In Speech at Religious Right’s Faith & Freedom Conference Georgia Senator Prays for Commander in Chief’s Life to End
U.S. Senator David Perdue Friday morning used a passage from the Christian Bible to pray for President Barack Obama’s life to end.
“We should pray like Psalm 109:8 says: Let his days be few,†the Georgia freshman told the audience of right wing Christians at Ralph Reed’s Faith & Freedom conference, according to journalists from The Hill and The Daily Beast:
In Woodruff’s report at The Daily Beast, she notes Sen. Perdue smiled “wryly” after delivering the quote from scripture, and the “crowd chuckled.”
Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowry notes:
In context, here’s the extent of how extreme an assault this is (109:8 is in bold)
6 Â Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7Â When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
    and may his prayers condemn him.
8Â May his days be few;
    may another take his place of leadership.
9Â May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.
10Â May his children be wandering beggars;
    may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12Â May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity on his fatherless children.
13Â May his descendants be cut off,
    their names blotted out from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16Â For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
18 He wore cursing as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,
    into his bones like oil.
19 May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil of me.New International Version (NIV)
Raw Story’s Tom Boggioni notes, “Among Christians, Psalm 109 is often referred to as the ‘Judas psalm.'”
Hypocritically, the conference Perdue attended posted this tweet of him:
Slate and CBS News’ Jamelle Bouie posted these tweets in response:
UPDATE: 12:08 PM EDT –
The good folks at Right Wing Watch have the video. This is even worse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q317_pPhVPw
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UPDATE II 12:15 PM EDT –Â
NCRM has left a message at Sen. Perdue’s office and we’ll update this report when we receive a response.