03/29/2024
“Reverend Al Sharpton has described Donald Trump’s sale of God Bless the USA Bibles during as “a spit in the face of people wo really believe” in the Christian holy text.
The Baptist minister and veteran civil rights activist made the remark during an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program on March 28. Trump has faced a backlash from some Christians since promoting the $59.99 Lee Greenwood–themed Bible in a three-minute video posted on his Truth Social account on March 26. Evangelical Christians form a key part of the coalition Trump hopes will return him to the White House in November’s election.
Referring to Trump’s Bible sales on Morning Joe, Sharpton said: “People ought to realize how offensive this is to those of us that really believe in the Bible. He’s doing this during Holy Week. I mean, tomorrow is Good Friday. Sunday is Easter. “Of all of the times you want to hustle using the Bible, why would you do it during Holy Week, which is really a spit in the face of people that really believe in the Bible from a Christian point of view.
“I wonder how many ministers or conservative evangelicals that will go to their pulpit tomorrow or on Sunday Easter using the Trump Bible. They ought to be defrocked if they would even try and act like this is nothing but what it is, and that’s a hustle.” Sharpton also said the incident made him question the commitment of Evangelical Christians who didn’t condemn Trump’s behavior. “For those in the Evangelical community not to come out and say, ‘Wait a minute, during Holy Week, that’s a step too far,’ makes us wonder where their commitment really is,” he said.
Newsweek has contacted representatives of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election campaign for comment by email. According to its website, the God Bless the USA Bible uses the translation in the King James Version. The Bible comes with a handwritten copy of the chorus to Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” and copies of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Pledge of Allegiance, the website added…”- https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-bible-spit-face-christians-rev-al-sharpton-1884648
