October 4, 2017
Watch: Pat Robertson Blames Vegas Shooting on Disrespect for God, the Anthem and Trump
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According to televangelist Pat Robertson, the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night that left 59 people dead and over 500 injured is not the result of insufficient gun laws or lackadaisical security. General disrespect for the national anthem, God and President Trump are to blame for the worst mass-shooting in US history. He is calling for the return of "biblical authority."
Addressing his "700 Club" audience on Monday, Robertson asked: ""Violence in the streets, ladies and gentlemen. Why is it happening?"
"The fact that we have disrespect for authority; there is profound disrespect for our president, all across this nation they say terrible things about him. It's in the news, it's in other places," Robertson bemoaned. "There is disrespect now for our national anthem, disrespect for our veterans, disrespect for the institutions of our government, disrespect for the court system. All the way up and down the line, disrespect."
"Until there is biblical authority," Robertson concluded, "there has to be some controlling authority in our society and there is none. And when there is no vision of God, the people run amok."
