On Sunday, November 2nd, President Donald Trump said that he was considering sending U.S. troops to Nigeria, to help stop the killing of Christians at the hands of Muslim terror groups, claiming that these murders were being sanctioned by the Nigerian government. One day prior, the Administration placed Nigeria back on a list of "Countries of Particular Concern", those that we believe have violated religious freedoms.
This past Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the killings and the major networks couldn't be bothered to cover it on their nightly newscasts. Fox News's Special Report with Bret Baier did cover the hearing.
ABC, CBS and NBC all took a pass on giving this the exposure it deserves. This really shouldn't come as a big shock. From the moment Trump made his declaration, many on the left, including of course the media, went on the attack against the President, for daring to care about innocent Christians being slaughtered for being Christians. The list includes MSNBC's Reverend Al Sharpton and his guest, House Democrat Whip, Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Massachusetts.
CNN's Abby Phillip, also had a major problem with Trump, and went at it hard with her panelist Scott Jennings.
In September Senator Ted Cruz introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025. The bill protects Christians and other religious minorities being persecuted in Nigeria.
Cruz has pointed out that since 2009, 52,000 Nigerian Christians have been murdered by jihadists and over 20,000 Christian churches and religious-based institutions have been destroyed, and on June 13 more than 200 Christians were murdered by Fulani jihadists in a Nigerian village. On Thursday's Special Report, Fox News host Bret Baier introduced their report on the hearing, and Senior National Correspondent Aishah Hasnie, who began her report this way:
HASNIE: Tonight, the Trump Administration says it's developing a plan to compel the Nigerian government to protect Christians from persecution.
JONATHAN PRATT, STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: This plan will consider U.S., State, and Treasury engagement on sanctions as well as possible Department of War engagement on counter terrorism and other efforts to protect religious communities.
HASNIE: The announcement coming at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing as it looks into the President's redesignation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern.
REP CHRIS SMITH (R-NJ): This is not random violence. It is deliberate persecution.
Of course, as previously mentioned, for some reason the left has a problem with Trump's concern over the killing of Christians, and his consideration of dealing with it in the strongest terms.
HASNIE: The President has already threatened taking military action. Democrats blasting those threats.
REP. PRAMILA JAYAPAL (D): I don't think that's the right way, to go just go on Truth Social and threaten guns a blazing.
Hasnie then pointed out some somber stats: "According to the the Observatory For Religious Freedom in Africa. amongst the 30,000 civilians killed in a four year period, more than 6,000 were Muslim while nearly 17,000 were Christians."
And Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) got emotional as he declared, "I went to school with kids from Nigeria....It ought to be outrageous."
Yes, "outrageous." The killing of Christians in Nigeria and throughout Africa is and has been "outrageous" for decades. The lack of media interest and coverage of it all is also "outrageous", as is the outrage from the left aimed at those like President Trump, who address this and are trying to put an end to it all. This must be stopped once and for all, and the media must do their part in educating the public about this inhumane horror, and all efforts to end it.
