Vice President Kamala Harris’ pastor, Dr. Amos Brown of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, has argued that the United States bears responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as has President Barack Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
Chuck Ross of the Washington Free Beacon Reported Last month, it was reported that Brown’s comments were so inflammatory that Democratic politicians actually walked out of the room during his sermon, forcing other lawmakers to respond on the spot.
Harris and Brown, the longtime pastor of San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church, have known each other for nearly a quarter century, and the two remained close during his time as vice president. In July 2023, Harris posted a photo of the two on the vice presidential Instagram account, Brown explained “It always inspires me.”
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Brown’s remarks condemning the United States came at a memorial for the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, just six days after al-Qaida killed nearly 3,000 Americans. San Francisco Chronicle“It outraged many people” and “consterned politicians.”
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[Rep. Nancy] Pelosi fired back at Brown from the podium: “I respect some of the views that were just expressed, and I agree with some of them. Make no mistake: The acts of terrorism on September 11th caused people to step outside the order of civilized behavior. We cannot be held responsible for that,” she said. said at that time.
of San Francisco Chronicle Reported at that time:
Even in San Francisco, where political controversy is commonplace, many were outraged when former Supervisor Amos Brown delivered a blistering attack on U.S. foreign policy at a memorial for victims of last week’s attacks.
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As the crowd cheered, Paul Holm, the former partner of terrorism victim Mark Bingham, rose from his chair on stage, walked over to Senator Barbara Boxer and said, “This was supposed to be a memorial service.”
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Pelosi then went over to Holm and, fighting back tears, told her how sorry she was for what had happened.
That person was the Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, of whom Harris said, “He has always been a source of inspiration to me.”
The similarities between Obama and his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, are striking. Preached Obama called 9/11 “America’s own doing” and declared, “Fuck America.” Obama is a Christian, married his wife in Wright’s church, had his children baptized in the church, and wrote in his second memoir, ” The audacity of hopeAfter Wright’s sermon, he became famous speech — and then disowned him a few weeks later.
