President Trump ignited a controversy Thursday by telling a radio interviewer that Democrats are “against religion” and God, and then repeating the claim while addressing supporters later in the day.
Trump initially made the comments while talking to Fox News correspondent and longtime friend Geraldo Rivera during a radio interview Thursday morning for a Cleveland, Ohio, station.
Referencing his standing with voters in Texas and his opponent, Democrat Joe Biden, Trump said, “I’m in favor of oil and gas. I’m in favor of the Bible. I’m in favor of the Second Amendment. Right? Biden is against all of those things. He’s against oil. He’s against the Bible, essentially against religion … against the Second Amendment.”
Rivera retorted, “That may be a little harsh, him being against the Bible.”
“The people that control him totally are,” Trump responded. “It may be a little harsh for him, but he’s going to have no control.”
Asked by Rivera if he believes the theory Biden is an “empty suit” that “the Democratic operatives are filling with their own ideals,” Trump said he does.
“I do. I really do,” Trump said.
Trump repeated the theme while talking to supporters in Ohio. Biden, he said, is “following the radical left agenda” and will “take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment – no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God. He’s…
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