Vice President Kamala Harris’ longtime pastor once appeared to blame the United States for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Amos Brown, the pastor of San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church, gave a speech during a 2001 memorial service for 9/11 victims days after the attack and wondered if America “set this climate.” according to at SFGate. Brown, who has a reputation for harboring far-left sentiments, has known Harris for nearly 25 years, according to at the Washington Free Beacon.
“America, is there anything you have done to settle this climate?” Brown said during the 2001 service, according to SFGate. “What have you done – intentionally or unintentionally – in the world order, in Central America, in Africa where the bombs are still going off?“
“America, what were you doing at the global warming conference when you weren’t embracing the smaller nations?” Brown said he continued. “America, what were you doing two weeks ago when I was at the world conference on racism, when you didn’t show up?” (RELATED: Billionaires Bankrolling Kamala Harris’ Tough-On-Crime Campaign Wanted To Defund Police, Install Soros Prosecutors)
Paul Holm, the former partner of Mark Bingham, a 9/11 victim who was on United Airlines Flight 93, said at the time that the speech “was supposed to be a memorial service,” according to SFGate . California Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi apologized to Holm for Brown’s remarks and said during her own speech that the United States “will not take responsibility” for 9/11.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Chairman Tom Ammiano called the speech “over the top” and said Brown “could have chosen a different place or a different way of saying it,” according to SFGate.
Brown visited Harris at the White House at least twice, according to the Beacon. Harris remains a “paying member” of the church, Brown said said Religion News Service in 2023.
United States Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a celebration of the NCAA championship teams on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“For two decades now, at least, I’ve come back to you,” Harris he said of Brown at the Baptist National Convention in 2022. “I went back to him. And I will say that your wisdom has really guided me and taught me through some of the most difficult times. And – and you have always been a source of inspiration for me.”
Harris called Brown after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election, saying she was running for president asking him to pray for her, Brown. said Sojourners.
Brown served on the California reparations task force and supported payments to descendants of slaves, according to to the New York Times. Brown called America racist in 2021 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle.
“How do I do? Because I know America,” said Brown asked when he is not “paralyzed” by “all the violence against Black people and the trauma (is) attended both during your childhood in the South.” “America is a racist country.”
Harris’ relationship with Brown bears similarities to the 2008 controversy involving former President Barack Obama and his former pastor, Jerimiah Wright, according to the Beacon. Wright was also scrutinized for his views on America while Obama was running for president.
Third Baptist Church and the Harris campaign did not immediately respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment. Brown could not be directly reached for comment.
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