Adam Hamilton, a Democratic nominee in Kansas, told his church members to repent for eating beef and driving cars. This happened during a January 2020 sermon reviewed by Fox News Digital. For years, the nation’s biggest United Methodist church was guided by the pastor. He called on his flock to change their behavior regarding the environment.
“That’s what repentance means — I saw things differently, it changed my heart, and it changed my behavior,” Hamilton said. He admitted he had been wasteful and failed to be a good steward of the earth. The sermon was titled, “What would Jesus say about climate change?”
Hamilton asked his listeners to feel bad about their impact on future generations. He urged them to do something different from that time forward. This message has now become a central issue in his Senate race against Roger Marshall.
Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican, said Hamilton’s views prove he is just like other liberal Democrats. Marshall noted that Kansas has more cattle than people. He told Fox News Digital that flipping on the Farm Bill shows Hamilton does not understand local values.
The race has tightened unexpectedly despite Kansas being a Republican stronghold for 94 years. The state slipped from “Likely R” to “Lean R” in Fox News’ Power Rankings. Cook Political Report echoed the same shift, too. High fuel prices and diesel costs are making voters anxious in this farming state.
Hamilton’s campaign pushed back against Marshall’s attacks. Tyson Brody, a spokesperson for Hamilton, pointed out that Marshall has introduced bills to cut cattle emissions. Brody said Marshall even bragged how the decline of the herd “eliminated half of the methane gas produced from cattle already,”.
Hamilton’s team argues Marshall should repent for failing to support producers on tariffs and imports. They say he is attacking Hamilton for something Marshall said himself in the Senate. The campaign claims the current diesel prices are hurting Kansas farmers badly.
