The Left needs to dial it back. But they aren’t going to be persuaded that easily.
And now a crazed Democrat is poised to takeover a Congressional seat.
The original Fox News article discusses Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, the pastor and mentor of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), who has emerged as the frontrunner to succeed her in Texas’s 30th Congressional District after she pursued (and lost) a Senate bid.
Haynes, a long-time leader of a major Dallas megachurch, won the Democratic primary decisively and is expected to secure the seat in the general election given the district’s strong Democratic lean.
Here is a fresh rewrite of the key content, organized under three topical headers, with all original quotes preserved verbatim:
The Pastor Poised for Congress
Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, the longtime senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas—a position he has held for decades—is set to step into Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s shoes in Texas’s 30th Congressional District. Crockett, who recently called him “my pastor” and mentor, shifted her focus to a Senate run that ultimately fell short. Haynes launched his campaign soon after, cruised to victory in the Democratic primary with over 72% of the vote, and faces a favorable path to Congress in November thanks to the area’s reliably blue voting history in the southern Dallas-Fort Worth region. His platform echoes progressive priorities Crockett has championed, such as Medicare for All, eliminating ICE, and boosting the minimum wage.
A Vocal Advocate for Reparations
Haynes has long been outspoken on the need for reparations, framing them as essential for national healing.
In a 2022 sermon delivered at a San Francisco church led by Amos Brown (a key mentor to Kamala Harris), he declared: “America, you owe us. What you done to us has been immoral. It’s been evil. It’s been unjust. It’s been downright wrong and the only way to bring salvation to America – you gotta pay us what you owe us.”
He added: “If you want salvation to come to this house, you’ve got to engage in reparations.” At a 2023 reparations rally outside the White House, he stated: “This is a country that spent in the aftermath of emancipation decades plundering Black communities and ensuring that we were economically exploited and excluded.”
He continued: “And so how could you talk about redemption without reparation?” and “We’ve come to cash our check because we’ve seen the [profit and loss] statement.” He further described the United States as “born in the sin of a hostile, genocidal takeover of Indigenous land and shaped by anti-Black White supremacy,” and asserted that “America was born in political violence.”
Controversial Statements and Associations
The article highlights several points of contention in Haynes’ record. One day after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, he condemned Israeli “apartheid.” In 2017, he shared a social media photo with Louis Farrakhan, describing him as a “wonderful and great man”—despite Farrakhan’s history of antisemitic remarks.
Following the reported assassination attempt on conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Haynes criticized the use of the term “assassination” for Kirk, saying: “A White Christian gets k*lled, m*rdered, not assassinated.”
He contrasted it with figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers, adding: “Martin King got assassinated, Malcom X got assassinated, Medgar Evers got assassinated, don’t compare Kirk to King.” While condemning political violence, he called Kirk’s views “dangerous” and “racist, rooted in white supremacy, nasty and hate-filled.” During his primary election night event, he echoed claims of voter suppression in Texas primaries, similar to assertions made by Crockett and other Democrats.
