It didn’t take lengthy for right-wing media figures and Maga provocateurs to make use of the election of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV after it grew to become identified that he publicly criticized the Vice President JD Vance and expressed sympathy for immigrants and George Floyd.
Though the Prevost born in Chicago has change into the primary American Pope within the historical past of the primary American Pope, conservative consultants and Trump loyalists have thrown over the “wakened Marxist Pope” and complained that he was “worse than Francis”, the place he signifies the earlier Pontiff, who is understood for his progressive values.
Even earlier than the “Darkish Horse” was elected by the American Cardinal for 267, Steve Bannon, the previous Trump chief strategist, warned in opposition to Prevost’s views and claimed that he could be a nasty alternative for the Maga motion.
“I feel one of many darkish horses – and sadly one of the crucial progressive – is Cardinal Prevost … He’s actually on the shortlist,” Bannon informed Piers Morgan final week in regards to the prospect of the primary American Pope.
After the white smoke was expelled from the Sistine chapel on Thursday, which signifies that the conclave had chosen a brand new Pope who changed the late Pope Francis, the Newsmax anchor Rob Schmitt grumbles that “that is higher not waxed”. Inside an hour of Schmitt’s warning shot, nevertheless, a big a part of the Maga world was horrified by the selection of Leo XIV.
After the announcement of Prevost as a brand new holy father, a lot of his tweets, the Vance and the immigration coverage of the Trump authorities criticized and expressed grief in regards to the homicide of George Floyd, made the spherical on social media.
“Jd vance is fallacious: Jesus doesn’t ask us to guage our love for others,” tweeted Prevost tweeted and referred to feedback that the Vice President made about Christians who needed to “precedence” their love. In fact, among the finest -known conservative voices rapidly plunged into the social media posts of the brand new Pope.
“Sorry, Catholics. This New Pope is an Open Borders Globalist. He Will Be Pushing for Abortion SOON. This is not a guess. You possibly can scroll his x account and see what he is be-up to,” Alt-Proper Conspiracy Theorist Mike Cernovich Griped on X (Previously Twitter) Whereas included Screenshots of the Pontiff Retweing Posts about Gun Management and Deportations to El Salvador.
The Professional Trump Social Media Character, Joey Mannarino, ensured that “the brand new Pope lately attacked JD Vance, confirmed solidarity with Kilmar Abrego-Garcia and requested Trump to open the borders like bidges” and added that “this kind is worse than Francis.” In a separate tweet he went on, referred to as him a “liberal piece s ***” and insisted that “we f *** ed.” Mannarino’s partner Ada Lluch, who writes Trump for the couple (they’ve separated since then), complained that the “new Pope suffers from Woke Thoughts Virus”.
“If you happen to surprise why you first chosen an American in historical past,” mentioned Maga Influencer Vince Langman a tweet from Prevost from 2015, which criticized Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric. “He’s a shiny by no means Trumper Liberal. That is why!”
Laura Loomer, the “proud Islamphob” and the suitable -wing extremist extremist, who has lately had the president’s ear, spent a big a part of Thursday afternoon on social media in regards to the views of the newly elected Pope for immigration and social justice.
“The brand new Pope as soon as tweeted a contribution about how we at all times have to wish for the profession legal and drug addict George Floyd,” she raged. “The tweet mentioned:” Might all hatred, violence and prejudices to be eradicated. “Which prejudice?
In further tweets, webstuhl complained in regards to the “wakened Marxist Pope” and claimed that he was “anti-trump, anti-maga, pro-open borders and a complete Marxist like Pope Francis” and added that it’s “tough” that he’s now answerable for the Vatican.
Whereas different right-wing activists and media personalities on social media have been crying that “they have been chosen by a globalist and intentionally aroused from the west from the West” with a purpose to criticize the president, the anti-pops narrative started to result in MAGA applications.
“Mr. Prevost, the brand new Pope, tweeted George Floyd’s propaganda,” the founding father of the USA, Charlie Kirk, murmured throughout his podcast. “However that is no matter.”
The pizza conspiracy Jack Posobiec was now visibly offended in regards to the tweets over Vance and immigrants earlier than attempting to place stress on the air stress on Pope Leo XIV to overtly help Trump.
“We’ve got to see from the leap from absolutely the leap whether or not Pope Leo is concerned about working with President Trump or – as we will see from his Twitter feed – work in opposition to him,” he mentioned throughout the broadcast of his actual America.
“As a consultant of Catholics all over the world, he could perceive that Catholics delivered the White Home for President Trump,” he concluded. “And possibly, possibly too, the brand new Pope will hear.”
Trump, who was with the criticism of the brand new Pope of him and his immigration coverage previously, with fairly certainty, Leo XIV despatched his needs after being made the top of the Catholic Church.
“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was simply referred to as Pope,” Trump posted the social fact. “It’s an honor to see that he’s the primary American Pope. What a terrific honor for our nation. I look ahead to assembly Pope Leo XIV. Will probably be a really helpful second!”