Christian nationalist or griftin nationalism?
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said former President Trump selling branded Bibles is “risky business” given the sins of his life, adding to criticism against the former president over the deal. Warnock, a reverend who gave an Easter sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta, on Sunday, said selling the Bibles goes against the tenets of the religion.
“The Bible does not need Donald Trump’s endorsement,” Warnock said in a CNN “State of the Union” interview with Dana Bash on Sunday. “Jesus, in the very last week of his life, chased the money changers out of the temple, those who would take sacred things and use them as cheap relics to be sold in the marketplace.”
Trump’s “God Bless USA” Bibles went on sale last week before the Easter holiday, in partnership with country singer Lee Greenwood, for $60 apiece. Each copy also contains the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, raising concerns over the rise of Christian nationalism in the country.
“The sad thing is that none of us are surprised by this. This is what we expect from the former president,” Warnock continued. “At the end of the day. I think he’s trying to sell the American people a bill of goods.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4566124-warnock-trump-bibles-risky-business/
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