GOP Senator’s Prayer For Obama: ‘Let His Days Be Few’

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Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) raised eyebrows at a conservative confab on Friday by offering a prayer for President Barack Obama that hinted at the sinister.

“In his role as President, I think we should pray for Barack Obama. But I think we need to be very specific about how we pray,” Perdue told the audience at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C. “We should pray like Psalm 109:8 says, that says, ‘let his days be few.’”

After waiting a beat, Perdue said, “And let another have his office,’” drawing laughter from the audience.

As observers on Twitter quickly pointed out, the full Biblical passage is significantly more ominous.

“May his days be few; may another take his office,” the cited section reads.

“May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow! May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!” the next section continues.

Conservatives had latched onto this particular passage earlier in Obama’s presidency, sharing it on memes and printing it on bumper stickers and t-shirts.

Adam Jentleson, spokesperson for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), said remarks like this are how the GOP ended up with Donald Trump as a nominee.

Perdue spokeswoman Caroline Vanvick said in a statement to Bloomberg that the Georgia senator “in no way wishes harm towards our president.”

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  1. You could say that this is how the Rethugs end up with Rump.

    OR, you could say that this is how GOP establishment ended up with their base.

  2. Ranks right up there with the one term president line.

    How’d that work out for ya?

  3. Pete King: Whatever David Perdue said can be excused as he doesn’t mean any of it. He just says these things because he is a Republican and from South.

  4. Doncha just LOVE those Christians!!!

  5. “Some are saying the president should die. Not that I’m saying that…”

    Republican Congressmen are horrible people.

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