Bill de Blasio, despite having a wife under investigation for stealing hundreds of millions from a charity, thinks he can run for president. And he does so in the House of the Lord, where he made a fool of himself, at a black church down south last week. He flapped his arms to R Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" and the women sat down in protest. Serves him right. Stay out of our churches, stay out of any church, you belong in jail. It is an insult that you try to take us for granted. Go back to your nap.
Below is the story in the Christian Press:
Democrat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and congregants at the
Victory Tabernacle Deliverance Temple in Orangeburg, South Carolina, are
drawing flak for worshiping with embattled R&B singer R. Kelly's
hit song "I Believe I Can Fly."
De Blasio was reportedly in South Carolina exploring a presidential bid, when he was recorded at the church Sunday by a NY1 reporter flapping his arms along with congregants to the rhythm of Kelly’s hit song from the soundtrack to the 1996 film "Space Jam."
“I wonder if the @NYCMayor realizes who sings this song #SouthCarolina,” tweeted the NY1 reporter Courtney Gross.
Kelly has been under fire for years for his alleged sexual abuse of young girls and Chicago prosecutors charged him last month with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. In "Surviving R. Kelly,"
a six-part Lifetime documentary, filmmakers also interviewed more than
50 people, including the singer's ex-wife, numerous women, their family
members and his former tour manager who all claimed he abused them.
In
a now infamous interview with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King
that aired last Wednesday morning, Kelly called his accusers liars
who've painted him to look like the devil and a monster.
"They was
describing Lucifer. I'm not Lucifer. I'm a man. I make mistakes, but
I'm not a devil, and by no means am I a monster," Kelly said.
As many critics criticized the mayor for swinging to the song, others faulted the church for performing it.
“The
bigger issue is the church shouldn't be playing this. He's just going
with the flow like every other awkward white politician in a black
church,” tweeted one online observer identified only as Sealy.
“If he is wrong for dancing to the song, then the church is wrong for singing it,” tweeted Monique Williams, a student.
The
Christian Post reached out to Victory Tabernacle Deliverance Temple for
comment on the song choice on Tuesday and a representative said no one
was immediately available to discuss what happened during the mayor’s
visit.
A de Blasio spokesman told the New York Daily News that the mayor didn’t know the song was an R. Kelly hit.
“No,
he didn’t know whose song it is,” de Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips
said. “The mayor wasn’t the church’s DJ, and he certainly can’t be
expected to recognize every R. Kelly track. Thanks.”
A Monmouth University poll of
12 declared and potential Democrat presidential candidates released
Monday said de Blasio is the only potential contender to receive a
negative favorability rating, with 18 percent of respondents holding a
favorable view of him compared to 24 percent who see him in an
unfavorable light.
"De Blasio's is the only name among 23
candidates or potential candidates who have been tested in Monmouth's
polling this year to earn a net negative rating among Democrats," the pollsters said.
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