‘Pure Evil’—Christian Leaders Condemn Antisemitic Attack in Boulder That Left 12 Injured

Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and CEO of the King Center, said, “My heart goes out to the victims of the antisemitic attack in Boulder yesterday. We can’t genuinely believe in justice and liberation if we think that freedom for one ethnic or religious people means hate for and violence against another ethnic or religious people.”

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins asked people to join him in praying for the people injured in the Boulder attack.

John Hagee, founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, focused on the fact that one of the victims was a survivor of the Holocaust, as well as on the phrase, “Free Palestine.” 

“Be it ‘Heil Hitler’ or ‘Free Palestine’ the goal is the same,” he said, “the complete and total destruction of the Jewish people, their nation, and those who stand with them.”

Jentezen Franklin, pastor of Free Chapel in Gainesville, Georgia, and a member of the advisory board of Trump’s new Religious Liberty Commission, said, “Our Jewish brothers and sisters are once again dealing with a senseless, horrific attack. Violence like this simply cannot become normal in America or anywhere else. Our nation must be united in condemning it.” 

“My heart aches for all those impacted, especially the people injured, one of whom is a survivor of the Holocaust,” said Shane Claiborne, an activist and co-director of Red Letter Christians. “Violence does not heal the wounds of violence, it only creates new wounds, more victims, and new justifications for revenge. Let us insist, today and every day, that our real enemy is hatred.”

“We must not allow our grief over the violence in Gaza to lead us to become violent ourselves,” he said later. “Violence is the disease not the cure.” 

“Pray for Boulder and those suffering from the heinous attack this weekend,” said The Danbury Institute. “There has been an undeniable rise in antisemitism and attacks on Jewish Americans in the United States, and Christians must be vocal in condemning this hatred and violence and standing in solidarity with Israel, a people and a nation loved and chosen by God.”

Deion Sanders, who coaches football at the University of Colorado in Boulder, said, “I am truly troubled by the events that took place on Pearl St. I pray that all that has been affected will regain their peace, joy, & stability. I absolutely love our community in Boulder, & I’m praying for us to come together in this dysfunctional time.”

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Dr. J.T. English, pastor of Storyline Fellowship Church in Arvada, Colorado, said, “The Boulder terror attack is pure evil and should be condemned in the strongest terms.”

“The terror attack in Boulder was an act of pure evil,” said commentator David French. “It’s a betrayal of the American promise when our Jewish friends and neighbors can’t live safely and freely in this land.”

“The attack in Boulder is awful,” said Daniel Darling, a pastor and director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement. “America must protect Jewish people from this evil anti-semitic violence.”