Originally published at National Catholic Register
While he was speaking, one attendee loudly yelled ‘Jesus is King,’ to which Vance responded: ‘That’s right — Jesus is King’ and received loud cheers and applause from the crowd. Vance also spoke about religious liberty and other topics.
Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, at an Oct. 20 faith rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin, accused the Biden-Harris administration of persecuting Christians and Catholics in particular.
In his speech, Vance also spoke about religious liberty and the impact of inflation, illegal immigration and drug addiction.
“There are a lot of Catholics … [who] I think rightfully feel abandoned by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ leadership, and they’re just looking for somebody to protect their rights and make this country an affordable and decent place to raise a family,” Vance said at the Sunday afternoon rally in the battleground state.
“I think that’s true of a lot of Catholics,” Vance said. “It’s true of non-Catholics, too. But we cannot have an American government that is persecuting Christians for living their faith. We should be rewarding people and encouraging people to live their faith.”
Vance took Harris to task for her support for “suing Catholic nuns to force them to
