The first female Muslim member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives said Tuesday she was offended by a colleague's decision to open a voting session with a prayer a day earlier that 'at the name of Jesus every knee will bow.'
Movita Johnson-Harrell, the first female Muslim member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, said Tuesday a colleague's prayer used"Jesus as a weapon."
Borowicz, a Republican and associate pastor’s wife who was elected in November to represent a rural central Pennsylvania district, also thanked President Trump during theJohnson-Harrell said she respects everyone's right to praise the president, but"we cannot weaponize what's going on with Israel and Palestine.
"At the name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue will confess, Jesus, that you are Lord," Borowicz said on Monday.
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