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TRUMP INVITES HUNGARY'S CONTROVERSIAL PRIME MINISTER ORBAN TO WHITE HOUSE
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with U.S. President Donald Trump at The White House on May 13.
Trump is one of the Hungarian PM's few allies, who has become one of Europe's most prominent right-wing nationalists. Orban and his Fidesz party were elected in 2018 on a campaign that almost exclusively focused on anti-immigration policies.
Senior Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress told President Donald Trump on Friday they were concerned about Hungary's "downward democratic trajectory," ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's visit to Washington.
"In recent years, democracy in Hungary has significantly eroded. ... Under Orban, the election process has become less competitive and the judiciary is increasingly controlled by the state," Republican Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch and Bob Menendez, the panel's top Democrat, said in a letter to Trump.
The letter was also signed by Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
The senators also said they were very concerned about the close relationship between Hungary, a NATO partner, and Russia. They said Hungary has failed to diversify its energy resources from Moscow and allowed Russia to exploit its visa system to evade U.S. sanctions.
The Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, right, and his husband, Chasten, with former President Jimmy Carter on Sunday at Carter's Sunday school class in Plains, Georgia.Paul Newberry/AP
GAY INDIANA MAYOR, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PETE BUTTIGIEG WENT TO JIMMY CARTER'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS & WAS INVITED TO READ FROM THE BIBLE
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, on Sunday went to former President Jimmy Carter's Sunday-school class.
The South Bend, Indiana, mayor said he was "humbled" to meet with Carter at his church in Plains, Georgia.
Buttigieg had lunch with Carter after the class.
In a tweet, Buttigieg described Carter as a "true public servant" and said the US was "blessed for his continuing leadership."
Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, visited Jimmy Carter's Sunday-school class in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday and then had lunch with the former president.
The South Bend, Indiana, mayor said he was "humbled" to meet with Carter, who has hosted other 2020 Democratic candidates such as Sens. Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar at his Sunday-school class.
Carter invited Buttigieg to stand and read from the Bible to those attending the class at Maranatha Baptist Church in southern Georgia, the Associated Press reported.
In an apparently jocular reference to Buttigieg, the report said, Carter at one point elicited laughter from the crowd when he said, "You know him?"
Buttigieg's visit was unannounced, and some questioned who he was when he entered the room. In response, one attendee reportedly said, "Mayor Pete, the guy running for president."
"I was humbled to meet with President Carter in Plains, Georgia today," Buttigieg said in a tweet after their meeting. "He is a true public servant and America is blessed for his continuing leadership."
Buttigieg's husband, Chasten, in a separate tweet said the two had "a lovely visit" to Plains.
Buttigieg in the past several months has gone from being relatively unknown to among the most serious contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, garnering nonstop media attention as he's climbed up the polls.
The South Bend mayor, who is a gay Episcopalian Christian, has often discussed his faith along the campaign trail — at one pointingtaking a jab at Vice President Mike Pence's anti-LGBTQ stances and rhetoric.
Buttigieg has also faced antigay heckling as he's campaigned, but he has shrugged it off.
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A new “populist” political candidate in Denmark has taken the conversation about
Muslim immigration by storm. In this brow-raising political debate below,
37 year old Rasmus Paludan addresses the “Great replacement” (Jihad by immigration) unabashedly. Paludan,
a lawyer, leads the political party “Stram Kurs ” that he founded in 2017.
The General elections in Denmark are in June, while elections to the EU parliament are in the last week of this month.
The General elections in Denmark are in June, while elections to the EU parliament are in the last week of this month.
Paludan has taken the public discourse about Islam to levels unseen in the political square, which include his many antics like burning the Quran, wrapping it in bacon and leading demonstrations which have turned into violent riots. He has advocated the expulsion of all Muslims who “believe they can decide what the limit of freedom of expression should be”, despite being quoted as stating that all Muslims should be expelled.
Paludan has stated: “I am one of the most endangered people in Denmark,” says Rasmus Paludan, when we entered his secured office, where folders with criminal cases stand side by side with books about Islam’s invasion of the West.
No matter how offensive Paludan’s antics may be, of which any Westerner is within his or her rights to condemn on personal grounds– as with offences against Christianity, Judaism and other religions–the violent reactions to Paludan send the message that one religion alone stands above all others and must not be criticized without threats of violence and attempted “executions”.
