Politico Reporter Disguises PR For Left-Wing Political Group As Journalism
Does political writer Heidi Przybyla work for Politico or a left-wing group funded by Arabella? Her recent stories make it hard to tell.
Politico reporter Heidi Przybyla claimed on Thursday that Christians who believe rights are derived from God are "Christian nationalists."
Speaking on MSNBC, Przybyla claimed that former President Donald Trump is surrounding himself with an "extremist element" of Christians, whom she identified as "Christian nationalists."
That's when things got weird. According to Przybyla, there is one belief that all so-called Christian nationalists share.
"[T]he thing that unites them as Christian nationalists — not Christians, by the way, because Christian nationalist is very different — is that they believe that our rights as Americans, as all human beings, don't come from any earthly authority. They don't come from Congress. They don't come to the Supreme Court. They come from God."
The "problem" with believing that rights come from God, Przybyla claimed, is that "men" misapply "so-called natural law" to oppose progressive issues, like abortion, sex education in schools, IVF, and gay marriage.
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There is an obvious problem with Przybyla's argument: the Declaration of Independence. Philosophical debates about "rights" aside, the founding document is clear that rights are not derived from man like Przybyla claimed.
The Declaration of Independence declares:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
The Founding Fathers, then, were aware of the dangers of a government being empowered to control rights: if the government giveth, then government can taketh. But if fundamental rights are ultimately derived from God, no government can take them.
Przybyla comments went viral on Friday afternoon and triggered an avalanche of mockery:
Przybyla responded to the controversy by gaslighting, claiming she did not say what everyone heard her say. And yet, she somehow also managed to double down.
"While there are different wings of Christian Nationalism, they are bound by their belief that our rights come from God," she said on social media. "If you are Hindu, Jewish etc, this might help you understand the next part of my point, which is they are using this for a man-made policy agenda."
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