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Right-wing influencers lash out at Republican National Convention over Sikh prayer
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After a Republican National Committee member conducted a Sikh prayer during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention, right-wing influencers attacked the “shameful” and “pagan” prayer, claiming it “betrayed the true God,” was “not emblematic of America,” and was actually “decorated word salad for ‘Hail Satan’” and “anti-Christian evil.”