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struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2019, 08:34 PM Nov 2019

Paula White hawking products while working for White House

BY SHANE CROUCHER ON 11/12/19 AT 7:31 AM EST

... The Trump administration recently revealed that White, the current president's spiritual adviser and a wealthy televangelist preacher of the prosperity gospel, will head the Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the White House, founded by executive order last year.

White, who headed Trump's evangelical advisory committee, caught attention in 2018 when she told people to donate their first paycheck of the year to her ministries as a "first fruit" offering or face God's wrath ...

... a White House spokesman said White, who is also known by her married name White-Cain, is a part-time special government employee and "permitted to maintain separate employment" to her official role.

"White continues to hawk religion-themed items, including items she promises will reward buyers spiritually and materially. This is simply wrong," tweeted Melissa Rogers, an expert on religion in public life who served as executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships under former President Barack Obama ...

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-pastor-paula-white-cain-obama-faith-adviser-1471155

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dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
1. This lady is 100 percent grift. She doesn't believe a word of
Tue Nov 12, 2019, 08:36 PM
Nov 2019

what she says. Pure unadulterated greedy evil.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. So exactly what kind of wrath can I expect to be facing?
Tue Nov 12, 2019, 09:02 PM
Nov 2019

Boils? Lice? Blood water? I already have all of that anyway, so what have I got to lose?

struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)
5. Your waking hours will be filled with visions of Paula on your television, squawking
Tue Nov 12, 2019, 09:42 PM
Nov 2019

dismally about the evil things that will befall you if you do not donate to her

Donating, however, will not end these dismal visions

The only hope, I'm afraid, is to turn off your TV

crickets

(25,952 posts)
4. I still can't figure out how they're getting away with the Trump store.
Tue Nov 12, 2019, 09:33 PM
Nov 2019

We have a 'president' hawking political t-shirts by tweet. WTFF?

keithbvadu2

(36,655 posts)
7. Prosperity Gospel primarily benefits those promoting it.
Tue Nov 12, 2019, 11:06 PM
Nov 2019

Prosperity Gospel primarily benefits those promoting it.

Takket

(21,528 posts)
8. oh... to be a fly on the wall...
Tue Nov 12, 2019, 11:27 PM
Nov 2019

just once i'd like to record these scumbags when they don't think anyone is listening. you just know this woman laughs herself to sleep every night on a pile of money, talking about all the "fucking idiot magats" making her rich.

someone should be looknig at this woman's taxes............ i guarantee she isn't recording any income on this hustle.

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