One day after his acquittal on two articles of impeachment, President Donald Trump addressed the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast Thursday extolling his victory while bemoaning those “who use their faith as justification.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who many believe was the target of his comments and who created a firestorm after tearing up a copy of Trump’s State of the Union address just two days ago, sat at the opposite end of the head table. The two did not interact.
Lost in the shadows of the political animosity was the president’s tribute to an African American pastor from Louisiana who is working to rebuild his 140-year-old church after it was leveled last April in an arson fire.
Prior to the president’s speech, Harvard professor and conservative author Arthur Brooks urged those gathered in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton not to hold political enemies in contempt, but to follow the lead of Jesus who preached “love your enemies.” He said that true moral courage was “standing up to those with whom you agree on behalf of those with whom you disagree.”
“Contempt,” Brooks added, “is ripping our country apart. We’re like a couple on the rocks in this country. Don’t believe it? Turn on prime time TV … it’s tearing our society apart.
“How do we break the habit of contempt? Some people say we need more civility and tolerance. I say,…
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