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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 07:22 PM Jan 2023

Franklin Graham says he won't endorse Trump in GOP primary race

Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham, a longtime supporter of former President Trump, says he will not endorse Trump — or any candidate — in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.

“I’m going to stay out of it until after the primaries have finished,” Graham told CBS News on Friday at the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C.

Graham also told CBS News that it was an “easy decision” not to endorse someone during the 2024 primaries.

CBS noted Graham doesn’t generally endorse primary candidates, but his remarks come as tensions have been rising between evangelical groups and Trump in the months after he announced his third bid for president. Trump said in an interview earlier this week that evangelical leaders are showing “signs of disloyalty” because they have yet to endorse his 2024 campaign.

Graham, who is the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, has previously defended Trump, saying that “God was behind” Trump’s election win in 2016 and that Trump “defends the faith.”



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3826957-franklin-graham-says-he-wont-endorse-trump-in-gop-primary-race/

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Franklin Graham says he won't endorse Trump in GOP primary race (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2023 OP
Why does anyone give a flying fuck. Geechie Jan 2023 #1
Graham is no better JanLip Jan 2023 #4
One wonders what crimes Franklin Graham is hiding, and that Hassler Jan 2023 #2
"People of the cloth" shouldn't be publicly endorsing any political candidate, sprinkleeninow Jan 2023 #3
Some people have forgotten the "... render unto Caesar.." part. TreasonousBastard Jan 2023 #5
"God was behind" Trump's election win in 2016 and that Trump "defends the faith." MagickMuffin Jan 2023 #6
Franklin Graham is a religious thug. nevergiveup Jan 2023 #7
Trump and his evangelicals bumper sticker keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #8
Raise your hand if you give a shit! nt Samrob Jan 2023 #9
He is going to sit and watch GreatCaesarsGhost Jan 2023 #10
If he doesnt support the Orange buffoon SouthernDem4ever Jan 2023 #11
Note to Franky: Unendorse yerself fer anything. UTUSN Jan 2023 #12
The Myths and Hypocrisy joemacdawson Jan 2023 #13
Trump is an embarrassment to the faith, and so is Graham. GoodRaisin Jan 2023 #14

JanLip

(845 posts)
4. Graham is no better
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 07:46 PM
Jan 2023

Than TFG. There is no way that God was behind the orange baboon. The devil maybe. So what does that say about Graham. Graham has shamed his dad. Just my opinion.

sprinkleeninow

(20,249 posts)
3. "People of the cloth" shouldn't be publicly endorsing any political candidate,
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 07:37 PM
Jan 2023
especially from "the pulpit".
ANATHEMA!

MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)
6. "God was behind" Trump's election win in 2016 and that Trump "defends the faith."
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 08:43 PM
Jan 2023



So, Putin is God?

Good to know, that the evangelist believe Putin is God!


joemacdawson

(61 posts)
13. The Myths and Hypocrisy
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 02:15 AM
Jan 2023

I once served Franklin Graham in a restaurant. His three handlers came in a half hour early and polished off two bottles of wine. Then had me whisk away the evidence before the boss arrived. Then they drank water. There’s nothing real about that world when you see it up close.

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