President Donald Trump went on a peculiar tangent Friday as he defended his pressure campaign on foreign governments to investigate his political rivals.
During a pool spray on the White House lawn Friday morning — in the wake of the House Democrats’ Thursday night release of explosive texts revealing the extent to which State Department officials worked with Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani to pressure Ukraine into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter — Trump went off on the media and “[its] partner the Democrats.”
When asked about whether Democrats have the votes for the 2020 election, Trump claimed that Republicans have set a fundraising record “because people are sick and tired of it.”
Trump then abruptly pivoted to bragging about how his fight with the Democrats and the media has been a boon for Christianity.
“I got a call the other night from pastors, the biggest pastors, evangelical Christians — they said we have never seen our religion or any religion so electrified,” Trump said. “They say they have never seen anything like it. Churches are joining. Hundreds of thousands of people — and you know that’s to a large extent because of you and your partner the Democrats.”
Watch Trump’s remarks below:
Trump says his fight with the Democrats and Media has led to a Christian revival bigger than any in history. pic.twitter.com/1D4a1I7uiL
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 4, 2019
This is the single most desperate thing he’s claimed yet.
You’re beautiful, Mr. President, like Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry
And bookings at the Falwell Jr. Miami hotel have increased by incredible amounts too…
Amen!
Fricking hypocrites.
Totally disconnected from the facts that show people, especially young people, running away from religion, and especially evangelical Christianity. This is to keep that group on his side, as if he’s the only one defending them against the onslaught…if he can manage to make them identify with him being under attack then he can hold them. It’s really a sign of desperation, Trump is flailing and watching things fall apart, so he’s grabbing at everything he can to try to keep it all together.