An MSNBC contributor said at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday that Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris may replace former President Barack Obama as the most influential black politician in the party.

Commentator April Ryan made the remark when she was asked during a segment on the network about the “star power” of having Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama speak on Harris’ behalf tonight at the convention.

“Well, first of all, Michelle Obama is stratospheric. She is an icon. She is authentic,” Ryan said. “When you talk about someone reaching someone, she is Chicago, born and bred, South Side. You can’t get more authentic than that. When she speaks, she speaks to the heart. So let’s go there, and people believe her and feel her. But when you have two people — beyond Reverend Al Sharpton, who I’m sitting right next to — who are some of the greatest orators of our time, you know, people are going to listen.”

“This moment is even larger than when Barack Obama became president,” she claimed. “I remember the night that he was elected, and I happened to be at the White House … and I’ll never forget all the kids who ran to the White House and just a spontaneous crowd, because they saw change. They saw people who are authentic and look like them.”

After continuing to gush about Michelle Obama for another several moments, Ryan commented about the former president.

“And then with her husband, I mean, I joke about this, but there’s Jesus, HBCUs, and then there’s Barack Obama,” she said. “It may change, it may change a little bit if Kamala Harris becomes president. But you know, these are two people people want to hear from, especially right now, as we’ve heard so much about this tension, if you will, these conversations about how to save the democracy that ultimately led to President Biden saying, I’m going to step aside for the sake of the democracy to make sure that we can keep the Republic.”

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— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 20, 2024

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker called out a Chicago Cardinal who led the invocation at the Democratic National Convention with his cross hidden under his jacket and failed to mention Jesus Christ’s name.

In a Tuesday post on X, the Chiefs star shared a clip from the first night of the 2024 DNC in Chicago with Roman Catholic Cardinal Blase Cupich at the podium giving the opening prayer and the religious leader’s pectoral cross could not be seen because it was tucked inside the Cardinal’s jacket.

“America needs more Jesus not less,” Butker’s post read. “We need our shepherds to fearlessly lead and not be afraid to proclaim that Christ is King.”

“It starts with bishops boldly wearing their pectoral cross outside their jackets,” he added.

America needs more Jesus not less. We need our shepherds to fearlessly lead and not be afraid to proclaim that Christ is King 👑 It starts with bishops boldly wearing their pectoral cross outside their jackets ✝️ https://t.co/pwY0OTql8L

— Harrison Butker (@buttkicker7) August 20, 2024

As Butker noted, the Cardinal faced additional criticism because during his invocation, the name Jesus was not mentioned once, as LifeNews noted.

During this prayer, the religious leader called on the faithful “to root out ongoing injustices in our national life, especially those created by moral blindness and fear of the other” and to forge a “new chapter of our nation’s history.”

At one point, the Cardinal of the Archdiocese of Chicago also quoted Pope Francis, but not Jesus.

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“Hiding his pectoral cross, and never once [m]entioning the name of Jesus, Cdl. Blase Cupich gave the invocation at an event providing free abortions and vasectomies,” The Lepanto Institute, a conservative Catholic organization, wrote on X, pointing out Planned Parenthood’s “mobile health clinic” blocks from the DNC offering abortions.

Catholic Vote said simply, “The DNC is demonic.”

One journalist wrote, “McCarrick disciple Cardinal Cupich gives invocation at DNC in Chicago as abortions and vasectomies take place just feet away. No sign of the cross. No mention of the Holy Name of Jesus. Pectoral cross conveniently hidden.”

Another person wrote, “Did the catholic priest notice the horrific child sacrifice abortion ritual happening outside the DNC convention or is he just going to ignore that?”

Butker made headlines earlier this year after he gave the commencement address at Benedictine College, a Catholic university in Kansas, in which he praised his wife for being a “homemaker,” called out President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, and criticized LGBT “Pride month.”

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