(Faithwire) During the Friday episode of his weekly HBO show, progressive comedian Bill Maher blamed the deadly riot inside the U.S. Capitol on Christianity, conflating the belief in conspiracy theories like QAnon with those who have faith in Scripture.
“As long as we’re going to go to the trouble of another impeachment trial,” he told his audience, “we might as well be honest about what it’s really about: the events of Jan. 6 were a faith-based initiative.”
Maher explained that — in his view — those who support former President Donald Trump are part of “a Christian nationalist movement” of people who believe the real estate mogul “was literally sent from heaven to save them.”