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A speaker at a pro-Trump rally in Pennsylvania blasted the "deep state" and "RINOs," which is the acronym for Republicans in name only, to kick off its second day of events on Saturday.
The "ReAwaken America Tour" rally began on Friday, and includes speakers who have backed QAnon conspiracy theories and spread falsehoods about how the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Donald Trump in favor of Joe Biden.
"Opening prayer today at Eric Trump and Michael Flynn's QAnon event," tweeted Ron Filipkowski, a former federal prosecutor who posted the video to Twitter, which has now been viewed more than 700,000 times as of Saturday afternoon.
In the video, the speaker can be heard saying: "Father god, we come to you in the name of Jesus. We're asking you to open the eyes of President Trump's understanding. That he will know the time of divine intervention."
Opening prayer today at Eric Trump and Michael Flynn’s QAnon event: “God, open the eyes of Pres Trump’s understanding, that he will know how to implement divine intervention. And you will not surround him with RINO trash, in the name of Jesus.” pic.twitter.com/56vsiVxzs0
— Ron Filipkowski ?? (@RonFilipkowski) October 22, 2022
"He will know how to implement divine intervention. And you will surround him father with none of this deep state trash, none of this RINO trash. You'll surround him with people that you pick with your own mighty hand," the speaker continued.
Representative Adam Zinger, an Illinois Republican, retweeted the video on Saturday and wrote: "Psychosis."
Psychosis https://t.co/X9FiwtjbME
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) October 22, 2022
During the first day of the rally, another speaker named Bo Polny, warned high profile U.S. politicians that the "Angel of Death is coming for them" by the end of the year. Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and GOP Georgia Governor Brian Kemp are among the politicians singled out at the event.
Speakers at the two-day rally include Trump ally Roger Stone, former Trump adviser and retired U.S. Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, and Eric Trump. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, is scheduled to be the event's final speaker.
Newsweek has reached out to Trump, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Kinzinger for comment.
Trump has frequently taken aim at those he declares to be "RINOs" in the Republican Party. In July, he slammed Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the House, who he called a "RINO," and blamed him for declining quality of Fox News coverage.
"Did anyone notice that Fox News went lame (bad!) when weak RINO Paul Ryan, who is despised in the Great State of Wisconsin for being 'a pathetic loser,' went on the Fox Board," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Last December, Trump spoke with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo about the importance of having strong candidates run in the primaries in this year's midterms.
"We have candidates that are not strong, they're RINOs, and they're not strong," Trump said without revealing names. "We need tougher people. We need people that are going to be able to win for our country. Not win for me, by the way, [but] win for our country, and we have some great candidates."
He also ripped Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him a "disaster" and said that "Republicans have to get a new leader."
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