'Eye-watering hypocrisy': Internet explodes after evangelical leader commands Christians to ‘render to God and Trump’

'Eye-watering hypocrisy': Internet explodes after evangelical leader commands Christians to ‘render to God and Trump’
Ralph Reed image by Gage Skidmore
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October 09, 2019Belief

On Wednesday, Politico reported that Faith and Freedom Coalition founder Ralph Reed has authored a book initially titled “Render to God & Trump,” arguing that Christians have a moral imperative to vote for President Donald Trump in 2020.

The publisher has clarified that this title is being changed — but not before commenters on social media weighed in on the absurdity of Reed’s implication that Trump was somehow equal with God:

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