A clip of a conservative pastor speaking out against a "bunch of pedophiles in Hollywood" and claiming that President Joe Biden and "jezebel demon" Vice President Kamala Harris are overseeing "child-trafficking" has been viewed more than 1.5 million times.
Footage of a sermon from Baptist Pastor Greg Locke, who is head of Global Vision Bible Church in Juliet, Tennessee, was shared to Twitter by the account Right-Wing Watch on Sunday.
During the sermon, Locke, who has made several controversial and fanatical pro-Trump remarks over the last few years, claimed once again that former President Donald Trump is the "legitimate" leader of the U.S.
He then took aim at politicians and Hollywood stars, saying that a "bunch of pedophiles in Hollywood are going to be exposed for who they are."
"I don't care what you think about fraudulent 'Sleepy Joe,' he's a sex trafficking, demon-possessed mongrel, he's of the left, he ain't no better than the Pope [Francis] and Oprah Winfrey and Tom Hanks and the rest of that wicked crowd.
"God is going to bring the whole house down!" the pastor alleged during Sunday's sermon.
He then insisted that God will personally cleanse Washington of pedophilia, saying that "he is going to burn the whole thing to the ground, he's going to expose all these bunch of pedophiles. I'm telling you he's going to expose Kamala Harris for the jezebel demon that she is."
The short clip of Locke speaking during his sermon on Sunday has since been viewed more than 1.5 million times just 20 hours after Right Wing Watch uploaded it to Twitter.
The clip has been quote-tweeted more than 4,000 times, as many commenters condemned the pastor's comments.
"Simply evil. These are lies that will get people killed. Greg Locke is a carnival barker that will get someone killed and claim it was Jesus," Project Lincoln Executive Director Fred Wellman said.
The Twitter account of the American Atheists responded: "These people are dangerous," while author Michael Shermer asked the pastor to "put a date" on God bringing the house down.
Simply evil. These are lies that will get people killed. Greg Locke is a carnival barker that will get someone killed and claim it was Jesus. https://t.co/159wck0feS
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 27, 2021
Alongside the pedophilia allegations, Locke once again said that he believes that "Donald Trump is the legitimate president of the United States of America," adding that "you've got to smoke a lot of dope in your mom's basement not to believe that fact."
The theory that a child-sex trafficking ring is being run by powerful people in Hollywood and Washington. is espoused by followers of the right-wing, pro-Trump "QAnon" group.
The movement, which is discussed on message boards online, baselessly claims that Trump is leading the fight against a deep-state cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles and will be reinstated as president. There is no evidence for the claims.
Newsweek has reached out to Locke for comment.
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