The Gospel According to Hypocrisy: The Politician's Version

I will never understand how politicians who call themselves Christian can read the Gospels and then treat the poor and the sick like dirt. What hypocrisy! These are the same politicians who pound their chests about “family values” and drape themselves in crosses at campaign rallies, yet when it comes to the actual teachings of Jesus, they slam the book shut.

What Jesus Preached

Because here’s the truth: Jesus did not preach tax breaks for billionaires. He did not preach corporate welfare, mass incarceration, or the demonization of immigrants. He didn’t say, “Blessed are the stockholders.” He said, Blessed are the poor. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. And yet the so-called Christian right in America seems hell-bent on flipping that message upside down, turning the Gospel into a cudgel for cruelty.

Are There Two Different Bibles?

What Gospel are they reading? Because the one I know is filled with stories of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and embracing the outcast. No caveats. No means testing. No lectures about personal responsibility. The actual Jesus handed out free healthcare and free food — and he didn’t ask for a co-pay.

The Hypocrisy

But the politicians who invoke his name? They vote against healthcare for the sick, slash food assistance for the poor, and sneer at the unhoused. They claim moral authority while writing laws that punish the most vulnerable among us. That isn’t Christianity — that’s hypocrisy in its purest form. It’s the Pharisee in a $3,000 suit, standing at the pulpit and thanking God for his wealth while condemning everyone else for being poor.

This isn’t about faith. It’s about power. Religion becomes a shield for greed, a prop for political theater, a weapon to divide neighbor from neighbor. And while they wrap themselves in scripture, they betray the very heart of the faith they pretend to uphold.

Practice What You Preach

If you want to call yourself a Christian politician, then act like it. Start with Matthew 25: feed the hungry, clothe the naked, care for the sick, welcome the stranger. Until then, spare us the sanctimony. Because every time you vote to gut social programs, deny healthcare, or strip away dignity from the poor, you are not serving Christ — you are serving Mammon. And the Gospel has a warning about that, too.

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