MAGA Pastor Urges Voters to Stop 'Uncircumcised' People From Stealing a Jesus-Dedicated Nation

MAGA pastor Hank Kunneman urged Americans to vote in the coming midterm elections, claiming 'uncircumcised, uncovenanted people' were trying to 'steal' a nation he said had been dedicated to Jesus Christ.

Speaking in a recent broadcast circulated by Right Wing Watch, the Nebraska-based preacher also targeted transgender people, women's sport and Islam.

Kunneman, who runs One Voice Ministries with his wife Brenda and pastors Lord of Hosts Church in Omaha, used an ElijahStreams appearance to frame political participation as a religious duty.

The available video material promotes the broadcast as a message for viewers ahead of the midterms, although the precise date of Kunneman's remarks is not clear from the material reviewed.

Kunneman's language was unusually blunt even by the standards of a political culture increasingly comfortable blending Christian nationalism with election messaging. It also bundled together several long-running right-wing grievances, including opposition to transgender participation in women's sport and criticism of Islam.

MAGA Pastor Ties Vote to Faith

'I am not going to let uncircumcised, uncovenanted people try to steal this nation that was dedicated to Jesus Christ, the God of my covenant,' Kunneman said, according to the report based on his broadcast.

He then pressed viewers to turn out at the midterms. 'Show up in force,' he said, before directing remarks at transgender people and repeating the claim that men were entering women's bathrooms while 'dressed as a woman.'

Kunneman also said, 'Men, get out of women's sports, you uncircumcised philistines! Islam, this nation belongs to the God that we're in covenant with!' The remarks explicitly named Islam while applying the biblical language of 'uncircumcised' and 'Philistines' to political and social targets.

The word choice matters. Biblical references to uncircumcision have historically been used to describe people cast as outside a covenant community, rather than merely describing a medical status.

Kunneman's invocation of the term alongside Islam and transgender people therefore turned a theological distinction into a political dividing line.

Nothing in the broadcast establishes that any religious group or transgender people are attempting to 'steal' the United States. IBTimes UK cannot independently verify that claim, so it should be treated as Kunneman's characterisation.

MAGA Pastor's Earlier Claims

For context, Kunneman has previously made controversial assertions around sexuality and gender identity. In 2024, he amplified the false claim that schools provide litter boxes for pupils who identify as cats, a rumour repeatedly rejected by school districts and fact-checkers.

There is no verified evidence of schools installing litter boxes to accommodate pupils identifying as animals.

Kunneman has also claimed that Jesus used an anti-gay slur, according to reporting on a conference appearance connected to Illinois Republican Darren Bailey.

The claim was based on his interpretation of Jesus describing Herod Antipas as a 'fox', which he said could refer to bisexuality. That interpretation is not supported by established historical or biblical scholarship.

His latest remarks similarly combined religious language with political arguments over gender, sport and Islam. The broadcast framed voting in the midterms as a way for his audience to defend the religious identity he associates with the United States.

Kunneman's comments did not provide a detailed policy proposal on sport, immigration, religious freedom or transgender rights.

Instead, his appeal focused on voting and the idea that his audience should defend a nation he described as being dedicated to Jesus Christ.

The underlying message was that Kunneman's audience should vote because of what he portrayed as a threat to the nation's religious identity.