Woke megachurch pastor, Dem nominee called for repentance over White privilege in wake of George Floyd, BLM

A former pastor and candidate running to make history in deep-red Kansas once suggested that people should repent for their White privilege as protests against the death of George Floyd rippled through the country.

During the tumultuous summer of 2020, just days after Floyd’s killing in Minnesota, Adam Hamilton called on his congregation at the Church of the Resurrection to recognize their White privilege and repent.

"Like part of what I know is that, is that I grew up in a way that I'm blind to certain things in our society," Hamilton said during a sermon dubbed "Jesus, Protests and Repentance." "I just am.

And I have certain benefits by virtue of being educated, White and male, right?" KANSAS DEMOCRAT BEGS KAMALA HARRIS NOT TO CAMPAIGN WITH HIM, ‘PLEASE DO NOT COME TO MY STATE’ "And we don't like to hear that, especially White folks don't like to hear that.

But there are benefits that come along with that," he continued.

Hamilton is running against Sen.

Roger Marshall, R-Kan., in what has become one of the tightest races of this midterm cycle, despite Kansas' near-century-long history of not sending a Democratic candidate to the Senate.

"Roger Marshall wants to talk about anything other than his history of suing and jailing mothers and protecting predators by voting against releasing the Epstein Files," Tyson Brody, a spokesperson for Hamilton's campaign, told Fox News Digital.

"Once again, he’s attacking Adam for something Roger said himself.

Roger’s own pastor called Adam ‘middle of the road.’ Kansans are tired of high gas and grocery prices and ready for a senator who won’t divide us by race, religion, income, or ability to pay a medical bill at 18% interest." Republicans acknowledge that they are facing headwinds going into November’s election, but until recently, the contest between Marshall and Hamilton wasn’t of much concern for the GOP.

SCHUMER WARNS OF REPUBLICAN ADVANTAGE THAT COULD CHANGE THE BATTLE FOR SENATE CONTROL Now, the race has taken a turn and been rated a toss-up by the Cook Political Report as voters fume over the cost of fuel, groceries and other economic pain.

In response, national Republicans are beginning to dump more resources into the contest to ensure that they maintain the seat.

Throughout the race, Marshall has largely aligned himself with President Donald Trump, only rarely breaking from the administration on certain decisions — last month he called for more advance notice and cooperation between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Kansas government after federal immigration agents descended on the southern part of the state.

Marshall has painted Hamilton as a "woke" megachurch pastor, delivering left-leaning ideals from the pulpit.