New ad uses Bible, ‘Amazing Grace,’ Jesus to call Republican Christians to vote against Trump
A new political advertisement calls on Republican Christian voters to turn against Donald Trump this November, arguing the president’s rhetoric and actions are out of step with their faith.
The one-minute spot was produced by Republican Voters Against Trump, which is a project of the political action group Defending Democracy Together.
Speakers in the ad reference a June 1 incident that took place outside the White House, when local and federal police forcibly cleared demonstrators — including a priest and a seminarian working outside St. John’s Episcopal Church — from Lafayette Park using projectiles and gas.
Shortly after the demonstrators were expelled, Trump walked over to St. John’s and held up a Bible during a photo op....