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A Prayer Guide for the 2016 Presidential Election Praying for all those in authority is a command by the Lord as instruct- ed in 1 Timothy 2:1-2. As we approach this critical and contentious election, let us use this guide to pray for the people and groups behind the candidates. PRAY for each person to be presented with the Gospel if they haven’t already, and come to a saving faith in Christ. Hillary Clinton Campaign Donald Trump Campaign (Ephesians 1:17-23) John Podesta Steve Bannon PRAY for each person is Clinton’s Campaign is Trump’s Campaign to exhibit honesty, integrity, and loyalty. Chair and long time Executive Chairman (Proverbs 29:25) Clinton friend. He and was a close confi- founded the Center for dent of Andrew Breit- PRAY for each person to recognize their own American Progress, a liberal think-tank bart. Bannon carried on the Breitbart inadequacy and to seek group. CAP is a member of the Shadow company after his un-timely death. He the will of God. Party, a network of non-profit activist is also the executive chairman and co- (Proverbs 3:5-8) groups organized by George Soros and founder of the Government Accounta- PRAY that each would others to mobilize resources—money, bility Institute, a group that aims to fear God and that God get-out-the-vote drives, campaign ad- expose government corruption. would be glorified through their actions. vertising, and policy initiatives—to ad- (Proverbs 9:10) vance Democratic Party agendas. Kellyanne Conway PRAY that truth would be revealed if any Robby Mook is Trump’s latest wrongdoing or corrup- is Clinton’s Campaign Campaign Director. tion is present. Manager and worked She is a Republican (Proverbs 16:13) on multiple campaigns Strategist and is a Check the box for key Democrats veteran of Republican beside the including John Kerry, Jeanne Shaheen, campaigns and polling. Conway name of the person or group when Terry McAuliffe, and Hillary’s 2008 Pres- worked for a string of candidates in- you have prayed for idential bid. He is known for his data- cluding Dan Quayle, Jack Kemp, them. driven campaign strategies. Newt Gingrich, and Mike Pence. Pray for the people behind the Clinton Campaign. Hillary Clinton Mandy Grunwald Jim Margolis is a longtime Clinton is Clinton’s Media Advisor ally and is acting as and came from the Media Advisor for Obama 2008 campaign Clinton’s campaign. team. She worked on Hillary’s 2008 cam- paign team. Her history with the Jake Sullivan Huma Abedin Clinton goes way back. is Clinton’s Senior Policy Advisor and for- Abedin is Clinton’s mer Deputy Director for closest and most trust- Maya Harris Clinton’s 2008 cam- ed personal aide and is Clinton’s Campaign paign. He has notoriety for facilitating advisor, having served Senior Policy Advisor the groundwork for the nuclear deal with with her for decades. and is a Senior fellow at Iran. She is Clinton’s Vice- the Center for American Progress (CAP). Joel Benenson Chair of the Clinton is Clinton’s Chief Strate- Campaign and per- Minyon Moore gist and pollster. He sonal Chief of Staff. is Clinton’s Senior worked as a pollster and Abedin is recently Advisor to the strategist for political clients, CEOs, and separated from former campaign. She is the corporate clients. Benenson was U.S. Congressman principal at the Obama’s pollster. Anthony Weiner. Born Dewey Square Group. Moore is one of the founders in Michigan and raised of Americans Coming Together, a Cheryl Mills in Saudi Arabia, she is shadow organization funded by is serving Clinton in an a practicing Muslim, George Soros for increasing voter unofficial senior adviso- and speaks Urdu and contact for progressives. ry role. She worked for Hindi. Anthony Weiner the Clintons during their and she have one Ann O’Leary White House years, Clinton’s stint in the child. is Clinton’s Senior Policy State Department, and for the Clinton Advisor. She is Vice Foundation. President at Next Genera- tion and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. (CAP). Pray for these members of The Shadow Party From Arianna Huffington’s Shadow Conventions, progres- sive think tank meetings of wealthy donors and strategists, came The Shadow Party. Launched on July 17, 2003 at El Mirador, George Soros’ Southampton estate on Long MoveOn.org: This California-based entity is the only one of the Shadow Party's core groups Island, The Shadow Party was that was not a new startup operation. Launched in September 1998, MoveOn is a Web-based the beginning of stealthy, political network that organizes online activists, raises money for Democratic candidates, generates calculated, and coordinated ef- political ads, and is very effective at recruiting young people to support Democrats. In November forts to funnel money into core 2003, Soros pledged to give MoveOn $5 million. groups for the advancement of America Coming Together: ACT began in 2004 with Soros's $10 million grant, and ran what the progressive agenda. At