Rep. Vicky Hartzler slams Kansas City Star attacking her faith: ‘Tried to make me look like a radical’

Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., reacted to a current Kansas City Celebrity short article showing up to connect her confidence to “White Christian nationalism,” which the congresswoman claimed attempted to make her resemble a “radical.”

The Missouri legislator is competing Sen. Roy Blunt’s open seat in Missouri’s congested GOP primary this August as well as was the topic of tale labelled, “Running God’s method: Can Vicky Hartzler’s ‘traditional scriptural worths’ win an Us senate seat?” The short article was released by the KC Celebrity on Easter Sunday. 

Press reporter Daniel Desrochers recommended Hartzler’s Christian sights regarding returning the nation to its standard worths mirrored “White Christian nationalism.” The press reporter also raised the Salem Witch Tests.

“Hartzler does not understand the Christian nationalist motion, which can be called a blend of traditional Christianity with American public life,” Descrochers created. “However a few of her language strikes notes straight from the heart of the motion.”

He includes that American Christian nationalism can be mapped back to people that were associated with the persuction of ladies throughout the Salem Witch Tests. 

Talking To Fox Information Digital, Hartzler claimed she had actually refuted being any type of method included keeping that motion, however the press reporter selected to invest numerous paragraphs “discreetly connecting” her to a motion with racist overtones to make her resemble an extremist.

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“They attempted to connect me to a Christian nationalist motion as well as despite the fact that they’d asked me regarding that, as well as I claimed, ‘No, I definitely am not straightened with them which has racist overtones.’ They selected to remain to compose several paragraphs regarding this motion, simply kind’ve subtly linking me to it and trying to make look like a radical or something that I’m not,” Hartzler told Fox News Digital.

The Republican said she was “disappointed” in how the KC Star “totally ignored” her qualifications, experience and conservative record to attack her “very personal” faith.

“I was disappointed they had chosen this very important U.S. Senate race to just focus on one aspect that’s something that’s very personal to me and that’s my faith, rather than take about my qualifications, my experiences as a teacher and a life-long farmer, a small business owner and the work that I’ve done in Washington D.C. to stand up for our conservative values. Those are the things that I think people really need to hear about, and they almost totally ignored that,” she said.

When asked to comment on the paper publishing the article about her faith on Easter, Hartzler said she didn’t know what the motives were but called it “inappropriate.” 

“I think it was inappropriate,” she said noting that the media outlet shouldn’t have viewed Christians’ most holy holiday as an opportunity for a “hit piece” on her faith.

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While confessing that her faith was very important to her, Hartzler told Fox News Digital she had hoped the paper would have actually “focused more” on her work on the House Armed Services Committee, her record helping to rebuild the military, as well as her strong stance on human rights that has caused her to be sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party.

Hartzler also called critical race theory and protecting women’s sports important issues in the upcoming Senate race.

On CRT, the Republican politician argued that most people do not support the idea that America is inherently a racist nation or that your destiny is determined by your skin color. 

“Parents want an accurate portrayal of the good and bad of the history of our country,” she claimed, noting just how CRT made an impact in Virginia’s gubernatorial race with Governor Glenn Youngkin.

“I think that’s going to continue into this race. Parents are going to come out in droves for candidates who are fighting for them,” she said. 

Hartzler introduced a “No CRT for Military Kids Act” to fight federal funding from putting CRT components into military kids’ school curriculum.

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In February, Twitter locked Hartzler out of her Twitter account for “hateful conduct” after she tweeted that “Women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women.” 

Hartzler defended her fight against the social media giant, saying, “This is a discussion that we need to have as a society and a country right now, and I believe my views align with the majority of Americans.”

Signs opposing Critical Race Theory line the entrance to the Loudoun County School Board headquarters, in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S. June 22, 2021. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
(REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

A Gallup poll from last Spring found that a majority of Americans, 62%, believe transgender athletes should only compete on sports teams which align with their biological gender.

Citing her background as a track coach and athlete, Hartzler noted that Congress passed Title IX protections in 1972 which were supposed to protect women in higher education and sports from discrimination.

“Women have come too far in sports to just have it entirely decimated by this new woke mentality that says it’s totally okay for a biological man, who now identifies as a female to participate in their sports. If we don’t stop this, they’re going to continue to do this as well as girls are going to be denied even more medals and records and scholarships and simply the pride of achieving their goals. So I’m proud to speak up for these female athletes, as a former track coach, as well as I’m going to continue to do it,” she claimed.