What the f**k!
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pastor and closest spiritual advisor sat down for an interview on the Reformation Red Pill podcast last week, where he said with zero hesitation that he prays God will kill Texas Democrat James Talarico, who is also a Christian! Horrifying!
Brooks Potteiger, along with the podcast host and a former pastoral intern at the pastor’s church in Tennessee, Joshua Haymes, called the 36-year-old politician “a wolf,” a “demon,” and “a snake.” How horrible of them to claim! Joshua shockingly went on to say what they would like to happen to James one day, saying that he “is the kind of guy you pray imprecatory psalms against.” And he means it “actually.” An imprecatory psalm is a biblical song or prayer that invokes God’s judgment, curses, or destruction upon enemies, for those who don’t know. Joshua continued:
“First and foremost, we pray that a man like this would be cut to the heart.”
He places James in the category of “public enemies,” or those you “are not called to love,” adding:
“This is where you have imprecatory psalms. This is where you pray strongly. The psalmist is not shy. God, destroy them. Make them as dung on the ground. I pray that God kills him. Ultimately, that means killing his heart and raising him up to new life in Christ.”
Agreeing with Joshua, Brooks continued:
“We want him crucified with Christ.”
To which Joshua replied that he wants “death and new life” for James:
“And if it would not be within God’s will to do so, stop him by any means necessary.”
All of this is incredibly disturbing and irresponsible to say. It’s not okay, especially during a time when politically motivated violence is more prevalent than ever. You never know how someone listening will twist these words, take them to heart, and, God forbid, actually hurt him. And let’s state the obvious — wishing death upon someone else in any form is not the most Christian thing to do. Whatever happened to loving your enemies, as the Bible states? Watch the podcast (below):
Just awful.
James responded to the gross statements on Tuesday, but he did not stoop low and wish death upon them, too. No, he handled the situation with grace and spread only “love.” Unlike them, James is actually Christlike! He wrote on X (Twitter):
“Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me.”
A great way to respond to hate. Brooks accused James of “slander” in the comments on Wednesday, saying:
“James, you promote the killing of babies in the womb in the name of Christ. I don’t hate you. I love you enough to pray for your genuine repentance. And I love those you are leading astray enough to warn them about your Scripture twisting, even if it means enduring slander (like what you displayed above)”
Sigh. See the posts (below):
James, you promote the killing of babies in the womb in the name of Christ. I don’t hate you. I love you enough to pray for your genuine repentance. And I love those you are leading astray enough to warn them about your Scripture twisting, even if it means enduring slander (like…
— Brooks Potteiger (@BrooksPotteiger) March 25, 2026
Brooks also slammed HuffPost for the “false” story while offering “a few clarifying thoughts” about what he supposedly meant:
“Talarico joyfully advocates for the right for babies to be murdered in the womb. He also knowingly twists the Scriptures to suggest God supports the murder of babies. This is impressively horrifying. Now, I don’t think it’s good to celebrate the right to murder babies. In fact, I think it’s quite egregious — especially when elected officials, the ones who are charged by God to promote righteousness and to condemn wickedness (Romans 13:3-4), do so. I also believe ministers have a moral obligation to rebuke magistrates who pervert justice and promote wickedness in the name of God.”
The pastor continued:
“Now, as it turns out, God in His wisdom has given us imprecatory psalms where He calls for His people to ask that He’d bring low and frustrate the plans of evildoers. Yes, He even says so in capital terms. Yet, I understand the imprecatory psalms, like I do all of Scripture, first and foremost in light of Christ. And so, as a Christian, when I pray imprecatory psalms about those who celebrate baby murder, I am not, from my heart, praying for their death. I’m praying for their conversion. That the ‘old man’ would die. That he would be ‘crucified with Christ’ (Pauline language for conversation) and raised to new life, and given a new heart with new desires. Interestingly, you neglected to quote where I said my desire is for him to become ‘Talarico of Tarsus’ (i.e., a man who formerly breathed out murderous threats — like Saul — who is changed by Christ and becomes a force for the gospel). Strange to wish for a man’s death while also saying what man I’d like him to emulate.”
This headline is excellent clickbait. Yet, it suffers from the fact that it’s false. I should know as I happen to be pretty close to that fella you slandered. And, strange you used a picture of someone who has literally nothing to do with the conversation at hand.
I get it,…
— Brooks Potteiger (@BrooksPotteiger) March 24, 2026
And instead of condemning such rhetoric, Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson also told HuffPost:
“The Fake News Media, and sometimes anti-Christian media, are deliberately twisting the words of Pastor Potteiger in order to attack him and Secretary Hegseth while advancing a partisan narrative.”
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