Vicki Yohe Criticized for Being a Trump Supporter
Gospel singer, worship leader and songwriter Vicki Yohe was criticized by her fans and other Christians for her support of President Donald Trump. On Saturday, Yohe took to Instagram to express her support for Trump by posting an actor dressed as Jesus carrying suitcases with the words, "On my way back to the White House." On the post Yohe wrote, "March all you want, protest all you want, President DONALD J. TRUMP is our President for at least 4 years, no weapon formed against him will prosper!"
Her post, which is no longer accessible, was in response to the 2.9 million demonstrators marching around the world in the Women's March. Shaun King, who claims to have been a pastor for 15 years, penned an open letter to the singer, saying that he found Yohe and her remarks "disgusting." King was indignant that Yohe's post implies that Jesus Christ was not in the White House during President Obama's eight years in office.
"I am close friends with President Obama's chaplain. He was a praying man and a baptized Christian. I think you have confused your whiteness with your Christianity," King wrote.
Yohe has since shut down most of her social media accounts and responded apologetically for her haste in reposting a picture which she says was sent to her. "I never want to ever hurt anyone and that has never been my intention. If I have hurt you I am truly sorry...It is true that I am excited by the thought of a government that will protect Christianity and not attack it. I do not condone any wrong things Trump has said or done in the past. I also did not mean to imply that Obama was not a Christian, but meant that the policies his administration pursued many times went against what most Christians believe," Yohe wrote on Facebook.
Yohe is best known for the songs "The Mercy Seat" and "Because Of Who You Are"-for which she received a Dove Award nomination, and for regularly performing on TBN's Praise the Lord program. It was through her television appearance that CeCe Winans offered her the chance to sign with Winans' new Pure Springs Gospel label. Yohe's first release from the label was 2003's I Just Want You.
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