BOOK: Trump Called Evangelicals “Real Pieces Of Shit”

The Guardian reports:

In the heat of the Republican primary of 2016, Donald Trump called evangelical supporters of his rival Ted Cruz “so-called Christians” and “real pieces of shit”, a new book says. The new book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, by Tim Alberta, an influential reporter and staff writer for the Atlantic, will be published on 5 December.

As candidates jockeyed for support from evangelicals, a powerful bloc in any Republican election, Trump was asked to name his favorite Bible verse. Attempting to follow the advice of Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, the thrice-married, not noticeably church-going New York billionaire and reality TV star introduced it as “Two Corinthians”, rather than “Second Corinthians”, as would have been correct.

“The laughter and ridicule were embarrassing enough for Trump,” Alberta writes. “But the news of Perkins endorsing Ted Cruz, just a few days later, sent him into a spiral. He began to speculate that there was a conspiracy among powerful evangelicals to deny him the GOP nomination.

Read the full article. There’s more!

Hey Christians. This is what your preferred candidate thinks of you! Still OK with him? If you are then you make a mockery of your faith: https://t.co/b9mcpNRWPf

— CalThomas (@CalThomas) November 23, 2023