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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:51 PM 3 hrs ago

On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died.


Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93

BY BEN FINLEY
Published 5:20 PM EDT, June 8, 2023

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93.

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On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 3 hrs ago OP
As shitty as things are right now, at least there's that Blue Owl 3 hrs ago #1
You beat me to it Easterncedar 2 hrs ago #4
I totally forgot he is gone. The Madcap 3 hrs ago #2
I recall that when Robertson was running for President rsdsharp 2 hrs ago #3
Is he the one whose face looked like a constipated whale when he was praying hard to the Lord? 3Hotdogs 1 hr ago #5

rsdsharp

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3. I recall that when Robertson was running for President
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:33 PM
2 hrs ago

he said he would not appoint anyone to any position who wasn’t either Christian or Jewish. That would be a religious test, in direct violation of Article VI, clause 3.

Apparently Yale law school didn’t cover that.

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