Recently, Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache alluded to the impact of mass migration and demographic changes on the country, saying his party would fight against ‘population exchange’”. French Archbishop of Strasbourg Luc Ravel also spoke of the term’s concept in reference to a demographic shift, saying, “Muslim believers know very well that their birthrate is such that today, they call it … the Great Replacement, they tell you in a very calm, very positive way that, ‘one day all this, it will be ours’.”
The Pentagon is sending additional marines and assets to the Persian Gulf as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate. This comes just days after National Security Advisor John Bolton announced that the super carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group would be deployed to the area. One America's Neil W. McCabe has more from the White House.
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California Sen. Kamala Harris, who is running to be the Democrat nominee for President has vowed to enact strict gun control measures by executive order within the first 100 days, if she is elected.
“I’m proposing, one, that if by my 100th day in office when elected president of the United States, if the United States Congress fails to put a bill on my desk … then I’m prepared to take executive action because that’s what’s needed: action,” Harris said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper.
"On this issue of the need for gun safety laws, we're not at any loss for good ideas… What we're waiting for is Congress to have the courage to act," says Sen. @KamalaHarris.
“We are not waiting on tragedies and we are not waiting on good ideas,” Harris said, adding that “on the issue of the need for gun safety laws, we’re not at any loss for good ideas. People have been having good ideas for decades on this issue. What we’re at a loss is for people in Congress to have the courage to do something.”
“Universal background checks? Check! Really good idea.” Harris continued, adding “you might wanna know if someone has been proven to be a danger to themselves or others before they can buy a lethal weapon.”
Harris outlined that she would enforce rules requiring anyone who sells more than five guns per year to do background checks, and would have the BATF rescind licenses from gun dealers who refused to comply.
She claimed that “90 percent of the guns that are associated with crime have been sold by 5 percent of the gun dealers. We need to take their licenses away.”
Harris noted that she would ensure that checks would be the “most comprehensive” that “has ever been had in our country thus far.”
When Tapper questioned whether the Executive office would be able to take such reaching action without the approval of Congress, Harris sternly responded “Yes it can.”
Harris is one of several Democrats who have said they will aggressively push for gun control.
Last week Cory Booker unveiled what his campaign described as ‘the most sweeping gun control plan ever’, as he expressed agreement with the notion that lawful gun owners should be ‘thrown in prison’ if they refuse to comply with “an assault weapons ban.”
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Presidential candidate Joe Biden wants American taxpayers to pay for illegal-alien healthcare. Indeed, he doesn’t just want us to pay for their healthcare, he says we are obliged to pay for their healthcare.
That’s likely because Biden thinks illegals are American citizens, and doesn’t much care how many are here as long as they vote the right way.
What Biden didn’t explain when he said we must pay for illegal-alien healthcare is how much such beneficence would cost.
Answer: A lot.
The Question, The Answer
Biden’s demand that we pay for illegal-alien healthcare answered a question he got on Wednesday in Los Angeles from a reporter who wanted to know whether the “undocumented” deserve a free ride.
The question was this: “Do you think that undocumented immigrants who are in this country and are law-abiding should be entitled to federal benefits like Medicare, Medicaid for example?”
Answered Biden, “Look, I think that anyone who is in a situation where they are in need of health care, regardless of whether they are documented or undocumented, we have an obligation to see that they are cared for. That's why I think we need more clinics in this country.”
Biden forgot to put “free” before clinics, but anyway, the candidate then suggested that Americans who disagree likely have a nasty hang-up about the border-jumping illegals who lie with the facility of Pinocchio when they apply for “asylum.”
“A significant portion of undocumented folks in this country are there because they overstayed their visas,” he continued. “It’s not a lot of people breaking down gates coming across the border,” he falsely averred.
Then came the inevitable. “We” need to watch what we say about all those “undocumented folks.”
“The biggest thing we’ve got to do is tone down the rhetoric,” he continued, because that “creates fear and concern” and ends in describing “undocumented folks” in “graphic, unflattering terms.”
Biden thinks those “undocumented folks” are citizens, as Breitbart noted in its report on his generosity with other people’s money.
In 2014, Biden told the worthies of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce that entering the country illegally isn’t a problem, and Teddy Roosevelt would agree.
“The 11 million people living in the shadows, I believe they’re already American citizens,” Biden said. “Teddy Roosevelt said it better, he said Americanism is not a question of birthplace or creed or a line of dissent. It’s a question of principles, idealism, and character.”
