{"id":4453,"date":"2020-05-31T16:40:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T16:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybirminghamgospel.com\/staging\/9111\/?p=4453"},"modified":"2020-05-31T19:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T19:58:24","slug":"multiracial-megachurch-pastor-hodges-caught-liking-white-supremacist-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybirminghamgospel.com\/staging\/9111\/multiracial-megachurch-pastor-hodges-caught-liking-white-supremacist-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor of multiracial megachurch, Hodges caught liking white supremacist posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds0-->\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Hodges, pastor of one the largest churches in the United States, the Church of the Highlands, was recently caught by members liking white supremacist posts on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid racial turmoil, current black members and former members discovered that Hodges liked posts from the conservative leader of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), Charlie Kirk. The posts criticized the legitimacy of white supremacy, titled the Coronovirus as the Chinese Virus and attacked President Obama. TPUSA has a history of leadership that has been caught <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IGD_News\/status\/1126670175384662016\">flashing white power signs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/a-conservative-nonprofit-that-seeks-to-transform-college-campuses-faces-allegations-of-racial-bias-and-illegal-campaign-activity?reload=true\">texting I HATE BLACK PEOPLE to coworkers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/turning-point-usa-racist-tweets_n_5ad65b06e4b029ebe01ed1ac\">tweeting &#8220;I love making racist jokes.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D10109129807215225%26id%3D27432403&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"681\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>The church has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/birmingham\/news\/2020\/03\/03\/church-of-the-highlands-plans-to-buy-more.html?ana=RSS&amp;s=article_search&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_birmingham+%28Birmingham+Business+Journal%29&amp;utm_content=FaceBook\">expanded into the city of Birmingham with multiple locations,<\/a> whose population is one of blackest in America (over 70%) and has a rich history of terrorism, protests and police violence. A few posts of Kirk&#8217;s reflects his views on race in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Systemic, racially-biased police brutality is a lie not rooted in statistics or data. Tragedies are real, but don\u2019t misrepresent the data. Facts matter.<\/p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1266526044372103169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RT if EVERY single &#8220;protestor&#8221; in Minneapolis should be arrested and charged with Domestic Terrorism!<\/p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1266433176798281728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White privilege is a racist myth that has no basis in facts or data.<\/p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1266886939203928064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/mybirminghamgospel.com\/staging\/9111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Chris-Hodges-Donald-Trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybirminghamgospel.com\/staging\/9111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Chris-Hodges-Donald-Trump.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybirminghamgospel.com\/staging\/9111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Chris-Hodges-Donald-Trump-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mybirminghamgospel.com\/staging\/9111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Chris-Hodges-Donald-Trump-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Hodges attending the Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch rally at King Jesus International Ministry in Miami.&nbsp; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--CusAds0--><p>He also came under fire recently for his connection to President Trump, being an active member of the Evangelicals for Trump Coalition. Trump led the birther movement that accused the first Black U.S. president of being <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/donald-trump-perpetuated-birther-movement-years\/story?id=42138176\">born in Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2019\/06\/19\/what-trump-has-said-central-park-five\/1501321001\/\">called for the death penalty<\/a> in the Central Park Five (Black boys that were proven innocent for assault) case and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1978\/03\/07\/archives\/trump-charged-with-rental-bias.html\">sued by the Justice Department<\/a> for discriminatory housing practices against Black applicants, to name a few.  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Amid racial turmoil, current black members and former members discovered that Hodges liked posts from the conservative leader of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), Charlie Kirk. 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