The New Republic has never been a fan of Donald Trump, but, in its report of his events in Iowa, something took a dark turn.
Among the things talked about during his visit was the need for more religion in the U.S. Trump announced to a room of faith leaders: “We have to bring religion back into our country.”
The report questioned the year that religion “left” the United States since it appears there were still many religious leaders at the Iowa event.
“As far as Christianity goes, it still is deeply baked in an array of American institutions, no less the pledge of allegiance children are forced to recite every morning in their supposedly politics-free classrooms,” TNR wrote. “Moreover, we have representatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who proudly proclaimed to be a Christian nationalist, or Lauren Boebert, who said ‘I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk.'”
The site also highlighted Trump’s war on Muslims when he banned primarily Muslim countries from traveling to the United States until the Supreme Court struck it down.
The outlet linked Trump’s comments in Iowa to the GOP’s decision to revive their anti-LGBTQ campaigns of the early 2000s, when many states banned same-sex marriage. The start of Pride Month is bringing out fringe conservatives to attack the community, according to various news reports.
What the site noted is that all of this comes as Trump is facing a judgment for defaming E. Jean Carroll after she alleged he sexually assaulted her. Trump has also been accused of sexual assault by 25 other women. He was caught on tape bragging that he grabs women’s genitals without consent.
