The Harris-Waltz campaign has hired liberal activist Rev. Jennifer Butler as its new director of faith outreach, an appointment Butler confirmed on social media and in an interview with Religion News Service.
Butler is a longtime liberal activist who in 2022 claimed that white supremacists have “hijacked” the Christian faith and said the faith calls us to “resist.” He is the founder of the nonprofit Faith in Public Life, which claims to promote “the moral imperative of a just, inclusive and equal state.” He is currently campaigning to eradicate white supremacy in the Christian faith.
“I have a wide range of relationships and I think that will help us put together a broad coalition very quickly.” Butler told Religion News Service (RNS): “I also recognize that we are at a critical moment when American democracy needs voices of faith for justice more than ever before…The Harris-Waltz campaign is a truly unique opportunity to shift the debate and capture the attention of all those who are concerned about what a Trump presidency means, what this campaign is doing, and what it can do to change America.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris attends a roundtable with faith leaders in Washington, DC on March 31, 2021 (Getty Images)
Butler's official title will be director of national faith engagement, according to RNS. Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for more details on what Butler's new role specifically entails, but did not receive a response. The campaign website, Or its formula X-account, As of Thursday morning.
Butler, 2022 Wrote an editorial She posted this on the website of the Progressive Non-Denominational Christian Movement. “More Christians must stand up,” she wrote at the time. “We cannot stand by and watch the hearing on January 6th. We cannot allow our faith to continue to be hijacked by white supremacists cloaked in religious language. For the sake of our faith and our democracy, we must denounce Christian nationalism and reclaim a faith that respects and affirms the human dignity of all people, including ourselves.”
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Two women embrace after the General Conference of the United Methodist Church lifted its ban on LGBTQ clergy on May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Meanwhile, the following month, she MSNBC interview. During the interview, Butler said Christianity “has long been used to justify the oppression of others,” arguing that it's happening again amid the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “That's not my faith,” Butler continued. “As a Christian, and especially as a white Christian in this country…we as Christians need to be more vocal about our faith. Our faith calls us to resist modern-day pharaohs, Egyptian kings, and Roman emperors.”
Butler added: [Christianity] “We stand for justice and mercy,” the pastor said, accusing Republicans of using religious freedom as a “weapon” to pass discriminatory legislation against people who identify as LGBTQ. Arrested in 2017 They nonviolently protested Republican efforts to repeal provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including attempts to set aside abortion restrictions on the grounds that they infringe on religious freedom.
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Butler did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
