What unfolded Sunday in Minnesota wasn’t a protest. It wasn’t “speaking truth to power.” It was an outright intimidation campaign against Christians, capped off by a vulgar online challenge aimed directly at Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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A left-wing agitator named William Kelly, already notorious for targeting churches and public officials, filmed himself hurling obscenities and daring the Justice Department to come after him after participating in the disruption of a worship service at Cities Church in the Twin Cities. His profanity-laced rant — complete with a “F*CK TRUMP” hat — was promptly posted online as a taunt to federal authorities.
“Fck those fcking Nazis! Come and get me, Pam Bondi, you fcking traitorous btch. All power to the people,” raged Kelly.
Kelly proudly acknowledged his role in storming the church alongside a mob that reportedly included former NAACP chapter president Nekima Armstrong and disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon. The group allegedly targeted the congregation because a pastor was believed to have ties to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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“F*ck those f*cking Nazis, come and get me Pam Bondi, you f*cking traitorous b*tch”
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“Yesterday, I went into a church with Nekima Armstrong, and I protested these white supremacists — the pastor of the church is a fcking ICE leader in the city. How can you be a fcking pastor and be a fcking ICE agent?” he said in the video. “Fck ’em. They wanna come after me? Fck ’em. How can they live so comfortably while the fcking people from Somalia that are in this country legally, they have fcking citizenship, can’t even go to their mosque and pray? How do they deserve any fcking different?”
Kelly framed the church invasion as a moral crusade, but critics say it was nothing more than religious harassment — and not his first time. The activist has openly admitted to repeatedly targeting Christ Church DC, where he sought to confront then–Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during services.
“I’ve been waiting for this for a long time,” Kelly told podcaster Jesse Dollemore in December. “I go to his church almost every Sunday, and I miss him every time. So this was a long time coming.”
During those incidents, Kelly reportedly screamed “traitor” at Hegseth and hurled insults at churchgoers, calling them “spineless little b*tches.”
Journalist Megan Basham spotlighted Kelly’s role as a ringleader in the Minnesota incident and pointed to disturbing consequences from similar mob behavior.
“This man, William Kelly, a ring leader for the mob that stormed a Southern Baptist Church yesterday, is part of a group that has so severely harassed Christ Church in DC that they sent a church member to the hospital w/ a shattered eardrum,” Basham posted to X.
As outrage spread online, Christian leaders and commentators condemned the invasion of sacred space. Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron, who serves on President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, issued a blunt reminder of what’s at stake.
“I don’t care what is animating or annoying you, I don’t care what your political persuasion might be, invading a church is unacceptable and is a violation of religious liberty.”
Despite Kelly’s bravado, federal authorities are not laughing. Attorney General Bondi has confirmed she has spoken directly with the pastor of Cities Church, and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has stated publicly that investigations are underway. Dhillon emphasized that where the law has been broken, accountability will follow.
