Maxwell Frost Calls Out Lauren Boebert For Her Religious Extremism

Democratic Congressman Maxwell Frost called out Republican Lauren Boebert for calling the separation of church and state “junk” during a Wednesday committee hearing.

Frost's statements came during a hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, which heard from a group of witnesses as part of its proceedings on global religious extremism.

Democrats on the subcommittee invited Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, to testify at the meeting Tyler told House members that Christian nationalism is the "single greatest threat to religious liberty in the United States today."

While prompting questions to Tyler, Frost spoke about how Christian nationalism posed a threat to democratic institutions.

"And this threat to democracy has made its way to Congress," Frost said, mentioning Greene's past statements that praised the ideology.

He went on: "My colleague, Representative Lauren Boebert, said: 'The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. I'm tired of this separation of church and state junk.'" Frost added: "Junk being the Constitution and Bill of Rights."

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