We Listened So You Don’t Have To: The Micah Beckwith Weird Weekly Roundup: August 13, 2024

Welcome back to The Indiana Democratic Party’s new weekly series called We Listened So You Don’t Have To: The Micah Beckwith Weird Weekly Roundup, which serves as a one-stop-shop that summarizes all the weird, offbeat, and simply gross things Beckwith says as he and Braun continue to spout. Bonus: At the end of every Roundup, we’ll include the cherry on top, AKA that week’s weirdest moment.

This week’s items include (and this one’s a doozy):

• In a recent podcast episode, Beckwith called drag queens “disgusting and demonic.”  A week after these comments were made, a photo of Republican VP Candidate J.D. Vance was found showing him dressed in drag. Still think drag is demonic, Micah? 
• An op-ed IndyStar article written by a fellow Pastor put Beckwith on blast for hijacking Christianity to promote nationalism, calling back to his claims that the riots on January 6 were God’s “hands at work.”
• In a Facebook post and X post from August 11, Beckwith published an image comparing modern-day British police officers to Nazis, and it claimed it was a felony in the UK to have different opinions. 

And the cherry on top? 

In another podcast episode, Beckwith relayed a conversation he had with a woman concerned about vaccines, and implied that vaccines cause autism: “We’re seeing more and more trends leading towards more autism, more physical ailments, like disabilities, things that are happening. We’re like, what is, this isn’t norm, like something is happening. And she, you know, she says, she was telling me, she was like, a lot of that research is pointing to these mandatory vaccines that kids are required to get now.”

To claim that vaccines are linked with the development of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is harmful to those living with ASD as it continues to promote prejudice against members of that community. Indeed, the CDC has stated unequivocally that vaccines do not cause autism, and numerous scientific articles across the world agree. 

As honest, common sense people, Hoosiers should not be forced to listen to these unfounded lies any longer, which is why it is imperative that the McCormick-Goodin ticket — which stands for women’s rights, quality education, and affordable healthcare — is elected this November.