Illegals “are just waiting, waiting for a chance to be able to contribute fully. And by that standard, 11 million undocumented aliens are already American.”
Roosevelt also said that “the one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities,” but that inconvenient truth aside, Biden likely doesn’t grasp just what his munificence — again, with our money — will cost.
The Cost of Illegal-Alien Healthcare
Biden is right that visa overstays are a big problem: 701,900 in 2018, the government reported. But at least those who overstay actually entered the country legally; border jumpers don’t.
But that’s beside the point.
The real problem is the cost of the healthcare, which Forbes magazine estimated to be $18.5 billion, $11.2 billion of it federal tax dollars.
In 2017, the Federation for American Immigration Reform reported a figure of $29.3 billion; $17.1 in federal tax dollars, and $12.2 billion in state tax dollars. More than $15 billion on that total was uncompensated medical care. The rest fell under Medicaid births, Medicaid fraud, Medicaid for illegal-alien children, and improper Medicaid payouts.
The bills for the more than half-million illegals who have crossed the border since the beginning of fiscal 2019 in October are already rolling in.
Speaking at a news conference in March, Brian Hastings, operations chief for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said about 55 illegals per day need medical care, and that 31,000 illegals will need medical care this year, up from 12,000 last year. Since December 22, he said, sick illegals have forced agents to spend 57,000 hours at hospitals or medical facilities. Cost: $2.2 milllion in salaries. Between 25 percent and 40 percent of the border agency’s manpower goes to the care and maintenance of illegals, he said.
CBP spent $98 million on illegal-alien healthcare between 2014 and 2018.
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Anti-Semitism is quickly on the rise within the Democratic Party, and the poster children for it are two high-profile freshmen US Representatives, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. Florida, too, has its own Democrat Islamist anti-Semite, anti-Israel activist Rasha Mubarak. Mubarak is on a mission to destroy the Jewish state, Israel, and she is taking the Florida Democratic Party with her.
Elected in November 2018, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are the first Muslim women to serve in the US Congress. Recently, both have been cited for making anti-Semitic statements, relative to the issue of Israel. And while no one suggests that criticism of Israel is out of bounds, the statements that these women have made have crossed the line. This includes bringing up the ‘dual-loyalty’ canard, which has been used against Jews for millennia, and suggesting that Jewish money is buying off politicians. These assertions and more have led to both Omar and Tlaib being reprimanded by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and members of their own party.
Minnesota and Michigan are not the only states where Democratic Party leaders are spouting anti-Semitism. It is happening, as well, in the Sunshine State and in a big way.
On April 9th, the Florida Young Democrats (FYD) released, in part, the following message: “We are excited to officially welcome Rasha Mubarak to our FYD Board as Central Florida Regional Director. Though a new addition to our board, Rasha has already been hard at work with chartering a new Osceola Young Democrats, working on this year’s Campaign Academy programming and leading our 2019 Convention planning in Orlando.”
In Mubarak’s statement accepting the role as FYD Central Florida Regional Director, she announced that she was ending her two-year term as President of the Young Democrats of Orange County (YDOC).
In the April 9th FYD message welcoming Mubarak, FYD also acknowledged that Mubarak had previously served as the Central Florida Regional Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). By acknowledging this fact, FYD was admitting that Mubarak had been involved in a group associated with international terrorism.
CAIR was established, in June 1994, as part of an umbrella group headed by then-global leader of Hamas, Mousa Abu Marzook. CAIR has been cited by the US government for its involvement in the financing of Hamas. CAIR-Florida, itself, has been linked with support for Hamas. In July 2014, CAIR-Florida was the co-sponsor of a pro-Hamas rally held in Downtown Miami. After the rally, the event organizer, Sofian Zakkout, wrote, “Thank God, every day we conquer the American Jews like our conquests over the Jews of Israel!” In August 2014, CAIR-Florida Executive Director Hassan Shibly tweeted, “Israel and its supporters are enemies of God.”
Islamic Relief’s ties to terror are well known. The Russian government has accused Islamic Relief of supporting terrorism in Chechnya. Israel has banned the group, labeling it a Hamas front and arresting the organization’s Gaza Program Manager, Ayaz Ali, in 2006, for providing “funds and assistance to various Hamas institutions and organizations.” At the end of 2014, Britain’s HSBC bank cut ties with Islamic Relief over concerns about “terrorist financing.” Reports show that Islamic Relief has sent millions of dollars to and received tens of thousands of dollars from groups related to al-Qaeda.
