On "The 700 Club" today, televangelist Pat Robertson linked last night's mass shooting in Las Vegas to a disrespect for President Trump, the national anthem and God.
"Violence in the streets, ladies and gentlemen. Why is it happening?" he asked. "The fact that we have disrespect for authority; there is profound disrespect for our president, all across this nation they say terrible things about him. It's in the news, it's in other places. There is disrespect now for our national anthem, disrespect for our veterans, disrespect for the institutions of our government, disrespect for the court system. All the way up and down the line, disrespect."
"Until there is biblical authority," Robertson continued, "there has to be some controlling authority in our society and there is none. And when there is no vision of God, the people run amok ... and we have taken from the American people the vision of God, the whole idea of reward and punishment, an ultimate judge of all our actions, we've taken that away. When there is no vision of God, the people run amok."
