Evangelical leader Tony Perkins has slammed President-elect Donald Trump decision to nominate Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil, as his secretary of State.
Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, argued that Tillerson will be a boon for liberals and that his selection should be “alarming to conservatives.” “The ExxonMobil executive may be the greatest ally liberals have in the Cabinet for their abortion and LGBT agendas,” Perkins wrote Monday on the FRC website. “That should be particularly alarming to conservatives, who’ve spent the last eight years watching the State Department lead the global parade for the slaughter of innocent unborn children and the intimidation of nations with natural views on marriage and sexuality.”
Perkins, who criticized the potential selection of Mitt Romney for secretary of State in the past, also slammed Tillerson on his company’s history of donating to Planned Parenthood and his role pushing to allow gay troop leaders in the Boy Scouts of America.
“To hear that Donald Trump may be appointing a man who not only led the charge to open the Boy Scouts to gay troop leaders but whose company directly gives to Planned Parenthood is upsetting at best,” he wrote.
Perkins supported Trump during the presidential campaign, even standing by the candidate after the release of his “Access Hollywood” tape. But previous support for Trump didn’t stop Perkins from criticizing Tillerson on gay rights and abortion.
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Conservative evangelicals don’t like Rex Tillerson’s record on Planned Parenthood or gay Boy Scouts. https://t.co/D9PjfrIPcf pic.twitter.com/bCKlMRzw0c
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) December 13, 2016
So he was okay with Trump’s sexual assaults but gay scout leaders and abortion is crossing the line for him. Uh huh. This is the same group that Josh Duggar was working for in DC. It seems they are not the best judge of character.
Did it ever occur to t hem that Trump is selecting people who reflect his values?
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