In November 2014, Mubarak was a featured speaker at the Al-Awda 12th Annual International Convention, held in Fort Lauderdale. Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, is a US-based activist group, which opposes Israel’s right to exist. Participating, along with Mubarak, were then-Chair of Al-Awda, Anas Amireh, who advocates Palestinians use cars as weapons and refers to Israel as the “Zionist enemy,” and then-Vice Chair of Al-Awda, Abbas Hamideh, who told Jews, in October 2015, “Rest assured Zionism will be eradicated and if you’re lucky you’ll be sent back to Europe where you belong...” Hamideh says peace with Israel only means “surrender.”
Though she was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Orlando, Florida, Mubarak likes to refer to herself as a Muslim Palestinian American. Her bias against Israel is evident in most everything she does and says. But like Representatives Omar and Tlaib and her comrades at Al-Awda, Mubarak’s views regarding Israel are far beyond criticism. Indeed, Mubarak believes Israel does not have the right to defend herself.
This month, when Hamas launched more than 600 rockets into Israel, leading to the deaths of four civilians, Mubarak tweeted/retweeted against anyone who would dare defend Israeli retaliation. Her targets included former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Producer of "The Ellen Show" Andy Lassner, and Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio, who rightly described Hamas’ rocket attacks as “brutal” and “an affront to humanity.”
In November 2012, Mubarak clearly spelled out her stance on this subject, tweeting, “#LiesImTiredOfHearing Israel has the right to defend herself.” At the time, Israel had launched a war against Hamas, much like now, in retaliation for Hamas massive rocket fire. Regarding this, when her fellow CAIR operative Laila Abdelaziz tweeted, “Don’t worry ya Gaza, we’re working hard for you in Florida,” Mubarak, retweeted her, adding, “Yes we are!”
As well, at the end of the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict, Mubarak retweeted photos of a jubilant Hamas, who had, after so much bloodshed, pitilessly just declared victory. One of her posts read, “Thousands of people celebrating in the streets of Gaza for the victory. Alhamdulillah. #VictoryForGaza.”
Mubarak has been pulling the Florida Democratic Party into her terror-related bigoted world.
In December 2017, Mubarak had her YDOC and the Seminole County Young Democrats partner with CAIR for her ‘HANDS OFF JERUSALEM RALLY FOR PALESTINE.’ All of the groups’ logos are plastered on a dark and menacing poster advertising the rally and featuring images of a Palestinian flag and the Dome of the Rock. A video of the event highlights an anti-Semitic rant made by Mubarak’s uncle, Orlando real estate investor Said Lutfi, who, during the rally, referred to Jews as “the crappiest piece of s**t on this planet,” “baby killers,” and “Jesus killers.” Lutfi stated, “A ‘Jew’ is a curse.”
In September 2018, Mubarak did a live streamed video with FYD President Jake Sanders to discuss BDS, the bigoted movement to boycott Israel. In the video, Sanders, who was elected President in May 2017 and who claims to have a “Jewish heritage,” seemed clueless of the fact that he was being used by Mubarak, in order to legitimize BDS. Mubarak begins by calling soon-to-be-Governor Ron DeSantis “racist” for “demonizing ”BDS and CAIR, as a way, she claims, “to show his solidarity with the Jewish community.” An uncomfortable moment occurs, when Sanders declares both he and Mubarak “believe in a two-state solution”; she quickly corrects him saying she does not.
Rasha Mubarak is leading the Florida Democratic Party down an anti-Semitic trajectory, which has now become a disturbing trend. It appears Mubarak can manipulate the FDP to push her bigotry against Jews and the Jewish homeland with impunity. And ‘useful idiots,’ like Jake Sanders, have given her carte blanche, so that she has the platform to do it.
There has been zero pushback from Democratic leadership, and given that the national party has not managed to properly condemn the anti-Semitism of its two Islamist Congresswomen, this comes as no surprise.
The Florida Democratic Party would be smart to cut ties with the cancer Mubarak and relieve her of her position immediately. However, if history proves correct, the party will just rally to her support and ignore the problem completely.
