On Sunday, November 2nd, President Donald Trump mentioned that he was contemplating sending U.S. troops to Nigeria, to assist cease the killing of Christians by the hands of Muslim terror teams, claiming that these murders have been being sanctioned by the Nigerian authorities. At some point prior, the Administration positioned Nigeria again on a listing of “Nations of Explicit Concern”, those who we consider have violated spiritual freedoms.
This previous Thursday, the Home International Affairs Committee held a listening to on the killings and the key networks could not be bothered to cowl it on their nightly newscasts. Fox Information’s Particular Report with Bret Baier did cowl the listening to.Â
ABC, CBS and NBC all took a cross on giving this the publicity it deserves. This actually should not come as a giant shock. From the second Trump made his declaration, many on the left, together with after all the media, went on the assault in opposition to the President, for daring to care about harmless Christians being slaughtered for being Christians. The checklist consists of MSNBC’s Reverend Al Sharpton and his visitor, Home Democrat Whip, Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Massachusetts.
CNN’s Abby Phillip, additionally had a significant downside with Trump, and went at it onerous together with her panelist Scott Jennings.Â
In September Senator Ted Cruz launched the Nigeria Spiritual Freedom Accountability Act of 2025. The invoice protects Christians and different spiritual minorities being persecuted in Nigeria.
Cruz has identified that since 2009, 52,000 Nigerian Christians have been murdered by jihadists and over 20,000 Christian church buildings and religious-based establishments have been destroyed, and on June 13 greater than 200 Christians have been murdered by Fulani jihadists in a Nigerian village. On Thursday’s Particular Report, Fox Information host Bret Baier launched their report on the listening to, and Senior Nationwide Correspondent Aishah Hasnie, who started her report this fashion:Â
HASNIE: Tonight, the Trump Administration says it is creating a plan to compel the Nigerian authorities to guard Christians from persecution.
JONATHAN PRATT, STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: This plan will take into account U.S., State, and Treasury engagement on sanctions in addition to doable Division of Battle engagement on counter terrorism and different efforts to guard spiritual communities.
HASNIE: The announcement coming at a Home International Affairs Committee listening to because it appears into the President’s redesignation of Nigeria as a rustic of explicit concern.
REP CHRIS SMITH (R-NJ): This isn’t random violence. It’s deliberate persecution.
In fact, as beforehand talked about, for some motive the left has an issue with Trump’s concern over the killing of Christians, and his consideration of coping with it within the strongest phrases.Â
HASNIE: The President has already threatened taking army motion. Democrats blasting these threats.
REP. PRAMILA JAYAPAL (D): I do not suppose that is the suitable means, to go simply go on Fact Social and threaten weapons a blazing.
Hasnie then identified some somber stats: “Based on the the Observatory For Spiritual Freedom in Africa. amongst the 30,000 civilians killed in a 4 12 months interval, greater than 6,000 have been Muslim whereas practically 17,000 have been Christians.”
And Congressman Invoice Huizenga (R-MI) acquired emotional as he declared, “I went to highschool with children from Nigeria….It should be outrageous.”Â
Sure, “outrageous.” The killing of Christians in Nigeria and all through Africa is and has been “outrageous” for many years. The dearth of media curiosity and protection of all of it can also be “outrageous”, as is the outrage from the left aimed toward these like President Trump, who handle this and are attempting to place an finish to all of it. This have to be stopped as soon as and for all, and the media should do their half in educating the general public about this inhumane horror, and all efforts to finish it.
