This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
A Republican member of Congress says America as we know it is on the verge of being lost because Democrats have "sold their soul to the devil," and he's blaming Christians and gun owners for allowing it to happen.
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, appeared Saturday night on "The Big Weekend Show" on Fox News, and slammed citizens on the political right who choose not to vote in elections.
"The problem basically is, it's on us!" Burchett said.
"When 12% of the population goes to the polls, 45% of so-called evangelical Christians don't go to the polls, 30% of gun owners don't go to the polls, we have 12% of the population deciding who is elected, who's our judges, who's in Congress. It's a nightmare.
"Folks better wake up or we're gonna lose our dadgum country. And this is not some conspiracy theory. This is a reality," he continued.
"[Former President Ronald] Reagan talked about losing it in one generation. We could lose this country in one vote series. If the Democrats were to take over in the House and the Senate, it would be over for this country right now because they have sold their soul to the devil. They don't care.
"They don't live this flag, they don't love our country, they don't respect our borders, and they just think America is just a big cash cow. We're just gonna start heading to the Xerox machine with $100 bills and printing it out. And that's just not the way it is. Eventually it runs out and it's gonna run out. That's part of the design too.
"They'll wreck this country and they'll rebuild it under some elitist woke-a-topia that their university types can run it. And it'll be like New York on steroids."
He added: "We are one flu season away from truly losing the republic, because the Left – which is the Democrat Party – is not your granddad's Democrats anymore. These people are Marxists; they're openly against our country, they hate our military, they hate our border control – they hate everything about it."
Burchett also referenced the recent murder of Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom in Washington, D.C., allegedly by an Afghan national let in during the Joe Biden administration.
The congressman said leftists "won't even apologize. They won't even say they're sorry that this young lady lost her life in service to our great country, and yet they're out touting this, they're out promoting it, they're out promoting, they want people to disobey orders from their commander-in-chief. They've crossed over that line, and there's no going back. And where's the outrage?"
