Trump Camp Calls Pope Hypocrite for Ruling State ‘Surrounded by Massive Walls’

Two nuns walk past Italian soldiers patrolling outside the walls of Vatican City in Rome, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. The State Department is warning that St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Milan's cathedral and La Scala opera... Two nuns walk past Italian soldiers patrolling outside the walls of Vatican City in Rome, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. The State Department is warning that St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Milan's cathedral and La Scala opera house, as well as "general venues" like churches, synagogues, restaurants, theaters and hotels have been identified as "potential targets" in those two cities for terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) MORE LESS
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The director of social media for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign suggested Thursday that Pope Francis was a hypocrite for saying Trump’s advocating for a border wall made him not “Christian.”

“Amazing comments from the Pope- considering Vatican City is 100% surrounded by massive walls,” adviser Dan Scavino tweeted.

The city’s outside wall is pictured above.

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  1. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Well there is that.

  2. Except for that massive wide-open piazza right outside the front door of St.Peters Basilica.

    In other words - Bullshit.

  3. This will help him with some of these hillbillies who see the Pope as the anti-Christ.

  4. Yes, but there are beautiful doors. Almost Trumpian in stature.

  5. All that means is that the Vatican believes in historic preservation, unlike Drumpf who tears down significant historical structures to build gaudy new-money phallic symbols.

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