Franklin Graham, evangelical pastor and son of the late Billy Graham, called out Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) for ending his opening prayer for the first day of the 117th Congress with “Amen and Awomen.”
As Breitbart News reported Cleaver, who is also a pastor at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, the lawmaker prayed to “The God known by many names and faith,” before concluding, “Amen and Awomen.”
Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver from Missouri opened the 117th Congress in prayer yesterday, but he closed his prayer by…
Posted by Franklin Graham on Monday, January 4, 2021
Graham posted his remarks on Monday on Facebook:
Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver from Missouri opened the 117th Congress in prayer yesterday, but he closed his prayer by saying, “Amen and a-woman.” I suppose he was trying to use this time of prayer to make a political statement about