this it called “the largest voter-contact program in history,” with more than 1,400 full-time paid canvass- meeting of donors, labor lead- ers contacting potential voters door-to-door and by phone for progressive candidates. ers, and progressive activists, Center For American Progress: CAP is a progressive think tank promoting leftist ideas and Soros laid out his plan to defeat policy initiatives. CAP's leadership has consistently featured a cast of former high-ranking officials George Bush in the 2004 presi- from the Clinton administration. Former Clinton staffer Harold Ickes helped create 6 of the 7 Soros- dential election and beyond. funded Shadow Party groups listed here, with the exception of MoveOn.org. Attendees included OSI direc- Joint Victory Campaign (JVC): This fundraising entity focuses on collecting contributions and tor Morton Halperin ; EMILY's disbursing them chiefly to America Coming Together and the Media Fund. Over $57.8 million was List founder and abortion-rights funneled to these organizations so far, with Soros contributing more than $12 million in 2004 alone. activist Ellen Malcolm; former America Votes: A national coalition coordinating the efforts of many get-out-the-vote Clinton chief of staff John organizations and thousands of contributing activists. Soros donated over $5 million to the coalition . Podesta; Sierra Club executive Media Fund: The Media Fund describes itself as “the largest media-buying organization sup- director Carl Pope; former porting a progressive message” in the United States. Clinton speechwriters Jeremy Thunder Road Group (TRG): This political consultancy coordinated strategy for America Coming Rosner and Robert Boorstin; Together, America Votes, and the Media Fund. Its duties include strategic planning, polling, labor leader and former Clinton opposition research, covert operations, and public relations. advisor Steve Rosenthal; and major Democrat donors such as According to Discover the Networks, “In addition to its seven core members, the Shadow Party also Lewis and Dorothy came to include at least another 30 well-established leftwing activist groups and labor unions that Cullman, Robert Glaser, participated in the America Votes coalition. Among the better-known of these were ACORN (now Peter Lewis, and Robert called Communities Organized International); the AFL-CIO; the AFSCME; the American Federa- McKay. tion of Teachers; the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; the Defenders of Wild- life Action Fund; EMILY's List; the Human Rights Campaign; the League of Conservation Vot- Taken from ers; the NAACP; NARAL Pro-Choice America; the National Education Association; People for DiscoverTheNetworks.org. the American Way; Planned Parenthood; the Service Employees International Union; and the Sierra Club.” Pray for the people behind the Trump Campaign. Donald Trump Michael Glassner Jason Miller is Trump’s Deputy is Trump’s Senior Campaign Manager. Communications Advi- He is President of sor. He was lead C&MT Transcontinen- communications and tal and serves multiple political clients. digital consultant on the Cruz for President campaign. Ivanka Trump, Jim Murphy Eric Trump, and is Trump’s National Katrina Pierson Donald Trump, Jr. Political Director. He is is Trump’s National Managing Partner at JLM Spokesperson. She was Consulting. most recently the Donald Trump’s closest Spokesperson for the allies and fiercest de- Tea Party Leadership Fund. fenders are his three Mike Biundo eldest children. is Trump’s Senior Sarah H. Sanders Political Advisor. He is Trump’s Senior Successful business was senior advisor to Advisor. She has people in their own the Rand Paul experience working for right, the Trump chil- campaign in 2014. her father, Mike Huckabee, as well as dren have been heavily for other candidates. involved in their father’s Alan Cobb campaign and appear- is Trump’s Director of Jeff Sessions ances. Coalitions. He is a princi- is Trump’s National pal at Cobb & Associates Security Chair. He in Topeka, Kansas. was the first U.S. Senator to endorse Trump during the primaries and has advised him on a number of issues. A self-funded candidate? OpenSecrets.org indicates that the Trump Campaign has been out –fundraised and out- spent approximately 4 to 1 by Funding groups and key people the Clinton campaign, with behind the Trump Campaign most of Clinton’s money com- ing from outside of her cam- paign. Fewer PACs and only Rebuilding America Now: A pro-Trump SuperPAC, RAN received a cash 527 groups have backed infusion from donors after the GOP Convention, but still is far behind the fundrais- Trump after the contentious ing levels of PACs on the Clinton team. GOP primaries. The amount Great America PAC: Created to fund and support the Trump campaign. spent on his campaign is far less than Republican candi- Home Depot Co-Founder Bernie Marcus: Marcus donated $3 million to the dates in the past.
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