Sean Feucht

Feucht ran as a Republican for California's 3rd congressional district in 2020, coming in third place with 14% of the votes, finishing behind John Garamendi and Tamika Hamilton in the March 3 primary.[6] Feucht ran a socially conservative campaign, which was against high taxes and staunchly critical of abortion calling it "the slaughter of the unborn and the newborn."[1] Some other issues he wanted to focus on were homelessness and affordable housing in California, and he wanted to give parents more rights regarding mandatory vaccination and sex education.[7]

Feucht was listed as a featured speaker for Clay Clark's Reawaken America tour, which focused on supporting claims that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and organizing opposition to COVID-19 health recommendations such as vaccines and masking.[8][9][10] Despite being extremely vocal on social media about his opposition to the United States government, Feucht took a $20,800 PPP loan from the government for his personal salary in 2020 and a $129,700 EIDL loan for his for-profit worship business, which he lists as a manufacturing company.[11][12]

Sean Feucht with speakers at a concert in Portland, Oregon.

During the later half of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was ongoing, Feucht arranged worship concerts across the United States that drew crowds of thousands to protest government restrictions on people gathering during COVID-19 lockdowns. These concerts were later expanded to focus on cities with George Floyd protests.[4] Feucht stated, "We just feel this call to really target cities that are under extreme turmoil and despair and brokenness" and said it was a new Jesus Movement.[13] Bethel Church, where Feucht is a worship leader, did not financially support him, but wrote a statement of support for his movement and vision.[4]

In June 2020, Feucht held a worship session at the site of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota and claimed a revival was happening, calling it the "Minneapolis miracle" and the "HOPE RALLY." Feucht called Floyd's murder an "injustice" and referred to it as "the trauma" but was critical of Black Lives Matter's support for gender identity politics and abortion in online posts prior to the worship session.[14][15] He claimed on Twitter afterwards that he and senior Bethel pastor Beni Johnson were censored by Twitter and Instagram for sharing videos of the events and posting Bible verses.[16][17] His posts were shared by senator Josh Hawley who stated "Cancel culture meets #BigTech. Now @instagram is censoring a Christian worship leader who wants to post videos of praise and worship from places where there has recently been unrest."[17]

In August 2020, Feucht led similar worship concerts called "Riots to Revival" in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.[18] The sites of the concerts had recently been the sites of major protests and riots, including Seattle's Cal Anderson Park which had been part of the territory controlled by the Capitol Hill Organized Protest.[18] Feucht claimed that between 4,000 and 7,000 attended the concert in Portland.[2]

In September 2020, Feucht attempted to hold a Labor Day "prayer rally" at Seattle's Gas Works Park, but the city closed the park even though all its major parks remained open, Feucht held the rally in the street across from the park.[19] He originally failed to get a permit, but the city allowed the rally when he called it a "worship protest".[13] Hundreds packed the street tightly, mostly without wearing face masks.[20] Later that month, following a concert in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the site of the Kenosha protests, Feucht was prevented from holding a concert on the South Side of Chicago after police threatened to take action against him for not having a permit for the event.[21]

In November 2020, Sean held a gathering in the French Quarter located in New Orleans despite there being a mask mandate and local musicians weren't able to perform at local venues. "When Feucht tweeted a clip titled "Great is thy faithfulness over America," Tony Award-winning Broadway and TV actor Michael Cerveris, who lives part-time in New Orleans, responded with, "Greater still is your selfishness and disregard for the well-being of your followers and the people of New Orleans."[22]

At the end of December 2020, Feucht planned to hold multiple events around Los Angeles against the wishes of local activists and homeless advocates and in violation of local health orders.[23]

At an August 2021 concert by Feucht in Portland, Oregon, members of the event's security team reportedly included Tusitala "Tiny" Toese, a member of the Proud Boys, and Jeffrey Grace, a man charged in the January 6 presidential election protest and Capitol building breech. Referring to the event's security team, Feucht posted on social media, "If you mess with them or our 1st amendment right to worship God – you’ll meet Jesus one way or another."[24][25][26]

• Boundary Lines (2014)
• Let Us Worship – Tulsa (2020)
• Let Us Worship – Seattle (2020)
• Let Us Worship – Los Angeles (2020)
• Let Us Worship – New Jersey (2020)
• Let Us Worship – New York City (2020)
• Let Us Worship – Nashville (2020)
• Boston (2020)