Donald Trump urges people to 'save religion in this country' as he claims it is under 'serious threat'

If relected, Donald Trump said he would have a faith office connected 'directly into the Oval Office and me'
UPDATED OCT 29, 2024
Donald Trump is making repeated appearances in swing states as the election day nears (Getty Images)
Donald Trump is making repeated appearances in swing states as the election day nears (Getty Images)

POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA: Donald Trump attended a special faith event in Georgia where he addressed the urgency to “save religion in this country.” 

On Monday, October 28, the former president addressed the National Faith Advisory Board summit where he claimed that he would have a faith office connected “directly into the Oval Office and me” if reelected.

“What happens in the second term, a faith office, what’s your administration look like?” asked moderator Paula White-Cain, founder of the National Faith Advisory Board, according to Washington Examiner.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - OCTOBER 10: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks at the Detroit Economic Club on October 10, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Michigan is considered a key battleground state in the upcoming presidential election, holding 15 electoral votes. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Donald Trump has survived two assassination attempts during his presidential campaign rallies (Getty Images) 

What did Donald Trump say during his faith event in Georgia?

Donald Trump responded with, “First of all, we’re going to set that up, and we’ll be talking to you and all of the people that we just met, and anybody else that you think is appropriate well. It’s important, and it’ll be directly into the Oval Office.”

STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 26: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Bryce Jordan Center on October 26, 2024 in State College, Pennsylvania. Trump is scheduled to hold rallies in Michigan and Pennsylvania on Saturday before closing out the weekend with a rally on Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden. on October 26, 2024 in State College, PA. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Donald Trump attended a faith event in Powder Springs, Georgia, on October 28 (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump further said at the Inaugural National Faith Summit in Powder Springs, “Religion is under threat in this country. Serious threat and we can’t let that happen because I really believe it’s sort of the fabric of our country. It’s the thing that holds our country together. We can’t, we can’t lose it. We’re not going to lose it.”

"We have to save religion in this country. I mean, honestly, religion is under threat in this country, serious threat, and we can’t let that happen,” he further said.



 

Netizens react to Donald Trump's call for saving religion in the country

Internet shared their honest thoughts on Donald Trump's religious remark during Georgia event. 

A user shared on X, "Humans need some sort of belief system to work within. That's why as people have abandoned traditional religions like Christianity, stuff like wokeism has risen up to take its place as a new religion. Problem is, wokeism is a really, really bad religion."

"I also think that everyone should do 2 years in the military or a civil service job etc" another opined.

An individual expressed, "His getting the religious vote Jewish Christians I know ye hard them all officially."

"John Adams is famed for having said that the Constitution, the document guiding all of American law and the courts which interpret it, was meant solely for a moral and religious people," one wrote on social media.



 



 



 



 

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