Beila Rabinowitz, Director of Militant Islam Monitor, contributed to this report. ________________________________________________________
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Rasha Mubarak – CAIR Leader and President of the Young Democrats of Orange County sponsored an anti-semitic hate fest on December 8, 2017 at Lake Eola Park, Orlando, Florida.
CAIR, Young Democrats of OC, and Organize Florida held a rally protesting the United States moving our Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem, but that is not what really motivated them. You will see Rasha Mubarak’s friend Said Lutfi, scream every anti semitic, Jewish hating curse, in both Arabic and English at our camera.
We translated the Arabic curses and one of them was a veiled death threat inciting violence against our investigative team. You will see how a few of the Palestinian supporters use low level intimidation tactics that are laughable but always entertaining.
The United West investigative team learned some very interesting lessons at this CAIR sponsored Israel hatefest. Key takeaways from the video:
We learned the Israeli Palestinian conflict is not about land but about religiosity. The vocal hatred of the Jews Said Lutfi proudly displayed had nothing to do with Israel. Lutfi and CAIR’s hatred of the Jews is personal.
The Young Democrats of Orange County, FL partnering with CAIR for this Israeli hatefest is troubling. More troubling is the crowd standing silently as Lutfi utters every anti-semitic slur known to man. A sad day indeed for the Democratic party, unless you are an anti-semite then you will fit right in.
We learned that CAIR, a “Civil Rights Group”, and the Young Democrats of Orange County must share the same views based on Garson Larza’s silence and the bigot Rasha Mubarak as their President.
Lastly, we learned the followers of Islam don’t even believe Jesus died on the cross so the lies of Said Lutfi about the Jews are false and motivated by a dark and evil hate.
The video camera is a powerful tool showing exactly what evil people do and more importantly when they do nothing.
Today we saw both and it is a stain on Orlando The City Beautiful.
CAIR's Rasha Mubarak & Friend Support Terrorist Group Hezbollah
At 1:04 you will see the new CAIR Orlando leader Rasha Mubarak not condemning Hezbollah to her friend, we think is Mr. Lutfi, but she does just the opposite.
CAIR's Mubarak tells her Hezbollah supporting friends not to talk with us because we are Jews, in Arabic, thinking we will never know what she said.
This video has gotten over 64,000 hits so I'm sure Hassan Shibly saw this video before hiring Rasha Mubarak to her new post heading up CAIR's Orlando office.
CAIR was declared a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November 2014. It appears the UAE's designation is well earned.
So how does this video make my Jewish viewers feel?
If you go to Rasha Mubarak's FaceBook page you will see a picture of her and her Hezbollah flag waving friend supporting Democratic politician Susannah Randolph (D) who is running for Congress.
This Orlando rally was unique in that it was called the al Qods Day Rally and we had a couple of honest pro Hamas Muslims proudly waving the flag of Hezbollah in support of Iran.
Al-Quds or Qods Day? Iranians rallied nationwide on Friday in a show of support for Palestinians as archfoe Israel pursued its campaign against Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip.
In Tehran, footage showed demonstrators, carrying placards proclaiming “Death to Israel” and “Death to America,” converging from nine different points on Tehran University in the city center.
One can only assume the Orlando Muslim community knows very well what happens in Tehran on the last Friday of Ramadan since 1979.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. stole Yazdi's idea, and on August 7, 1979, he declared the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan each year as Quds Day, in which Muslims worldwide would unite in solidarity against Israel and in support of the Palestinians.
Khomeini declared the liberation of Jerusalem a religious duty to all Muslims. Did you get that?? It is a religious duty not a political duty for all Muslims to rid the Middle East of Israel.
Everyone knows the liberation of Jerusalem means removing all Jews from Jerusalem and returning to the pre-1948 borders.
What makes me sick are the leaders of this Orlando Rally were trying to deceive all Orlando non-Muslims by calling this a rally for freedom.
The fact of the matter is this Quds Day rally represents the destruction of Israel. The two Hezbollah supporters were the only two honest people there who were acknowledging Iran and Hezbollah in their support for Hamas and the Palestinians.
Now that you know the history of Al-Quds and what it represents you can see the Orlando Muslims present did not disagree with the politics behind Quds Day or the terrorist Hezbollah flag.
The Orlando Muslims knew that supporting Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, and the destruction of Israel just aren't all that popular here in America.
I just wished there were some Muslims in Orlando who were brave enough to stand against the terrorist country Iran and terrorists of Hamas whose goal is obliterate Israel.
