Donald Trump slams evangelical magazine Christianity Today after it calls for his removal
- In an op-ed, the editor of the magazine founded by Revered Billy Graham takes aim at the ‘bent and broken character of our nation’s leader’
- The president questioned Christianity Today’s success and called it a ‘far left magazine’
The evangelical magazine founded by the late evangelist the Reverend Billy Graham published an editorial by its editor on Thursday calling for President Donald Trump’s removal. Christianity Today has been critical of Trump but not politically outspoken during his administration.
The piece, which appeared to draw so many readers that the magazine’s website crashed briefly, was written by Mark Galli, who called Trump “a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused”.
Galli, who will retire from the magazine on January 3, wrote that the facts leading to Wednesday’s impeachment are unambiguous.
“The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents,” he wrote. “That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.”
But the editorial didn’t just call out Trump. It called out his devout Christian supporters.
“To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: remember who you are and whom you serve,” Galli wrote. “Consider how your justification of Mr Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Saviour.”