U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has called for removing the so-called “trans” flag from federal buildings and replacing it with the phrase “In God We Trust.”
The Missouri senator issued the call while speaking this Friday at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., according to Fox News.
At the core of Hawley’s argument was the contention that religion isn’t what’s dividing America — it’s the attempt by the left “to erase our heritage” and, more specifically, “the foundation that this country has in, yes, the Bible.”
“Who is dividing America is the radical left,” he boldly began. “And that’s why I say to you, we don’t need less Christian influence in our society, we don’t need less Christian witness in our society — we need more, in every part of government, in every part of society.”
“You know what we ought to do? We ought to take the pride flag out of schools and put the Bible back in. You know what? We ought to take the trans flag down from all of our federal buildings and over every federal building in America write the words, ‘In God We Trust!’” he added.
Listen:
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— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) June 21, 2024
Why “In God We Trust”? Because it’s been the country’s national motto since the Eisenhower administration.
“He [Eisenhower] said that this motto that we have will express that we are a unique nation called by God for a unique purpose,” Hawley stated. “It’s time that we reclaim that.”
The senator reportedly also asked the audience at the conference to imagine what life here in the States would be like if more Christian leaders were running big corporations and putting “America first.”
“I tell you what else, we need more Christians in business, and in the C-suite, we need more Christian CEOs,” he declared. “You see all of these corporate CEOs, what are they doing? They’re hiring DEI agents, while at the same time, they’re sending our jobs overseas and hollowing out this country, destroying our jobs, destroying our families.”
“What would it be like if we had some Christian CEOs who would actually put America first, who would pay their American workers good wages that they could support a family on, raise a family? Wouldn’t that be incredible?” he then asked.
“Wouldn’t it be amazing if we had good Christian policy across the board, economic policy? What’s the Bible say? The Bible says you shall not charge your brother usury. We’ve got credit card companies that are charging 40% and 50% interest on their credit cards. They are, that’s outrageous,” Hawley added.
He further noted that if there was “more Christian influence in our government,” then maybe so much bad crap wouldn’t be happening anymore.
While he didn’t specify the type of crap he meant, he likely was referencing everything from drug overdoses to rapes and murders.
“What they are doing is coming to us and saying, ‘Give me the inheritance of your fathers, give over the Christian foundations of this country, surrender the soul of this country,’ and our answer to them is, ‘The Lord forbid that we would give you the inheritance of our fathers,’” Hawley concluded.
Responding to the senator’s remarks, fellow conservatives generally expressed agreement, while leftists meanwhile slammed him for daring to stand up for and promote his Christian faith.
See some of the latter below:
Fvck @HawleyMO
— I’m Monica (@BTRU2BLUE) June 21, 2024
Josh Hawley shows his disregard for the Constitution and his descent into demagoguery to pander to the Christian right.
— The New York Independent (@nyi_news) June 21, 2024
Who is this traitor to be talking the Bible and religion. Like most MAGA fools he should be in jail, not anywhere near government.
— Rossco (@rossco1304) June 22, 2024
These people really do need to take a class on constitutional law & have the 1st Amendment explained to them. It’s freedom FROM religion as well as freedom OF religion.
— Valynn (@Valynn286) June 21, 2024
well you see, that violates the Constitution and what this country was founded to be. So…slight miscalculation there on your anti-American mission to turn a democracy into an autocratic fascist-embracing theocracy. I.e., pretty twisted shit dude!
— blueboy8 (@newsmindr) June 21, 2024
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