It’s over! If Evangelicals for Harris pick off 2% of white Christian’s for Trump to vote Dem in swing states - It’s over
They had 200,000 on the zoom call last night.
Billy Graham would have never supported Donald Trump. Period end of story.
Franklin Graham rails against 'Evangelicals for Harris'
Reverend Franklin Graham has criticized a group called Evangelicals for Harris for using footage of his late father, Reverend Billy Graham, in an ad supporting Vice President
Kamala Harris.
Graham, who is president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and aid organization Samaritan's Purse, took aim at the faith group in a post on X, formerly
Twitter, on Wednesday.
The new group is one of several organizations that have been formed to support Harris' presidential bid. These include groups like Christians for Kamala,
Republicans for Harris, and
Haley Voters for Harris - formerly Haley Voters for Biden.
Graham
shared a screenshot of Evangelicals for Harris' ad from
MSNBC's Morning Joe on X on Wednesday and said his father appreciated the values of former President
Donald Trump.
Franklin Graham at the Mellon Auditorium on August 27, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Graham has criticized a new ad from an evangelical group backing Kamala Harris.DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES
"The liberals are using anything and everything they can to promote candidate Harris. They even developed a political ad trying to use my father @BillyGraham's image," Graham said. "They are trying to mislead people. Maybe they don't know that my father appreciated the conservative values and policies of President @realDonaldTrump in 2016, and if he were alive today, my father's views and opinions would not have changed."
Last month, Graham thanked God for "saving the life of President Donald J. Trump" following an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Newsweek has reached out to Evangelicals for Harris and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association for comment via their websites.
Evangelicals for Harris' ad features Billy Graham, a famous evangelical leader who was consulted by several former presidents, and who passed away in 2018.
The beginning of the ad shows footage of Graham saying: "Have you been to the cross and said, 'Lord, I have sinned. I'm sorry for my sin. I'm willing to change my way of life."
The video then cuts to a clip of
Republican pollster Frank Luntz asking former President Trump if he had "ever asked God for forgiveness?"
In a now well-known response, Trump said: "That's a tough question. I'm not sure I have."
"I just I don't
bring God into that picture.
I don't," Trump ads in another clip.
Trump made those comments at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, in July, 2015. His full response to Luntz' question was: "I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don't think so. I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't."
The Evangelicals for Harris ad ends by displaying text that reads: "Is there any greater denial of Christ... than to say 'I don't need his forgiveness.'"
On their website, Evangelicals for Harris outlines what it describes as "Kamala's faith story."
"A loving God, the Good Samaritan, serving others, and a deep respect for
all faith traditions — these experiences, teachings, beliefs, and values Vice President Kamala Harris grew up with have shaped her into the leader she is today," the website says.
Christians for Kamala, another faith group backing Harris, held a virtual rally via
Zoomon Monday that reportedly reached 40,000 people.
Evangelicals for Harris also held a call via Zoom on Wednesday evening, but it's not yet clear how many people attended.
Republicans for Harris held an online meeting on Tuesday that
reached 73,000 people, according to the event's organizers.
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