Hopefully, one day soon the Muslims in Orlando will stand against this type of blind support for the terrorists of Hamas and Iran.
Maybe one day soon we can all hope for the segment of the Orlando Muslim's who stand with America to become vocal and overpower those voices in support of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Unfortunately, this year is not that year.
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APOPKA, Fla. —Controversial televangelist Paula White, who serves as a spiritual advisor to President Trump, announced on May 5 that she has transferred the pastoral leadership of New Destiny Christian Center to her son and his wife — which has also been renamed Destiny City. She outlined that she will now move to the “apostolic overseer” role at the church, as she believes that governance and “pastoring pastors” are her calling in life.
White had taken the pastorate at New Destiny Christian Center following the 2011 death of then-leader Zachery Tims, who according to reports, was found dead in a New York City hotel room due to “acute intoxication by the combined effects of cocaine and heroin.”
She told the congregation last Sunday that Tims, a longtime friend, had called her in 2005 and gave a personal prophecy that “wouldn’t make sense [then] … but it would make sense in 2019.” She said that she knew when she took the leadership role at New Destiny that it was only for a season.
“I knew that I wasn’t taking us into the promised land. … To everything there is a time,” White stated.
She also postulated that the Lord more recently told her that the time was right for the next step, which includes installing her son, Brad Knight, and his wife, Rachel, as lead pastors over the church.
“The Lord spoke to me very clearly and said, ‘If you miss this moment, you’ll delay things. Do not miss this moment,’ White claimed. “So, today I am officially enstating Pastor Brad and Pastor Rachel as the senior pastors over City of Destiny.”
White said that she would serve in an “apostolic overseer” capacity, adding that the word “apostolic” can be misunderstood, and she is therefore not completely comfortable with the word.
“I believe that my call is to be that, to govern. I believe it’s that, to church plant. I believe it’s that, to pastor pastors,” she remarked.
“As oversight pastor, I believe for 3,000 church plants. I believe that City of Destiny will have 3,000,” White continued. “I will continue with Paula White Ministries. If Pastor Brad asks me, I will preach for him as many times as he asks me to preach.”
White said that City of Destiny will also be launching a university, as well as a performing arts center, and that $155 million is “coming in” to build the facilities. She stated that she believes that the building projects will transpire quickly.
“The only thing that would get upset about anything is your flesh,” she stated. “So, anyone who’s spiritual, you just took a leap, like quantum, because you were like, ‘thank goodness.’ Because the worst thing is our destiny being held up, and your destiny just got released because God just elevated you to a new position.”
“It’s going to blow people’s mind. And God’s about to shine the light. And all you have to do is have half of a spiritual eye,” she told those gathered.
Knight, in praising his mother, said that he feels sad for those who are not understanding of White.
“I understand that God has favored you, that those who bless you will be blessed. Those who curse you will be cursed,” he asserted. “And I’m thankful that despite the fact that you’re Paula White … you have the humility and the ability to hear God enough to look toward succession, and that’s very, very rare.”
“You truly are an apostle, and the quicker that people that realize that, the quicker they realize that God has granted you favor and authority — and unique favor and authority, the better off that they’ll be,” he stated.
As previously reported, White considers herself a life coach, authoring books such as “The Ten Commandments of Health and Wellness,” “Simple Suggestions for a Sensational Life,” “I Don’t Get Wholeness, That’s the Problem — Making Relationships Work” and “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.” She also serves as the chair of President Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board.
White has been married three times, with her first marriage being to Dean Knight, who she married as a teenager. In 2007, White divorced her second husband, Randy White of Without Walls International Church in stating that their lives were going in two different directions.
In 2015, she married Journey rocker Jonathan Cain, known for the secular hits “Don’t Stop Believin,’” “When You Love a Woman” and “Who’s Crying Now.” Cain has likewise been married two other times.
“We are demanding life to your purpose,” she declared. “And with obedience to this first fruits instruction, which is putting God first now, your purpose, your year, your prosperity, and your power will have life and be resurrected!”
“When you apply this, everything comes in divine alignment for His plan and promises for you. When you don’t honor it, whether through ignorance or direct disobedience, there are consequences,” White also warned.
Following media reports about the matter, staff revised language on White’s website to remove any reference to a “day, week or month’s” wages, as well as text about “consequences.”
