CHRISTIAN POST/ Ian M. Giatti-
Facing the prospect of being thrown off the ballot in at least one state in the 2024 election, former President Donald Trump is pledging to create a federal task force to combat what he called “anti-Christian bias.”
During a campaign stop Tuesday in Waterloo, Iowa, Trump pledged to “end the war on Christians” if reelected to a second term at an event held within minutes after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that he could not be placed on the 2024 presidential primary election ballot due to his alleged connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021.
Under the Biden administration, Trump added, “Christians and Americans of faith are being persecuted and government is being weaponized against religion like never before.”
The 77-year-old cited a House Judiciary Committee report released in August, which alleges the FBI targeted traditional Catholics as “potential domestic terrorists.” Trump warned Evangelicals could be next.
“Evangelicals will not be far behind because when that starts, it starts happening on a very major scale,” he said. “When I’m back in the White House, never again will your government be used to target Christians and other religious beliefs.”
Part of that effort, Trump said, would be the creation of a federal task force aimed at “fighting anti-Christian bias” under what the former president said would be a “fully reformed” Justice Department.
Trump said the task force would focus on investigating “all forms of illegal discrimination harassment and persecution against Christians in America.”
“They are going after Christians,” he added. “Americans of faith are not a threat to our country. Americans of faith are the soul of our country and they have been from the beginning.” Continue reading…
