The Purge: Election Year (2016)

Kyle Secor: Minister Edwidge Owens

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• Minister Edwidge Owens : Before we get to our communal Purge, the Holy Horde of Many Martyrs, I'd like to introduce a guest who's going to be the centerpiece of a very special Purge ceremony tonight.

  [James rolls the pending victim on stage with a hand truck] 

  Minister Edwidge Owens : This person has threatened to dismantle everything that we, New Founding Fathers, have done. We must rid ourselves of the negative emotions that she has stirred inside. We must stop her from poisoning our great country by taking away our freedoms.

  [revealing it to be Senator Roan, to a round of applause] 

  Minister Edwidge Owens : Yeah. I would like all the Founding Fathers to come to the altar. Join me, brothers, as we eliminate evil and Purge as one.

  [members of the NFFA approach the altar] 

  Minister Edwidge Owens : Lord of Air, Lord of Earth, we ask that you receive this child into your loving arms. We are sinners. Let us release. Caleb, our leader, I invite you, sir, to lead us in this Purging as you have and as you will.

  Leader Caleb Warrens : [picking up a knife]  Blessed be our New Founding Fathers for letting us Purge. Blessed be America, a nation reborn.

• Minister Edwidge Owens : Well, it's been a long journey to get away from the lies and the self-deception to this place of knowledge and awareness of who we really are. People of flesh, immensely flawed. Oh, it's hard to see the ugly truth. But change can only come from acceptance. And change we must, as it is our godly duty to get rid of the fury and the hatred that poisons our souls, makes us sick. Makes us ugly. Tonight, we, the leaders of this great country, will sin, scour, sanitize, and sterilize our souls until we are free again, and this country will be better for it. We are not hypocrites! We practice what we preach. Purge and purify! Say it with me.

  [his congregation choruses it back] 

  Minister Edwidge Owens : Purge and purify! Purge and purify! Let us begin.

• Minister Edwidge Owens : Jesus died for their sins. And now, our modern-day martyrs will die for our trespasses.

  [a tied-up man is rolled on-stage with a hand truck] 

  Minister Edwidge Owens : Our martyr's name is Lawrence. A lifelong drug addict. He wants to make amends. He wants to serve his God and his government. Let's thank Lawrence for his gift.

  [his congregation choruses thank-yous] 

  Minister Edwidge Owens : We love you, Lawrence.

  [unveiling a tray of weapons] 

  Minister Edwidge Owens : These weapons have been cleansed with holy water, and they are now instruments of destruction. You all know the loyal Harmon James. Worked with the NFFA tirelessly for many years. Harmon will be the first Purger of the evening.

  Lawrence : [pleading through his gag]  I'm sorry. No, no, no. Please, please, please, please. No, no, no. Please, no, no! I'm sorry! No, please! No! I'm sorry! Please, no, no! Please, no! Please! No! Please, please!

  Minister Edwidge Owens : Release, Harmon.

  Lawrence : I'm sorry!

  Minister Edwidge Owens : [James begins stabbing Lawrence]  Release the violence from your darkened heart! Scour your soul. Let the light in. You are blood-baptized. And you are born again!