Franklin Graham demands Americans pray for Trump to overcome his "enemies"

“I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.” ― Billy Graham

Billy Graham was right about the hard right. But he was so religiously blinded he thought that the Bible — not civil rights legislation or a social safety net — would “cure” racism and poverty. He was a science denier. He was an anti-statist whose philosophy was grounded in apocalyptic prophecy. And he was mates with Richard Nixon. In addition, his embrace of Reagan opened the door for the hard right's takeover of Republican politics.

But compared to his son, he was a mensch.

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So when Franklin Graham implores his tribe to pray for Trump, I would expect the rest of the message to demand that Trump repent his sins — and take time away from public life to work on his faith and his relationship with his Savior to become born again into God’s grace in the expectation of eternal salvation. Just kidding. This sanctimonious hypocrite has no shame.

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