The Fox News host Harris Faulkner has alleged that she was once asked to leave a restaurant for daring to pray over her food.
Faulkner relayed the story during a guest hosting stint on Monday’s “Fox News Tonight,” which airs during Tucker Carlson’s old time slot.
The current host of “The Faulkner Focus” and potential replacement for the 8pm time slot lobbied heavily for Americans to fight for a country that has seemingly lost its way under President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats.
“Our nation’s soul is at stake,” she announced.
Faulkner then briefly and without much in the way of details told the audience about her experience praying at a restaurant.
“For those of us who believe, we must be bold in our faith right now,” she urged. “When you gather in public spaces, pray thankfully over your food – even when the server gives you the stink eye or tells the manager that your peaceful grace is triggering them.”
“Had it happen to me,” the host continued. “I’ve been asked to leave a restaurant for openly bowing my head in prayer hands. In America. It’s all good. They don’t deserve my money anyway.”
Harris Faulkner: I’ve been asked to leave a restaurant for openly bowing my head in prayer hands.. in America pic.twitter.com/mtBhHBn4AL
— Terri Green (@TerriGreenUSA) June 6, 2023
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Harris Faulkner Claims She Was Asked to Leave a Restaurant For Praying
Social media trolls were skeptical of Harris Faulkner’s story about being asked to leave a restaurant for openly praying. They found some sort of evidence in the fact that she didn’t publicly embarrass the restaurant and instead opted to relay her story with class.
Chief among the skeptics was Twitter troll and part-time CNN commentator (we’re not sure which gig is more pathetic) Adam Kinzinger.
“We need the name of this restaurant and when it happened. If true that’s awful,” Kinzinger tweeted. “IF it’s not true… which seems most likely the case… then there needs to be accountability. Lies are not the tool of the Lord.”
We need the name of this restaurant and when it happened. If true that’s awful.
IF it’s not true… which seems most likely the case… then there needs to be accountability. Lies are not the tool of the Lord. And the USA isn’t his god https://t.co/ppUV0XGQk6
— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) June 6, 2023
That’s right, the man who gave you the J6 sham committee, spread fake stories about the “Ghost of Kyiv,” and shared a completely fabricated quote by Tucker Carlson, wants you to know he can sniff out a lie.
There is no evidence that Faulkner’s story is made up at all. To be fair, until she offers clarification, there is no evidence that the story is true either.
There are volumes of evidence, however, supporting the fact that Kinzinger is a blithering idiot.
“We are in a spiritual fight for the soul of America, and if you think that’s not true, take a look around at what’s going on. The devil has gotten into some people,” @HARRISFAULKNER said. https://t.co/vVBPua3x45
— Randy DeSoto (@RandyDeSoto) June 6, 2023
Christians and Catholics Being Targeted In America
Harris Faulkner’s story about being asked to leave a restaurant for openly praying comes just days after a Pennsylvania man was arrested as he attempted to read Bible verses during a “pride” event.
His noise levels were unacceptable according to the police.
Hmm … I wonder if the police would dare to arrest a Muslim reading quotes from the Koran at a “pride” event.
A Christian man was arrested for protesting a “Pride” event on a public street in Reading, PA. Damon Atkins was reciting a Bible verse when he was arrested as the man filming says, “I cannot believe I’m watching this.” pic.twitter.com/SmvPlhr900
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 6, 2023
Faulkner’s story also comes just months after the Defense Department sent a “cease and desist” letter during Holy Week demanding a Catholic college stop providing pastoral care to service members and veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center, something they had been doing for the past two decades.
General Milley had Walter Reed Military Hospital send a cease and desist order to the Catholic Church providing pastoral care to service members during holy week. A secular defense contractor is being paid to counsel troops instead. https://t.co/vqFXA11ZRH pic.twitter.com/3V17H3BjA8
— @amuse (@amuse) April 8, 2023
And Faulkner’s story comes as the Department of Justice has maintained a dogged pursuit of pro-life activists following the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, indicting eight people on charges that they violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) at a pair of Michigan abortion clinics in 2020.
The Political Insider reported in October that the DOJ was attacking pro-life Americans, charging 11 activists at that time with violations of the Act for blocking the entrance of an abortion clinic in 2021.
Now, with that as a backdrop, does Faulkner’s story about being asked to leave a restaurant for praying seem more or less likely to have actually happened?
Faulkner published a best-selling book last year about her faith and the power of prayer.
“The testimonies of a wonderful variety of people offer divine evidence that prayer is spiritual warfare in a world that would prefer we give up the fight,” she said of the book.
It is titled: “Faith Still Moves Mountains: Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer.”
