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Founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of the 700 club, Pat Robertson, made this statement during his broadcast Monday:

 

“Violence in the streets, ladies and gentlemen. Why is it happening?” he asked. “The fact that we have disrespect for authority; there is profound disrespect for our president, all across this nation they say terrible things about him. It’s in the news, it’s in other places. There is disrespect now for our national anthem, disrespect for our veterans, disrespect for the institutions of our government, disrespect for the court system. All the way up and down the line, disrespect.”

“Until there is biblical authority,” Robertson continued, “there has to be some controlling authority in our society and there is none. And when there is no vision of God, the people run amok … and we have taken from the American people the vision of God, the whole idea of reward and punishment, an ultimate judge of all our actions, we’ve taken that away. When there is no vision of God, the people run amok.”

There’s obviously no point in trying to make sense of such an argument, and it’s certainly tempting not to care what an outrageous televangelist has to say about major national tragedies. (Immediately after 9/11, you’ll recall, Robertson endorsed the idea that Americans were to blame for the attacks and after Hurricane Katrina he blamed it on abortion rights).  But, its no secret that he has the ear and respect of a number of Right Winged leaders including our sitting President Donald Trump.

Source: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/pat-roberson-blames-las-vegas-massacre-disrespect-trump