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    These racist politician assholes should never ever be allowed to represent us I’m government.

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    It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should have never been allowed to happen

    I believe our government should reflect that truth.

    She’s right: leading prayer in Congress at all should never be allowed. Government should reflect the truth of a secular government.

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    Pepperidge farms remembers when bigots were shamed away from talking not their target minorities.

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    Dumbfuck can’t even get her religions straight, and apparently she thinks America was founded to be a Christian theocracy. Astoundingly ignorant and misinformed, yet there she sits Congress, governing the nation with her 2 brain cells.

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    American was founded as a Christian nation

    – Every American Christian Bigot

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

    – First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States

    🤔

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      It literally says “Congress,” of which she is a member.

      Every newly elected Congressional Rep and Senator should have to pass a difficult, graduate-level test on the history of the United States, and the Constitution, before being sworn into office. You can’t be sworn in until you pass the test. These people are tasked with leading our country. Knowing the basics is the least we can demand of them.

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      Don’t forget:

      The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

      – John Adams

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        “As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religious or tranquility of Musselmen [Muslim peoples], and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.” - Treaty of Tripoli, signed 1797.

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        Thomas Jefferson had his own personally edited version of the Bible that focused on the philosophies and stories in the Bible, and left out the supernatural mythology and fairy tales. There were parts of the religion he liked, but he was clearly uncomfortable with the actual religious parts of it.

        And he actually WROTE the founding documents.

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        Honestly who could say what they meant by that, it’s such an open to interpretation remark.

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            The thing you have to realize is that some words change meaning over time. If you check a dictionary from the time, you’ll find that back then “regulated” meant… oh, looks like it meant the exact same thing it means today. Huh, looks like it’s meant the same thing since it was taken from Latin. Fancy that.

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      Why the FUCK would I Care about the Constitution or Founders?

      -Pro Life People who Defend MASS CHILD KILLERS because of the Second Amendment!

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    Chicagoan here. Like I always say, the souther you go the Kentuckier you get. And this is just central IL. Fuck her bitch face.

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    Why does the House of Representatives even have prayer in the mornings to begin with?

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      I would like to know the actual answer to this. When did it start? Has it been there from the beginning?

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      Because the foundation of US instritutions was largely Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V from Westminster, where morning prayers are the only time MPs are allowed to come and reserve a seat for the rest of the day. It’s probably a lot more attended in the American version though.

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        “Thoughts and prayers!”

        “Uh we’d like some more thoughts, please.”

        “Well we’re OUT of thoughts! We only had three bits and we didn’t expect such a rush.”

        “So my choice is ‘and prayers’? I’ll have the chicken then, please.”

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    Yet another Sikh man misidentified as a Muslim (not that it would matter if they were) by some backwood dumb fuck using weaponized religion.

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    Mary Miller represents district 15 which surrounds but does not include both Springfield and St. Louis. It is 90% white, 2.9% black, and 2.8% Hispanic. There are basically no non-Republican elected officials above the county level and voted overwhelmingly for Trump. This district became home of the second resurgence of the KKK in Illinois in the 1920s and has stayed their home through resurgences in the 1950s and 1990s.

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      Illinois redistricted recently and it was gerrymandered to fuck to make sure that her district was absolutely backwoods conservative as possible. It practically ensures Illinois will swing blue for the next decade. She’s unfortunately my representative, but I’ll live with that reality knowing that my existence as her constituent pisses her off and Illinois stays blue.

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      One of the most insufferable people I have ever known lives in her district. He moved there willingly because of politics. I cut ties entirely over a year ago and it’s been great.

      I almost feel less bald for it. (A lie.)

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    I think it is far more troubling if the world’s only superpower regularly has prayer sessions in their top leadership…