Rick Wiles was born on August 20,1953 and is a far-right American conspiracy theorist, pundit, and Christian fundamentalist senior pastor at the non-denominational Flowing Streams Church.
14 Facts About Rick Wiles
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Rick Wiles is the founder of TruNews, a website promoting racist, homophobic, and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
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Rick Wiles later changed it a second time to its current name, TruNews.
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Pastor Rick Wiles has spoken out in defense of Palestinians and against Israeli killings of Palestinian civilians during the Gaza war and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
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In October 2019, Rick Wiles stated that if Trump was defeated in the 2020 presidential election:.
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In late July 2020, Rick Wiles urged Trump to use "billions of hollow-point bullets" against Black Lives Matter protestors in Portland, Oregon to put down the "insurrection".
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Rick Wiles claimed the bullets were hoarded by Barack Obama "to round up Christians and constitutionalists under a President Hillary Clinton".
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In late November 2020, after Trump's defeat was confirmed, Rick Wiles stated that the Trump administration planned "to shoot some people".
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In March 2020, at a TruNews broadcast, Rick Wiles claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic was God's punishment to Jews for opposing Jesus Christ and the disease spread in synagogues.
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Rick Wiles claimed that the outbreak in the United States started at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington, DC, on March 2,2020.
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Rick Wiles has claimed that the vaccines for protection against coronavirus are a plot for "global genocide" and has opposed vaccination efforts.
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In late May 2021, it was reported that Rick Wiles himself had contracted COVID-19 and had been hospitalized.
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Rick Wiles said that his wife was "very fatigued," that his daughter-in-law was hospitalized, and that his grandson and other family members were suffering from coronavirus symptoms.
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In 2024, Rick Wiles filed to challenge US Representative Brian Mast in the Republican primary, and denounced Mast for supporting Israel and for having worn an Israel Defense Forces uniform on Capitol Hill.