Pelosi Reads From The Bible A Day After Trump Stood In Front Of St. John’s Church Holding A Bible
Democrat and avid Never Trumper House Speaker Nancy Pelosi read verses from the Bible on Tuesday after President Trump solemnly walked and stood in front of the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church and held up a Bible.
As reported by The Patriot Hill, President Donald Trump had a speech at the White House on Monday, addressing the riots and protesters who have unleashed mayhem and chaos on major cities across the country. “My first and highest duty as president is to defend our great country and the American people,” declared during his speech.
The President bravely walked through Lafayette Park filled with angry rioters and protesters who had set the historic St. John’s Church on fire Sunday night. Trump stood there for a few minutes, together with his White House staff and cabinet members, and held up a Bible. In his speech, the President also noted that rioters have destroyed and disrespected landmarks across the country, including St. John’s and the WWII memorial in Washington DC.
We have the greatest country in the world—and we will keep America safe. pic.twitter.com/lqHaUZ4wxW
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 1, 2020
WATCH: President Trump walks across Lafayette Park to St. John's Church. Holding a Bible he says, "We have a great country. That's my thoughts." pic.twitter.com/A3HS8hR32p
— CSPAN (@cspan) June 1, 2020
I almost can’t believe what I’m seeing. POTUS just walked out the front door of the White House and into Lafayette Square - the epicenter of the DC protests - to visit historic St. John’s Church, which was set on fire last night. pic.twitter.com/XueoF2RC6z
— Kristin Fisher (@KristinFisher) June 1, 2020
Then, on Tuesday, House Speaker Pelosi saw an opportunity to attack the President and decided to respond to Trump’s walk and read a partial scripture from the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Pelosi said that when she saw the President holding up the Bible, she thought of many things in the Bible that would have been appropriate for the “humanity” of Americans. Then she talked about time and read a passage where King Solomon reflects on the topic of “time.” “The time for every event under heaven. He talks about a time to heal — talks about embrace and time to shun embracing, how about that. … A time for peace. Let’s focus on the time to heal,” Pelosi said, reading only a part of the scripture. She failed to mention the whole thing, which was “a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build.”
She called out to Trump, saying that he should be a “healer in chief,” as his position entails the responsibility to heal. “We would hope that the President of the United States would follow the lead of so many other presidents before he has to be a healer in chief and not a fanner of the flame,” Pelosi continued.
NEW: Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a president of the United States “has the responsibility to heal,” quoting former President. George H. W. Bush following the Rodney King riots and Former President Barack Obama’s following the killing of Eric Garner. https://t.co/cVIWqSfzSR pic.twitter.com/GlM4TXitYC
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 2, 2020
Before that, the House Speaker went to Twitter and bashed the President’s walk and also accused him of “ripping the country apart.”” Tear-gassing peaceful protestors without provocation just so that the President could pose for photos outside a church dishonors every value that faith teaches us,” she tweeted.
Across our country, Americans are protesting for an end to the pattern of racial injustice and brutality we saw most recently in the murder of #GeorgeFloyd. Yet, at a time when our country cries out for unification, this President is ripping it apart.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 2, 2020
Tear-gassing peaceful protestors without provocation just so that the President could pose for photos outside a church dishonors every value that faith teaches us.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 2, 2020