Biden on Trump ‘dictator’ remark: “He’s saying it out loud”
Philadelphia, USReuters President Joe Biden told donors at a political fundraiser on Monday that former President Donald Trump is a threat to US democracy and said the Republican had pledged to be a dictator for a day if elected in 2024. “He’s saying it out loud,” said Biden, a Democrat who is running for reelection. […]
As Trump launches new presidential bid, will former faith advisers back him?
Washington DC, USRNS When Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection bid in Orlando, Florida, three years ago, the event was riddled with faith-speak. Both Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly referenced God, arguing the Almighty had blessed America. Trump’s closest evangelical adviser, Florida pastor Paula White-Cain, opened up the event with a passionate invocation in which she insisted […]
Essay: Voter suppression is a theological issue
Writing from the US in an article first published on Religion News Service, JIM WALLIS, founder of Sojourners, and BARBARA WILLIAMS-SKINNER, co-convener of the National African American Clergy Network, write about why voter suppression is a “spiritual offence” to God…
US 2020 Democratic hopefuls field faith forum invites
RNS Democratic White House hopefuls – from Elizabeth Warren to Pete Buttigieg – are already talking a lot about God. Turns out both conservatives and progressives have been listening, and they want to hear more. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, […]