During yesterday’s IN Lt Gov nominees’ debate, Micah Beckwith [FN1] said, “I’m not a climate cultist. I believe that God is the one who has given us the climate.” [FN2] A reasonable followup, that no one asked, is what plan for climate has “God” told Beckwith about? 1/10

Indiana’s filthy waterways were mentioned. [FN3] Libertarian Tonya Hudson’s “free market” is a solution as ephemeral as Beckwith’s deity. Democratic nominee Terry Goodin sees 20 years of GOP rule as a problem. [FN4] As we return to Beckwith & his deity, I call bullshit. 2/10

1st: Beckwith quotes his deity w/o awe or even deference. In a 01/07/21 selfie video, Beckwith quotes “the Lord”: “I sent those riots to Washington. What you saw yesterday [01/06/21] was my hand at work.” 3/10

2nd: Beckwith, last fall, said: “Yeah. I didn’t say I liked it [] the Lord is doing and allowing ... people to do things like [] Jan 6. Now, I don't think it was an insurrection by any stretch of the imagination.” [FN5] Beckwith disagrees w/”God”’s description of Jan 6. 4/10

3rd: “God” implores Beckwith: “‘Micah, if you do not get involved in the political battle, they will warp and destroy everything that I have set up in this nation that is rooted in Judeo-Christian principles.’ Those principles go away, then our nation goes away.” [FN6] 5/10

W/Braun as Gov, a heartbeat away will be Lt Gov Beckwith who will use power beyond what the constitution & statutes give it. He has said he will go into classrooms to make sure “history” is taught. He cleans up good, likes the camera & video ads can normalize him. 6/10

Beckwith wants power. The tone & descriptions of his chats w/”God” seem to paint Beckwith as the superior of the two. Jan 6 wasn’t “an insurrection by any stretch of the imagination.” That was “God”’s imagination. So: what does “God” plan for climate change? 7/10

Footnotes:
FN1. His party as an iteration of the GOP has no legitimate claim to being the “Party of Lincoln,” but has become a cult of a toxic personality, so I refer to it as “magaGOP.”
FN2. Adam Wren, “Weathervanes,” Importantville, 08/14/24. 8/10

Footnotes:
FN3. “Nearly 25,000 miles of streams too polluted to swim,” IndyStar, 03/17/22.
FN4. Rory Appleton, “Lieutenant governor candidates talk property taxes, water and more at first debate,” State Affairs, 08/13/24. 9/10

Footnotes:
FN5. Wren, Adam, “Confessions of a (non)-book banner,” Importantville, 09/24/23.
FN6. “People say, wow, that’s super extreme. No, it’s not”: What Micah Beckwith is telling GOP delegates to win them over,” Nathan Gotsch, 6/10/24. 10/10