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Posted: Thursday, February 22, 2018 03:13 PM
Teen Vogue Columnist Slammed For Vile Comments About Rev. Graham and His Death
“The big news today is that Billy Graham was still alive this whole time. Anyway, have fun in hell, bi--h,” Lauren Duca tweeted.
Duca went on to say “’Respecting the dead’ only applies to people who weren’t evil pieces of sh-t while they were living.”
Graham, who had been in ill health for a number of years, was regularly listed in polls as one of the "Ten Most Admired Men in the World."
“To see just how out of touch some in the
liberal media are, look no further than Billy Graham,” Media Research
Center’s Katie Yoder wrote.
The comments were immediately assailed on Twitter by outraged users,
including one named Vince, who called it "gross and despicable."
Duca gained national prominence by sparring with Tucker Carlson on Fox
News in late 2016 and has since made donations to Planned Parenthood in
Carlson’s name. She has been outspoken about her disdain for President
Trump and once tweeted a letter that Hillary Clinton reportedly sent her
for showing “courage and poise” on the internet.
“Every time we mention Duca on this
show, she gets more and more famous and more revered on the left. Maybe
next week she’ll be honored by the pope and the dalai lama. If we mock
that, she could get the Nobel Prize for literature,” Carlson said on his
show last June.
Duca has also appeared on MSNBC and CNN at least six times, according to
Yoder.
Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching
and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely
heard Christian evangelist in history. He died at age 99 on Wednesday at
his home in North Carolina.
t’s unclear why Duca wasn’t a fan of
Graham, who was noted for consulting and praying with every president
from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama. In the 1960s, he ardently
opposed segregation, refusing to speak to segregated audiences. Graham
found himself the target of criticism in 2002 and again in 2009
following the release of tapes of 1973 conversations he had with Richard
Nixon that were critical of Jews.
Graham also angered the LGBTQ community for disapproving of
homosexuality with rhetoric that included asking if God judges people
with AIDs. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association has been accused of
homophobia and anti-LGBTQ initiatives.
While Duca mocked him, Vice President Mike Pence called Graham “one of
the greatest Americans of the century,” and former President George H.W.
Bush referred to Graham as "America's pastor.”
President Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Bill
Clinton and George W. Bush have also all expressed condolences.
Teen Vogue did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fox News’ Alex Pappas contributed to this report.
