{"id":1882604,"date":"2026-04-14T20:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1882604"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:16:18","slug":"rep-dan-meuser-is-team-trump-in-feud-with-pope-pontiff-should-stay-in-his-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1882604","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Dan Meuser is Team Trump in Feud With Pope, Pontiff Should Stay in His Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c2\/16by9\/2026\/04\/14\/c2e9b3c27c8f4d2492a6c06694b0a0f7_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink article--sponsor-internal sponsor-tmz-in-dc\">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Rep. Dan Meuser<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Stay in Your Lane, Pope Leo!!!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-14T13:16:18-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202604\"><br \/>\n                April 14, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            1:16 PM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-14T15:32:04-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  April 14, 2026<br \/>\n                                3:32 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-51fcdc92dcedf92663c07d877664cc99\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5362596f-e936-462f-bb1f-c46645ff6fb3-830122545-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f6\/16by9\/2026\/04\/14\/f69303cf265342f7a9df249166d88e11_md.png\" alt=\"041426 dan meuser kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-5362596f-e936-462f-bb1f-c46645ff6fb3-830122545-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">HOLD YOUR ROLL, PONTIFF<\/span><\/footer>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-989cd7c7ed812e69a1103548f5492a36\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dan-meuser\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Dan Meuser<\/strong><\/a> made some solid points in the beef between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/pope-leo-xiv\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Pope Leo<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; and the Rep. from Pennsylvania is pretty much Team Trump.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5de21bb1fc71af76d10c03b9e72149cc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlie-cotton\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Charlie<\/strong><\/a> asked him squarely &#8212; who does he ride with &#8212; and Meuser didn&#8217;t hold back. On foreign policy, he thinks the Pope had a narrow view of peace when he condemned the war in Iran. He says there&#8217;s virtue in peace through strength, and worries what would have happened in WWII if everyone followed the Pope&#8217;s philosophy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-85d2e8b62552df8f58cab9d0279d69a1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Meuser also felt it was curious the Pope wasn&#8217;t condemning the atrocities in Iran, where leaders slaughtered tens of thousands of their own people.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e8971acfab753c4dccaebd3bac183e65\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-871c4cde-4687-4ecd-81fc-6378ab97bb48-943326874-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c7\/16by9\/2026\/04\/14\/c7dd401c4aaf484d861885199261d5d9_md.png\" alt=\"041426 senator pete ricketts kal2\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-871c4cde-4687-4ecd-81fc-6378ab97bb48-943326874-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">POPE VS. PREZ<\/span><\/footer>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-80a2947f1a65cf5b7bf1ea55c869abba\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/pete-ricketts\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Pete Ricketts<\/strong><\/a>, by contrast, was crickets when it came to taking a side. He&#8217;s aware of the beef, but he doesn&#8217;t want to be forced to choose &#8212; he says it&#8217;s like having to choose between your mother and your father.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8c6452f40e0e1dce12de2309103c39e1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>So who&#8217;s the father, and who&#8217;s the mother?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/14\/dan-meuser-says-he-is-team-trump-in-pope-war\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:a213d372-0ec2-48d1-9cbf-5bfea33cfaef\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"facebook-footer\",\"pos\":1}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/14\/dan-meuser-says-he-is-team-trump-in-pope-war\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:a213d372-0ec2-48d1-9cbf-5bfea33cfaef\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"twitter-footer\",\"pos\":2}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/13\/tmzdc-staff-starts-today\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:a213d372-0ec2-48d1-9cbf-5bfea33cfaef\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"related-article\",\"pos\":1}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/07\/16by9\/2026\/04\/10\/07e38c3c24bd497d938dc8a9379d187c_xs.png\" alt=\"tmz dc main\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        TMZ DC Staff Starts Today!!!<br \/>\n                      <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/13\/lindsey-graham-would-not-talk-bubble-wand\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:a213d372-0ec2-48d1-9cbf-5bfea33cfaef\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"related-article\",\"pos\":2}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/97\/16by9\/2026\/04\/13\/975521e0c41e48b397a1074069e4fc52_xs.jpg\" alt=\"lindsay-graham-primary\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Lindsey Graham Would Not Talk Bubble Wand with TMZ DC<br \/>\n                      <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/03\/seth-magaziner-addresses-real-housewives-party-backlash\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:a213d372-0ec2-48d1-9cbf-5bfea33cfaef\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"related-article\",\"pos\":3}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/75\/16by9\/2026\/04\/03\/75ca006113f741b3bcfed13805162033_xs.jpg\" alt=\"seth-magaziner-live-intv-primary-04-03-2026\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Rep. 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Dan MeuserStay in Your Lane, Pope Leo!!! Exclusive By TMZ Staff Published April 14, 2026 1:16 PM PDT| Updated April 14, 2026 3:32 PM PDT HOLD YOUR ROLL, PONTIFF TMZ.com Congressman Dan Meuser made some solid points in the beef between Donald Trump and Pope Leo &#8230; and the Rep. from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,77],"class_list":["post-1882604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tmz-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1882604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1882604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1882604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1882604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}