Trump attacks Biden’s religious faith, claiming he would ‘hurt God’ if elected president
- ‘He’s following the radical-left agenda: take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything,’ Trump said.
- In response, Biden said Trump’s attack was ‘shameful’ and that his Catholic faith had been the bedrock foundation of his life
With Trump trailing Biden in four recent polls in Ohio, the president is fighting to win voters in the traditional swing state as the coronavirus pandemic threatens his chances of a second term. After addressing a small crowd at a Cleveland airport on Thursday, Trump went on to deliver a campaign-style speech at a Whirlpool plant in Clyde, Ohio.
“He’s following the radical-left agenda: take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God,” Trump said about Biden in his Cleveland speech. “He’s against God.”
The Second Amendment of the US Constitution gives Americans the right to keep and bear arms.
Trump did not explain what he meant. His accusation, though, could solidify support from his party’s sizeable conservative Christian bloc and also damage voters’ view of Biden, the first Catholic vice-president in US history. John Kennedy was the first and only Catholic elected President when he won in 1960.
In a statement on Thursday night, Biden said Trump’s attack was “shameful” and that faith had been the bedrock foundation of his life.
“President Trump’s comments reveal more about him than they do about anyone else. They show us a man willing to stoop to any low for political gain, and someone whose actions are completely at odds with the values and teachings that he professes to believe in,” Biden said.