I read that Marie Gluesenkamp Perez attends a far right wing prayer group in congress and was even trying to recruit others into it.
Gluesenkamp Perez Is Recruiting Members of Congress for Far-Right Bible Study The Washington Democrat urged members of Congress to join an anti-LGBTQ+ ministry Jonathan Larsen Jan 29, 2025 Gluesenkamp Perez and a dozen other members invited colleagues to join them in a weekly Bible study meeting led by Ralph Drollinger, a supporter of Pres. Donald Trump who opposes LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights and leads a global effort to get elected officials right with Jesus. Drollinger’s ministry, the letter says, “has had major impact” on the lives of Gluesenkamp Perez and her co-signers. Her connection to Drollinger has not previously been reported and her name does not appear on his online lists of congressional sponsors. I obtained the letter, which was undated but distributed earlier this month, from a source on Capitol Hill. Gluesenkamp Perez did not immediately respond to emailed questions. The letter says that Christian beliefs should supersede the obligations of office and that belief in Jesus makes one a better member of Congress. Of the 13 signers, Gluesenkamp Perez is the only Democrat and the only woman.
Update: April 18, 2025
I’ve been hearing that Republican reps are saying “there’s a lot of misinformation” about the requirements in the SAVE ACT, is definitely a party line talking point for Republicans, because I heard that from Rep. Rob Bresnahan. Rob Bresnahan also claimed that there were no medicaid cuts in the bill he voted for, even though I’d sent him a letter a couple weeks before that explicitly explaining how math works. In other words, Republican talking points can’t be trusted to be accurate.
Gluesenkamp Perez didn’t use those Republican talking points, but she did use similar excuses and moved the goalposts in excuses I’ve heard about a few times when pushed by her constituents. (I heard multiple examples on this Oregon resident’s youtube channel.) But considering she’s engaged with a far right Christian nationalism aligned prayer group in congress, perhaps she hasn’t stated the actual reason. I think somebody in her district ought to be birddogging her to find out and get her on record whether or not she’s into “head of household voting” and repealing women’s independent suffrage, because that’s a thing!