What in the Hell did I just watch?
No, that wasn’t meant to be pejorative, it was meant to be descriptive….this woman exudes demonic vibes straight from the pit of Hell itself!
But to steal a line from Reading Rainbow, don’t take my word for it!
Watch for yourself here:
Democrat Gov Gretchen Whitmer blasphemes the Eucharist, feeding a Dorito to a leftist podcaster as if it’s Holy Communion. Wearing a Kamala hat.
It’s wild that some Christians refuse to vote when Democrats obviously loathe you… because you’re Christian.pic.twitter.com/tcVN1lzWmh
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 10, 2024
Backup video here if needed:
Let’s be clear what’s happening in this video.
Gov. Whitmer of Michigan is pretending to give communion to an leftist podcaster on her knees, using a Dorito as the Eucharist while wearing a Harris-Walz hat.
Do they want ZERO Catholic votes for Harris?pic.twitter.com/daUTNX9vNn
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) October 10, 2024
Ok, so I tried my best to describe this in the headline, but what does it look like to you?
It looks like it’s intended to be a mock porno but then for some reason they do Communion with a Dorito?
Very weird.
Very sick.
And hang on Catholics, I don’t need you upset at me again….I call it Communion, you call it the “Eucharist”. Stand down Catholics!
I posted this last week and I’ve still got Catholics emailing me on a daily basis to yell at me:
MEMO TO THE CATHOLICS: Please Stop Praying To Mary and Angels
So I do not need the Catholics getting mad at me again please!
We're all on the same side here.
The evil is with this woman shooting this strange and creepy and evil video.
CatholicVote also weighed in:
Michigan’s bishops and other Catholics are crying foul after Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer posted a video mocking Holy Communion on social media. In the video, Whitmer stands wearing a Harris-Walz campaign hat and places a Doritos chip on the tongue of a kneeling pro-abortion writer.
The song “Dilemma” by Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland plays in the video as the governor places the mock communion on the tongue of left-wing Canadian columnist and content creator Liz Plank.
Plank, who has written for MSNBC and was behind an initiative called “Hotties for Harris,” has repeatedly expressed pro-abortion views and referred to pro-life pregnancy resource centers as “fake clinics.”
According to political commentator Collin Rugg, Plank and Whitmer created the widely scrutinized video “as a bizarre way to get more votes for Harris.”
After a day of mounting criticism from Catholics, Whitmer released a statement claiming there was nothing offensive about the video, but expressing an apology for the fact that it was “construed as something it was never intended to be.”
“Over 25 years in public service, I would never do something to denigrate someone’s faith,” the statement read:
I’ve used my platform to stand up for people’s right to hold and practice their personal religious beliefs. My team has spoken to the Michigan Catholic Conference. What was supposed to be a video about the importance of the CHIPS Act to Michigan jobs, has been construed as something it was never intended to be, and I apologize for that.
The New York Post reported that the deeply controversial video, which Plank posted to her Instagram account @feministabulous, “is an apparent takeoff on a TikTok meme in which friends feed each other food and stare uncomfortably into the camera.”
Whitmer’s followup statement, which seemed more a defense of the video than an apology to Catholics, is unlikely to quell the burgeoning Catholic backlash.
The Post noted that Plank “tried to shoe-horn the vid into a statement on industrial policy — specifically about the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which gave billions in funding to boost the semiconductor industry.”
How else can this be interpreted other than mockery of Catholics and the sacrament of Holy Communion, not to mention the distasteful pornographic innuendo? Gretchen Whitmer is only the latest example of the gross anti-Catholic bigotry festering inside the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/KG1BmHYkJM
— CatholicVote (@CatholicVote) October 10, 2024
And from local KRON4:
The Catholic League criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Friday for posting a video showing her feeding a Dorito to a podcaster, with the group accusing her of mocking the Eucharist.
Podcaster Liz Plank posted a video on her Instagram showing herself being fed a Dorito by Whitmer, who’s standing above Plank. The camera turns to Whitmer who offers the camera a serious expression while wearing Harris-Walz campaign gear.
It would appear the Catholic League took issue with the positioning of Plank in the video, which Catholic League President Bill Donohue claims shows Plank “kneeling” and “receiving food on the tongue,” as one would during Holy Communion.
“Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer insulted Catholics nationwide when she intentionally ridiculed the Eucharist in a video,” Donohue wrote in a statement. He added: “There is no way to understand this stunt other than as an expression of vintage anti-Catholic bigotry. Whitmer’s team, and her allies in the media, are trying to distort what she did.”
But Plank’s video follows a meme format of many similar TikTok videos, which include a similar dynamic of people being fed with the song “Dilemma,” by Nelly and Kelly Rowland playing in the background. Plank’s video — and its inclusion of Doritos — were intended to be in support of the CHIPS and Science Act, which was signed into law by Pres. Biden in 2022 and aimed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S.
“Chips aren’t just delicious, the CHIPS Act is a game-changer for U.S. tech and manufacturing, boosting domestic production of semiconductors to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers! Donald Trump would put that at risk,” Plank wrote in the video’s caption.
Donohue derided the idea that the post was meant to be in support of semiconductor legislation.
“There are indeed many clips of people feeding each other on social media, but there is no reference to the CHIPS Act, nor are they eating chips. The typical video on TikTok shows one person sitting at a table, often in a restaurant, being fed — usually with a fork or spoon — by a friend,” he argued.
“None of them are kneeling. None of them are receiving food on the tongue,” he added, though it’s unclear from the video whether Plank is kneeling or not. “What Whitmer did was to deride Holy Communion. There is no wiggle room for her to deny the obvious.”
Helene Hare, a spokeswoman for Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC, responded to Catholic League’s criticism noting in a statement that “the governor’s social media is well known for infusing her communications with pop culture.”
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