LETTER: Behnke’s comments not very Christian

To the editor:

Turn the other cheek?

As the founder and director of a ministry, I found myself astonished by what a fellow ministry leader recently said to his fellow citizens, including those he represents in the 89th Assembly District.

Cheat like the Democrats or bend the rules? Punch our governor in the face? Continuously refuse to accept facts as facts despite overwhelming evidence of a clean and fair election? All this by state Rep. Elijah Behnke, who attended Bible college?

I am amazed how Republicans wrap themselves in the American flag while creating God in their own image — and are now attempting to force Christian nationalism onto the rest of us while our embattled, feeble democracy dies in darkness. Throughout this whole destructive process, every one of the Ten Commandments is continually broken, from the first to the 10th.

Many Republicans don’t seem to realize there is a New Testament, a Sermon on the Mount, or a Golden Rule. This delusional madness occurs under the control and guidance of a maniacal, dictatorial ex-president who mirrors the anti-Christ more than the Second Coming we might all wish for.

Gov. Tony Evers is a kind, gentle, deeply-spiritual man with a reasonably-sized ego, unlike so many politicians. Anything he has ever done is in Wisconsin’s best interests — and done through love.

I strongly recommend Elijah Behnke seek forgiveness from our governor and every one of his constituents in the 89th Assembly District for his abhorrent behavior — and start practicing love as taught by his religion.

Mark Smith, Oconto Falls