Paula White-Cain, director of the White House Faith Office, says 344 million people of faith will be persecuted this year around the globe — a number she said far outstrips things such as heart attacks and cancer deaths.
“The most dangerous thing in the world is to worship God,” Ms. White-Cain, a pastor who has served as President Trump’s spiritual adviser, told a gathering at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building this week.
The Faith Office she leads has made its mark on the administration, orchestrating pardons of pro-life Christian activists, issuing an educative order combating antisemitism and honoring religious celebrations.
Will Scharf, who serves as White House staff secretary and was part of Tuesday’s gathering, said the administration is proud of its efforts to fight against antisemitism.
“You think about the rise of antisemitism in America today; I put it alongside the rise of conspiratorial thinking we have seen just take off since COVID,” he said. “This administration has done more than any in modern American history to combat antisemitism, and I think we all recognize an issue that it’s not going away and the fight isn’t over.”
Ms. White-Cain has been working with Mr. Trump for decades, and in 2011 he called her over to inquire about whether he should run for president. She spent over six hours with a group of people praying about whether he should seek office at that time.
After Mr. Trump won his first term, Ms. White-Cain became an adviser to the president.
She isn’t paid for her White House role. On the contrary, she revealed she’s faced at least 2,000 death threats.
Mass Deportation Coalition videos get censored
The Mass Deportation Coalition, which wants to see Mr. Trump ramp up his immigration enforcement efforts, hoped to spice up its first boat gala on the Potomac River last week with a couple of videos decrying burdensome immigration.
But City Cruises, the firm running the boat, Spirit of Baltimore, refused to let them be shown.
Organizers said the firm’s contract gave the boat operators veto over material, and City Cruises was irked by the immigration messages.
One was a trailer for a Muckraker documentary, “Replacing Europe,” looking at the continent’s attempts to deal with mass migration from Africa.
The other was the coalition’s own production, featuring an Angel mom — a parent whose child’s death was related to illegal immigration.
“We bury a child because public officials fail to put American life first,” the mother said in the video. “Why does my child matter less than an illegal immigrant?”
The narrator then says: “If we don’t deport millions, Americans will die.”
City Cruises didn’t respond to an inquiry about its refusal.
“It’s pretty clear they were not happy with the overall event,” one attendee told “Seen, Heard & Whispered.”
Among the attendees were former Reps. Steve King and Tom Tancredo, who led Republicans’ immigration crackdown messaging in the years before Mr. Trump elevated the issue to party doctrine.
The boat gala drew a single protester who stood on the deck holding a sign that read: “Immigrants Make America Great.”
Children’s book teaches about deportations
A new children’s book published this summer tells a story of “Diego the Dingo,” who crosses into the United States without permission and learns a valuable lesson.
“Diego the Dingo Finds His Way Home: A Story About Choices, Rules, and Finding Help to Get Back Home” was published in May by authors Ryan Matthew Neuhaus and Mike Howell.
The authors — both policy strategists — wrote the book to help children understand values that lead to an orderly society.
In their short story, which is aimed at children ages 3 to 12, Diego’s family ends up meeting Iggy the Iguana, who works for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after crossing into America. Iggy helps Diego and his parents return home through deportation.
The book concludes with Diego happy that he’s reunited with his grandparents back in his home country.
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