John Avlon: ‘The Trump Administration Trying to Misuse Faith for Political Purposes Almost Every Day’

AVLON: “So render under caesar, right? I mean, this is the ultimate underlying point. All of a sudden, we see the Trump Administration trying to misuse faith for political purposes almost every day, including the posts of the president comparing himself to Jesus. And yet when the pope actually talks about new testament values of promoting peace against a preemptive war, which is not a condoning what executions in Iran at all. Then all of a sudden he‘s on the wrong side of the politics. And so he gets demonized and they basically say, shut up and dribble.”

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John Avlon: ‘The Trump Administration Trying to Misuse Faith for Political Purposes Almost Every Day’‘Including the posts of the president comparing himself to Jesus‘News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:AVLON: “So render under caesar, right? I mean, this is the ultimate underlying point. All of a sudden, we see the Trump Administration trying to misuse faith for political purposes almost every day, including the posts of the president comparing himself to Jesus. And yet when the pope actually talks about new testament values of promoting peace against a preemptive war, which is not a condoning what executions in Iran at all. Then all of a sudden he‘s on the wrong side of the politics. And so he gets demonized and they basically say, shut up and dribble.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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