MSNBC, CNN Guest Roasted After Calling Evangelical Prayer-Hands 'Nazi Salute'

TUESDAY, SEP 20, 2022 - 11:46 AM

A lawyer and recurring guest on MSNBC and CNN has come under fire after claiming in a viral tweet that Doug Mastriano supporters were giving 'a Nazi salute' during a Sunday campaign rally in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.



Evangelical leader Lance Wallnau asked the crowd to rise, and asked them "if a proclamation can be a spiritual thing," before asking them to raise their hands for a prayer rally in support of Mastriano's run for PA Governor.
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"Can you say what they said at Gettysburg? 'When you see us lined up as one, sweep down the hill to victory,'" Wallnau prompted the crowd, before beginning the prayer: "Father I pray, that indeed Pennsylvania will be like Little Round Top, and America will have a new birth of liberty."
Attorney and frequent MSNBC guest Tristan Snell commented on the clip, which now has 3.6 million views, saying "Yes, this is a Nazi salute, at a Doug Mastriano campaign event in Pennsylvania. In 2022," adding "Democracy is literally on the ballot in November."



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Yes, this is a Nazi salute, at a Doug Mastriano campaign event in Pennsylvania. In 2022. Democracy is literally on the ballot in November.




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6:39 PM · Sep 18, 2022

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Snell's 'hot propaganda' take was too much even for CNN's K-File, who replied "This is just people praying and it doesn't even resemble a Nazi salute."



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Replying to @TristanSnellthis is just people praying and it doesn't even resemble a Nazi salute.

10:53 AM · Sep 19, 2022

Others followed suit:



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Replying to @TristanSnellOne of the most dishonest posts in awhile. How can you listen to the video and then tell people this is a Nazi salute. These people have their hands up in prayer.

11:38 AM · Sep 19, 2022




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Replying to @TristanSnellThat’s Christians praying. It’s quite literally done in thousands of churches around the country every week.

8:13 AM · Sep 19, 2022




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Replying to @TristanSnellI know many lawyers are willing to lie to win an argument but I watched the video you claimed showed a Nazi salute and he asked people to raise their right arms, vow to take the same pledge the Union soldiers did at Gettysburg, and then went into a prayer. You sir are a liar.

8:46 AM · Sep 19, 2022


And of course, the Lincoln Project went with the 'Nazi salute' thing and turned it into an anti-Mastriano ad.

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