Franklin Graham decries Nazi concentration camp, gets reminded about his anti-LGBTQ comments and support of Donald Trump

 Folks who follow this blog know how much I despise Franklin Graham. From his vile comments about the LGBTQ community to his basic hypocrisy in supporting Donald Trump, there are a plethora of reasons why I think he represents just how far Christianity in America has fallen.

And just like Trump, there is no bottom when it comes to stooping for Graham. Case in point is the following recent tweet:

Yesterday I visited Auschwitz, where 1.3 million people—mostly Jews—were tortured & killed. It is a chilling thought that something like this could ever happen again—but that evil is still in our world. The only solution is God’s transforming power through His Son, Jesus Christ. pic.twitter.com/0tTFYuSLYa

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 12, 2024

Using the suffering of Jewish people to encourage folks to embrace Christianity doesn't seem to be in good taste. Since I am not Jewish, though, I don't think it's my place to decipher Graham's intent in that respect. 

However, the basic hypocrisy of Graham's comment stands out. Gays suffered persecution during the Holocaust, including at Auschwitz. And over the years, Graham made some rather awful comments about gays. He's even praised world leaders who have cracked down on gay people in their own countries. In 2015, Graham praised Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin for passing laws which strip Russian gays of their basic rights:

I have met (Obama) on several occasions. He’s a very nice person. But he supports and promotes policies that contradict the teachings of God. As a Christian I believe that abortion is murder, he supports it. Homosexuality and same-sex marriage — those are sins against God, and the president is promoting them. I’m not against homosexuals as people. But God commanded that marriage should be between a man and a woman. And I very much appreciate that President Putin is protecting Russian young people against homosexual propaganda. If only to give them the opportunity to grow up and make a decision for themselves. Again, homosexuals cannot have children, they can take other people’s children. I believe that President Obama (and I’ll repeat, he’s a very nice person) is leading America down the wrong road. He’s taking a stand against God.

This was pointed out to Graham by some of the folks responding to his tweet about Auschwitz:

Irony. I live in the US, where you, Franklin Graham, have tortured 20 million LGBTQ people with your words (sometimes killing them through making them feel hopeless or inciting your followers to violence). Yes, that evil is still in the world.

— Lynne Eldridge MD (@AboutLungCancer) April 13, 2024

Well, you could quit acting as if homosexuality is a worse sin than adultery so that evil you mention is still within you, Frankie. Stop doing photo ops instead of the work to transform your own heart.

— Susan P. ☮️ (@pagesturnedblog) April 12, 2024

The Pink Triangle was also invented for Auschwitz too.. But your hatred and bigotry ignores that @Franklin_Graham Right??

— JamesDPitch (@jamesdpitch) April 12, 2024

Other responses to Graham's tweet brought up his unwavering support of Donald Trump and convenient silence when Trump has lied, made bigoted comments about various groups of people, and implied desires of wanting to be a dictator:

Frankie never called out Trump for his anti-Semitic response.

Over 200 white supremacist, alt-right, neo-Nazi, and pro-Confederates marched shouting “you will not replace us,” “Jews will not replace us.”

Trump's response: there were “very fine people on both sides.” pic.twitter.com/esrpsp4SAY

— Philly Pub Alum 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@vegasexpats) April 12, 2024

And yet you play footsies with a guy who uses the exact same playbook the architect of the Holocaust used: Fear, nationalism, & scapegoating.

— Jim Drumheller🐾☮️ (@JimDrumheller) April 12, 2024

Yet you support a Hitlerite who complains, like Hitler, about migrants “poisoning the blood” of the country, lunches with anti-semites and Holocaust deniers like Fuentes and Kanye, and supported the guys chanting “Jews will not replace us”. Sit down, Franklin.

— Q van Rheede (@QRheede) April 12, 2024

Evil is here, led by a guy who wears orange makeup, won’t be photographed w/his “fat” daughter, has conned and is still conning millions, cheated on his wife, inc. w/ a pornstar, got caught taking money from a kids cancer charity and yet YOU still choose to look the other way.

— wbbpuregame (@boilerbruinlove) April 13, 2024

Do you understand when you demonize Muslims and LGBT people you are engaging in the same rhetorical methods of the people who caused the Holocaust, @franklingraham

— mark academic (@markdalhouse) April 12, 2024

Oh, I could see it happening again if Donald Trump gets elected I don’t know what is in your mind to support that fascist.

— Bruce L Hart 🟧 (@BruceLHart) April 12, 2024

Yeah, you might want to sit this one out, Frank.

— DrMamaBear (@tlz1956) April 12, 2024

Trump is filled with hate for the marginalized and yet you promote him...something is seriously wrong with you

— 5280 CO ✌❤ (@prettypup) April 13, 2024

Well Trump said he wants to be a dictator and you are will to put your support behind him.

— James Chiasson (@badasspapa4) April 12, 2024