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dalton99a

(94,365 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:07 PM Sunday

Senate Democrat says Trump 'needs a lot of prayer'

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5816985-warock-trump-accountability-prayer-easter/

Senate Democrat says Trump ‘needs a lot of prayer’
by Elvia Limon - 04/05/26 11:14 AM ET

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said in an interview that aired on Easter Sunday that he prays for President Trump, adding that he “needs a lot of prayer.”

The Georgia senator, a Baptist pastor, confirmed to Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union that he “absolutely” prays for Trump becuase “he has influence and power over people I care about.”

Warnock said he affirms Trump’s humanity, but part of his prayer “is about accountability.”

“I have to be honest about what he’s doing. His kind of unabashed, unvarnished bigotry, the cruelty that he is unleashing on American streets through his version of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], those things have to be condemned,” he told Tapper.

“And so, for me, prayer and prophetic speech, which holds power accountable, those two things go hand in hand. I am not about to be the chaplain blessing that which is ungodly and unjust,” Warnock added.

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Yeah, we need a National Day of Prayer for President Donald J. Trump


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Senate Democrat says Trump 'needs a lot of prayer' (Original Post) dalton99a Sunday OP
I could think of a few other things JBTaurus83 Sunday #1
Prayer my ass. He needs sectioned! leftstreet Sunday #2
+1. The evil monster is beyond help or redemption dalton99a Sunday #3
Nothing fails like prayer. no_hypocrisy Sunday #4
Try rereading what Rev Warnock says? GenThePerservering Sunday #5
Pedophiles deserve prison, not prayers. dalton99a Sunday #6

leftstreet

(40,887 posts)
2. Prayer my ass. He needs sectioned!
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:11 PM
Sunday

Unbelievable response from a member of a governing body allegedly designed to serve as a check on another body

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