President Trump signed a new executive order on Wednesday focused on anti-Christian bias in the federal government. The news came after he attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.
Trump’s remarks at the event seemed very much in earnest, but there are some people on the left who are already losing their minds over this, naturally. The same people were silent as the Biden administration threw pro-life protesters in prison, and used the FBI to target Catholics as domestic terrorists.
USA Today reports:
Trump signs executive order targeting ‘anti-Christian bias’President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order creating a Justice Department task force to eradicate what he called “anti-Christian bias” within the federal government.In 2023, a House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government reported that under the pretext of tackling the threat of domestic terrorism, the FBI’s Richmond office described certain “radical-traditionalist Catholics” as violent extremists and “proposed opportunities for the FBI to infiltrate Catholic churches as a form of threat mitigation.”…The mission of the task force will be to “immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination in the federal government,” including at the Department of Justice, the FBI, the IRS and other agencies, Trump said in a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.”In addition, the task force will work to fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society, and to move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide,” he said.
Here’s part of the text of the order:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Purpose and Policy. It is the policy of the United States, and the purpose of this order, to protect the religious freedoms of Americans and end the anti-Christian weaponization of government. The Founders established a Nation in which people were free to practice their faith without fear of discrimination or retaliation by their government.For that reason, the United States Constitution enshrines the fundamental right to religious liberty in the First Amendment. Federal laws like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.), further prohibit government interference with Americans’ rights to exercise their religion. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), prohibits religious discrimination in employment while Federal hate-crime laws prohibit offenses committed due to religious animus.
California Rep. Jared Huffman put out a video yesterday, protesting the very existence of the National Prayer Breakfast and portraying it as if it was a new development, even though this event has been going on for years and was attended by both Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
Here are some clips of Trump’s remarks:
Watch his full speech below:
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