For the last few years, an event has taken place in Statuary Hall inside the US Capitol called “Washington: A Man of Prayer” at which members of Congress and Religious Right leaders gather to celebrate the anniversary of George Washington’s inauguration and thank God for the blessings He has poured out upon this nation.
At last year’s event, Rep. Michele Bachmann declared that 9/11 and Benghazi were God’s judgment upon this nation so, logically, she will be serving as host of the event when it is held again this year, with Mike Huckabee serving as the event’s emcee as folks like Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Louie Gohmert come together with Religious Right activists like Tony Perkins, Robert Jeffress, Phyllis Schlafly, Rafael Cruz, Jim Garlow, and others in what organizers hope will be a “spiritual turning point for the nation as Americans witness members of Congress reaching out to God in penitent prayers from inside the nation’s Capitol.”
In an effort to promote the event, Bachmann filmed a nearly ten minute video for Birther-website WorldNetDaily in which she explained that America has been blessed because the Founding Fathers knew that “the promises of God that were given to the children of Israel in the Old Testament were also promises that we ourselves could appropriate to ourselves as a nation.”
And by following the laws and values set out by God in the Book of Deuteronomy, America has prospered, Bachmann explained, warning that prosperity depends upon the nation’s willingness to continue embracing and promoting these values.
“We choose life or we choose death,” she said. “We choose it by whether or not we choose to live and walk out the precepts that have been set out; the precepts for life, the precepts for blessing. Or do we choose cursing and do we choose death?”
