Patriots Player Shuts Down Buttigieg's Christmas Message About Jesus Being a 'Refugee' Agustin Paullier / AFP via Getty Images
Democratic presidential hopeful and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg tweeted on Christmas that Jesus "came into this world not in riches but in poverty, not as a citizen but as a refugee." (Agustin Paullier / AFP via Getty Images)
By Mary Margaret Olohan
Published December 26, 2019 at 7:59am
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg sparked a backlash on Christmas Day when he tweeted that Jesus Christ came into the world “not as a citizen but as a refugee.”
The South Bend, Indiana, mayor wished his followers a “merry Christmas” and said he and millions of others around the world were celebrating the “arrival of divinity on earth.”
Buttigieg also said Jesus Christ “came into this world not in riches but in poverty, not as a citizen but as a refugee.”
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Some Twitter users responded to Buttigieg’s tweet by pointing out that Jesus was born in Bethlehem because his father and mother had traveled to the city for a census.
“Jesus was not born a refugee,” New England Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson tweeted. “Read the text. But indeed he was God incarnate born in humble surroundings, in fulfillment of prophecy, on mission to save all mankind. Merry Christmas!”
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“Mayor Pete needs to go to Sunday School,” conservative commentator Todd Starnes tweeted.
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“Joseph and Mary went to their ancestral home in Bethlehem for a census,” The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh tweeted. “In no sense did Jesus ‘come into this world as a refugee.’ There’s also no reason to think that Joseph was particularly impoverished. So nothing about this tweet is correct.”
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Poster Comment:
Pete Butthead, you need to read the text. Get into Sunday school or at a church that teaches the Bible.