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| Kyle Mantyla |
In 2023, former congressional candidate Michael Cassidy traveled to Iowa from his home state of Mississippi in order to destroy a display that had been erected inside the state capitol by the Satanic Temple of Iowa.
In 2024, Cassidy pleaded guilty to criminal mischief for his actions, which have made him a hero to his fellow Christian nationalists.
As evidence, Cassidy and his attorney, Caleb Byrd, were recently guests on the "Reformation Red Pill" podcast, which is hosted by right-wing pastor Joshua Haymes of Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship, a far-right church located outside of Nashville, TN, that is aligned with Christian nationalist pastor Douglas Wilson and counts Pete Hegseth as a member. Haymes declared:
In 2024, Cassidy pleaded guilty to criminal mischief for his actions, which have made him a hero to his fellow Christian nationalists.
As evidence, Cassidy and his attorney, Caleb Byrd, were recently guests on the "Reformation Red Pill" podcast, which is hosted by right-wing pastor Joshua Haymes of Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship, a far-right church located outside of Nashville, TN, that is aligned with Christian nationalist pastor Douglas Wilson and counts Pete Hegseth as a member. Haymes declared:
A Satanic statue had been erected in the Iowa state capitol, and while other Christians were racing to their keyboards to write strongly worded condemnations of Satanic statues being erected and honored in state capitols in our once great Christian nation . . . Michael Cassidy was racing to the Iowa state capitol to behead Baphomet.
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