The dig appeared to be directed at Nancy Pelosi and Mitt Romney, though the president did not name names.
President Donald Trump immediately attacked his political rivals at the National Prayer Breakfast, just hours after his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial — charging that they had inappropriately invoked “their faith as justification” for calls to remove him from office.
The dig appeared to be directed at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who have both referenced religion as they explained why they believed Trump needed to be impeached, though the president did not specifically mention the lawmakers by name.
“As everybody knows, my family, our great country and your president have been put through a terrible ordeal by some very dishonest and corrupt people,” Trump said at the outset of his speech. “They have done everything possible to destroy us, and by so doing, very badly hurt our nation. They know what they are doing is wrong, but they put themselves far ahead of our great country.”
The president went on to applaud “courageous Republican politicians and leaders” who he said “had the wisdom, fortitude and strength to do what everyone knows was right” amid the impeachment fight.
“I don’t like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong,” Trump added. “Nor do I like people who say, ‘I pray for you’ when they know that that’s not so. So many people have been hurt, and we can’t let that go on. And I’ll be discussing that a little bit later at the White House.”
The president’s incendiary remarks, lobbed during the traditionally bipartisan event in Washington, echo a broadside he leveled in December against Pelosi, a devout Catholic, after the speaker insisted during a heated exchange with a reporter that she prays “all the time” for Trump.
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President Trump immediately attacked his political rivals at the National Prayer Breakfast, which was just hours after his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial https://t.co/ejwlNJRoPf
— POLITICO (@politico) February 6, 2020
Now we’re going to have to hear him whine and carry on about the impeachment farce till at least November — although if he wins re-election, it will be longer.
And at the Prayer Breakfast yet. Can he just once put politics and his constant paranoia aside and focus on the subject of the event?
At @ProjectLincoln we called this out…but this takes hypocrisy to staggering new heights. https://t.co/OpSMnrdgT6
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 6, 2020
So much for the "but he raised good kids" argument. https://t.co/liX62qVMtZ
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 6, 2020
That’s one of the things Satan is most famous for doing. https://t.co/VF5zPr76hM
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) February 7, 2020
Indeed. https://t.co/pByr18kNOm
— David French (@DavidAFrench) February 10, 2020
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