Election 2022: Death of a son propelled Lindy Blanchard from business to ministry to Alabama politicsLindy Blanchard is running for governor, hoping to oust incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey. President Donald Trump had appointed her as U.S. ambassador to Slovenia, First Lady Melania Trump’s home country.
The heightened security came against a background of international intrigue. About two months earlier, Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a nerve agent. Blanchard says she cannot reveal further details about what type of assault that happened that night. But she and the Marines on duty were commended for their response under pressure, she said. As she tells the story, she’s wearing a bronze eagle and globe lapel pin she was given by the Marines.
“I knew Chris very well,” said Bell, who officiated the funeral. “That was a very, very sad moment. We all knew Chris, loved Chris, had seen Chris grow up. I remember the Sunday morning after it happened. The whole church wept together. It was a shock.”We thought he was doing well,” she said. “We were on this roller coaster ride for about five years. First it was marijuana, then it was playing with harder drugs. It was during the first group of opioids.
They did, and the Blanchards became deeply involved in helping the orphanage in Malawi that had been a mission project of Landmark Church. “It’s a beautiful story of taking a tragedy and making something good come out of it to the glory of God,” Bell said. “Something that could have destroyed them, they were able to turn and make something good come out of it in Chris’ honor.”
“In the past five years our ministry has also been working in Moldova, working with vulnerable teens who have aged out of the orphanages there and would be homeless,” Spackman said. “During the more recent developments in Ukraine, Lindy and her family have been magnificent in mustering help for us as we have taken in refugees and tried to ensure the safety of our children in our homes there.
Blanchard says politics is a way for her to serve the underprivileged. “I can do better serving orphans and foster children if I win,” she said.Blanchard said she began working in children’s ministry in 14 different countries and began visiting members of Congress in Washington, D.C., “asking how I could do better for children internationally,” she said. “I made a lot of friends. I wasn’t asking for money.
She was appointed in 2018 and took office as ambassador to Slovenia on Aug. 29, 2019, and served until the administration left office, on Jan. 20, 2021. She also calls for a renewed emphasis on vocational and technical education in high schools, so students can leave high school and go straight to work in fields such as welding and factory jobs that focused on technical skills.
Because of her son’s fatal battle with addiction that she says started with marijuana, Blanchard does not support legalization of recreational marijuana. “You can’t build a state without law and order and education,” she said. “We’re not supporting our law enforcement. We’re not backing them up. We’re letting people out early because of overcrowding.”
There are 2 key words that point to corruption, greed and gluttony: Christian and Republican I remember Chris 2 4. Such a tragic loss. Alabama living in the 1950's is a sad state of affairs. It'd be nice to have someone who would propell us in to today's world. I'm voting Dem
If this is so important then why promote the “Big Lie” and once again sale your soul to the devil. Conformity over morality is “ALL” you hear from her. If she truly believes what her commercials say she is scary.
Oh boy for someone who lost a child (which I'm sorry about. No one should ever go through that) she seems to throw that anger against Immigrants in a xenophobic
If she’s a Christian, I can fart the national anthem,
It doesn’t change that she supports the big lie and that she hates anyone considered “other.”
So, she paid for her position. That's usually called a bribe.
Another person who spews nothing but hate and hides behind a religion that she clearly doesn't understand. DoBetter
Her child died by suicide, and yet she continues, along with the rest of the AL GOP, to bully our vulnarable LGBTQ kids.
Have you heard her crazy beliefs? Her ads? She’s a right wing Trump extremists and her “religion “ just makes it worse
yay another mini-trump Republican who wants her religion to rule our lives while she does as she pleases yay
Pass on this one. No more cult.
From this profile one might be shocked to hear the absolutely depraved way she talks about immigrants.
Lying for Jesus. Amen.
With every ad, she becomes less trustworthy. Not that she was to begin with. Last thing anyone needs is more religious fanatics. Separation of church and state exists for a reason.
Sound like a good person who has a done many good things. My concern would be another evangelical trying to run people’s lives.
What is wrong with the Alabama conservative women, who feels the only way she can run in the political arena is to be a religious fanatic? Maybe because that's all she is.
Nothing about her promoting The Big Lie?
The constitution specifically separates church and state. From what I’ve seen of her campaign ads that she has personally approved, I seriously doubt her ability to do so as governor.
No Theocracy, please.
She's full of nothing but hate. If that's what she preaches, I'm good. I'll take a hard pass on her particular brand of 'ministry.'
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