The partial government shutdown has displayed U.S. political fissures, with myriad citizens, pundits and politicians offering comments and analyses about the inability of Republicans and Democrats to agree upon a spending bill.
On Wednesday a New York man identified as Scott offered a different take on the government's standstill. Calling into the C-SPAN show Washington Journal, Scott said that he supported the shutdown because it was bringing the world closer to the second coming of Jesus Christ.
"I'm in support of it because I'm waiting for the second coming. We just celebrated the first coming of Jesus, but Jesus is coming back. And as crazy as the government is, its just getting us closer," Scott said while talking to host John McArdle, who was accepting public comments about the shutdown. "Now the solution to having a bill pay for the wall, Trump can do this by going after every business in America that got a tax break if they have any ties to any sister, baby companies...that have hired any illegal alien in the past.
"We take that tax break back, and we could build us a golden wall across both the Mexican and the Canadian border," he continued. "I want it shut down because I cant wait for when Jesus comes back and gets the righteous real people and takes them to heaven, and then we have a real big mess on this Earth," he continued.