A Southern Baptist adviser to President Donald Trump says it is “absolutely ludicrous” to call Trump’s evangelical supporters hypocrites for standing by the president amid allegations that he had an adulterous relationship with an adult film star.
“Evangelicals know they are not compromising their beliefs in order to support this great president,” said Robert Jeffress, pastor of the 12,000-member First Baptist Church, Dallas, on March 8 on Fox News.
“Evangelicals still believe in the commandment: Thou shalt not have sex with a porn star,” Jeffress said. “However, whether this president violated that commandment or not is totally irrelevant to our support of him.”
Jeffress, a spiritual adviser to the president, said evangelicals “knew they weren’t voting for an altar boy” when they cast their ballots in 2016.
The president denies an affair with Daniels, but Jeffress said “even if it’s proven true, it doesn’t matter” because evangelicals supported Trump’s “policies and his strong leadership.”
“Evangelicals understand the concept of sin and forgiveness,” Jeffress said. “We are all sinners. We all need forgiveness. That forgiveness is available through Christ for anyone who asks. Whether the president needs that forgiveness for this particular allegation, whether he’s asked for it, is between him, his family and his God.” (BNG)
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