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“Pastor Mark Burns is running for Congress in South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District, and has been with me from the very beginning of our Movement to Make America Great Again. In Congress, Mark will help me Secure the Border, Stop Illegal Immigration, Uphold the Rule of Law, Grow the Economy, and Protect and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. Pastor Mark Burns is an America First Fighter, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement – He is a Good Man, a Hard Worker, and will not let you down!” – Trump, posting to Truth Social.
Burns, an avowed Christian nationalist who regularly headlines QAnon events, first appeared here in 2016 when he jumped up and literally fled a CNN interview after being confronted for lying about his military service and education.
Burns later claimed that his website had been hacked to make the false claims and that he was being attacked for being a black Trump supporter. Trump first posted an endorsement of Burns last month.
In 2022, Burns laid out his plan for executing LGBTQs for “grooming” during an appearance on the show hosted by Holocaust denier Stew Peters.
Burns is seeking an open House seat currently held by GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan, who is not seeking reelection. In 2022 Burns finished second in the GOP primary in a failed attempt to unseat incumbent GOP Rep. William Timmons. The South Carolina primary is June 11th.
Last time he ran for Congress, MAGA pastor Mark Burns said that “LGBTQ indoctrination” represents “a national security threat” and vowed to re-establish HUAC to ensure that anyone engaged in it would be executed for treason. Well, he’s running again and, of course, he’s secured… pic.twitter.com/UgWlwJ54eD
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 8, 2024
Pastor Mark Burns, at Eric Trump and Michael Flynn’s event in Idaho: “I’m coming here to declare war on every demonic, demon-possessed Democrat that comes from the gates of Hell!” pic.twitter.com/URUcHo11V8
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 16, 2022
Pastor Mark Burns says “God has chosen Donald Trump” to change American culture, and Trump is using the same methodology to do it that Jesus used. pic.twitter.com/SdzMfQTZc7
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 31, 2023
Pastor Mark Burns is a Trump-endorsed candidate for SC’s 3rd District: “The laws that are contrary to the word of God, we need to push against it. And I don’t care if they call it Christian nationalism.”
pic.twitter.com/MjTbgYKwtA— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) May 9, 2024
Pastor Mark Burns: I’m Sorry I Tweeted Those Blackface Photos Of Hillary, But Jesus … – https://t.co/CeFYDudneo pic.twitter.com/jJRNf3Is6H
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) August 30, 2016
MAGA pastor Mark Burns complains that the Department of Justice is “a Gestapo-like weapon” that is being used against Trump and flat-out says he doesn’t care what crimes Trump may have committed because “he’s God’s anointed.” pic.twitter.com/efdOXN0vc2
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) July 24, 2023
Far-right pastor Mark Burns is opening a military academy that will ensure that students “are not exposed to woke teachings or a sexually perverted lifestyle.” Seems like a fitting move for a Trump cultist who falsified his own military & academic record. https://t.co/smRIbsRLni pic.twitter.com/vy1QwwW1NG
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 8, 2024
MAGA pastor Mark Burns praises televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s Victory Channel network for being one of the only places where people like him can openly “talk about Jesus Christ and taking over government.” pic.twitter.com/dePrexZ2CH
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 20, 2022
Christian nationalist MAGA pastor and GOP congressional candidate Mark Burns tells an audience filled with COVID, election, and QAnon conspiracy theorists that “we’re here to take over.” https://t.co/vCQN369yRx pic.twitter.com/gDx298dGuR
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 13, 2021
MAGA pastor/Trump cultist Mark Burns says that what is happening to Kanye West is “true, real Nazism in America” and “a form of racism”: “They are ostracizing him. That’s what real Nazism is.” pic.twitter.com/9VtSwYrtIW
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 31, 2022