Pat Robertson, “TV presenter, educator, humanitarian and former presidential candidate, died at his Virginia Beach residence early Thursday morning”announced The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN).
Popular televangelist Pat Robertson founded CBN in 1960, where he hosted an ultra-conservative daily show, « The 700 club » watched by a million Americans.
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A former Republican candidate for the presidential election in 1988, he also founded the Christian Coalition, an organization known for its fierce opposition to abortion and its fight for prayer at school, which he had done in the 1990s. an essential political pressure group.
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The Christian Coalition had nearly 4 million members in 1994, according to the New York Timesbut had lost half of it by the 2000s and lost much of its influence.
Born in 1930 in Lexington, Virginia, Pat Robertson frequently aroused controversy with extremist remarks. In particular, he claimed in 2002, a year after the September 11 attacks, that Muslims were worse than the Nazis and in 2005 called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whom the televangelist accused of having financed Osama bin Laden. .
2023-06-08 13:16:54
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