Investigating Matthew Trewhella, the Far-Right Wisconsin Pastor — ProPublica

Trewhella has given sermons about violence, saying that pacifism is "heresy" and that "violence is a tool." After the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, he gave a sermon titled "A Gathering of Patriots" in which he said, "Tyrants must be confronted with force or violence at times because that is the only way to defeat them and to cause their harm and their injustice to others to stop."…

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