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Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick warned that Democrats “want to kick God out of our country.” First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress labelled the video “blasphemous, evil, and not beliefs that any true Christian could support ever.”"},{"type":"pullquote","text":"Democrats want to kick God out of our country.","author":"Dan Patrick, Texas Lt. 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