Trump Bible Study Ace Keeps Saying Jews ‘Executed’ Jesus

White House Bible Study Pastor Ralph Drollinger has repeatedly said that Jews “executed” Jesus in lessons and on video for Trump cabinet members and other officials.

Drollinger made news during Trump’s first term as the leader of Bible studies for President Donald Trump’s cabinet and members of Congress through Capitol Ministries.  The second Trump administration has featured increased visibility for the White House Faith Office, and in March the White House study was resurrected.

Independent journalist and veteran news producer Jonathan Larsen has been tracking Drollinger’s teachings, which have very recently included multiple examples of the longstanding anti-Jewish “executing” Jesus trope. Larsen writes:

In two study guides and videos, right-wing preacher Ralph Drollinger, who runs the Bible studies, made multiple references to Israel, or its people, killing Jesus.

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The first of Drollinger’s two online study guides, dated June 13, argues:

“[T]he spiritual blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant accrue to the Church for a time (until God grafts Israel back in) due to the present apostasy of Israel, having executed the Messiah.”

That reference also appears on a Capitol Ministries pamphlet for the lesson, one which Larsen points out carries the endorsements of several senior Trump officials.

And in a video lesson in June, Drollinger made the attack on camera:

Since Paul’s a Jew, he doesn’t want his audience to know, well, what happens to the Jews, because they for by and large rejected the messiah. They’ve been sidetracked. … In other words, Israel has stumbled. They’re on the side track of God’s plan as He grafts in the gentiles into His kingdom. And they’ve been sidetracked because they crucified their messiah.

This week, the lobbying group J Street slammed the study in a statement to Larsen:

While the administration continues to target individuals for protected speech and infringes on academic freedom over claims of antisemitism, they refuse to reckon with the antisemitism in their own ranks…

Whether it be their bible study lessons or their staffers with extensive histories of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories, the Trump administration must stop their cynical use of antisemitism as justification for their unrelated policy priorities and take action to hold their staffers accountable.

Watch above via Jonathan Larsen’s Substack.