California Pastor Greg Laurie, who shared a post from Basham, wrote of the Charlotte stabbing suspect, “This man should never have been on the street with all of his prior arrests. The last judge who handled his case should be held accountable.”
Political commentator David French, a critic of President Donald Trump, posted about Zarutska’s murder:
Images are powerful. The image of Derek Chauvin kneeling on a dying man, hand in his pockets, seemingly indifferent to George Floyd’s life, was beyond enraging. Same with the images here. The murderer’s nonchalant, casual cruelty, combined with her shock and horror, are too.
In response, Arizona Pastor Ryan Visconti wrote, “You had to bring up George Floyd 1st to signal continued subservience to your progressive overlords. You couldn’t just condemn the violent racially motivated murder of an innocent girl. You are a conquered man.”
Someone who agreed with Visconti replied, “Perfectly put. The attempt at moral equivalence is sickening.”
Allie Beth Stuckey: Where’s the ‘Evangelical Outrage’?
Conservative commentator and author Allie Beth Stuckey also cited hypocrisy among left-leaning faith leaders. In a lengthy X post, she wrote:
When George Floyd died, cities burned. Black squares were posted. Vows to “listen and learn” and to raise “anti-racist” children were made. Businesses changed their hiring processes. Murals were painted. Streets renamed. BLM raked in millions. Pastors preached sermons about systemic racism, apologizing to their black congregants while chastising their white ones. Churches elevated voices, not because they were Biblically sound, but because they were melanated. Yet there was no evidence that race had anything to do with Floyd’s sad death.
Stuckey said white Americans shouldn’t have felt guilt about Floyd, a “career criminal.” By contrast, Stuckey asked, “Where are the white squares [on social media for Iryna Zarutska]? The declarations against racism? The evangelical outrage? Where’s the collective blame casting?” Stuckey added:
America failed this girl. We protect criminals. We glorify degenerates. We have no will to restrain evil, no courage to punish wickedness. We sacrifice the weak on the altar of social justice and pat our backs in the process The cowards on this train who did nothing to help her are representative of what our society has become I’m so sad for her and sad for all of us.
In reply, someone accused Stuckey of “fake concern.” The person asked, “Where were you when thousands of Ukrainians died over the past 3 years? Or it doesn’t count because it wasn’t black people that did it?”
This article has been updated.
