From Fox News: The White House remarked that Christmas will continue to be a holiday for Christians “celebrating the birth of their Savior” after a Washington Post article criticized the Trump administration’s “explicitly sectarian” holiday messages.
On Friday, the Washington Post went viral after promoting an article that highlighted the more religious tone in many Trump officials’ Christmas messages.
The article included examples from the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, who all described Christmas as a Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
“Top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration posted messages from their government accounts hailing Christmas in explicitly sectarian terms, such as a day to celebrate the birth of ‘our Savior Jesus Christ,'” the article read.
“The messages sharply diverged from the more secular, Santa Claus-and-reindeer style of Christmas messages that have been the norm for government agencies for years,” the article continued. “The posts provided the latest example of the administration’s efforts to promote the cultural views and language of Trump’s evangelical Christian base.”
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital, “While the Washington Post would prefer we stick to ‘Happy Holidays,’ we’re saying Merry Christmas again. And Christmas is a Christian holiday for millions of Christians celebrating the birth of their Savior, whether the Washington Post likes it or not.”
Counterterrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka had a stronger response.
“You really do not hate the media scum enough,” he said. “Christmas is about the birth of our Savior, the Son of God. Our Republic was founded by men of God, based on Western Christian values. The West is the greatest civilization Mankind has ever known since it predicates rights given by God.”
Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Mark Meador responded, “Imagine how unhappy a person you have to be to write something like this. These people need Jesus.”
Conservative commentators also answered the Washington Post.
“The ‘Christ’ in Christmas is a pretty strong signal that the entire foundation of the holiday is Christian. In fact, it might even be a sign that the whole reason for the season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the incarnation of God’s Son. You absolute clowns,” The Federalist CEO Sean Davis wrote.
Bonchie, a writer for RedState, responded, “They’ll dedicate dozens of days a year celebrating mental delusions about gender identity, but notice that Christmas is about Jesus Christ, and the great triggering begins.”
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