Pro-Trump, Pro-Life Pastor Leads in the Bluest Congressional District in America
By Elise Ehrhard
Published June 23, 2020 at 3:37pm
Something extraordinary may be happening in what the Washington Examiner calls “the most liberal congressional district in the country.”
The Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., a socially conservative, pro-Trump Pentecostal pastor, is in the lead among 12 Democratic contenders for New York’s 15th Congressional District seat.
A May poll conducted by the liberal think tank Data for Progress found Diaz leading the crowded field with 22 percent.
The winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary is expected to be a shoo- in to win the seat in November.
CBS News describes Diaz as “polarizing.” When establishment media call a candidate “polarizing,” you know there’s a very good chance he is terrific.
Only conservatives, particularly social conservatives, are “polarizing” in the eyes of the establishment media. Divisive Democrats such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are never described that way.
Speaking of Ocasio-Cortez, Diaz has described himself as “the opposite of AOC.” Her Bronx congressional district borders the 15th.
The New York Times endorsed Diaz’s strongest opponent, New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres. The Times is so scared of Diaz that it even headlined one of its articles with the question “How Is This Man a Top Contender?”
While Torres checks off all the usual left-wing boxes, Diaz boldly goes against the grain. He proudly marched against same-sex marriage in the years before the Supreme Court’s Obergfell decision wrongly forced it on the entire nation.
He is unapologetically pro-life. He has compared abortion to the Holocaust and said “murderers, assassins and criminals are pro- choice.”
Diaz wears a cowboy hat and is proudly Christian. “To God be all the Glory and all the Honor!” he wrote in a Monday newsletter.