周五晚上，民主党2020年候选人皮特·巴蒂吉格回应唐纳德·特朗普总统在佛罗里达州对基督教福音派人群说，前市长正在利用他的宗教作为支撑。
特朗普告诉迈阿密国王耶稣国际部的福音派成员，上帝“站在我们这边”，反对“激进的左翼”民主党人。他指责几个著名的民主党人物，包括巴蒂吉和纽约国会女议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯试图将上帝从美国驱逐出去，并用社会主义取代宗教，尽管他没有提供这种情况是如何发生的例子。特朗普再次嘲笑巴蒂吉的名字，并质疑他的基督教信仰是否真实，这引发了任期于1月1日结束的前市长的简洁指责。
特朗普周五在佛罗里达州宣称，“极左势力正试图用政府取代宗教，用社会主义取代上帝。”这引起了观众的嘘声。
“我看到阿尔弗雷德·纽曼走出来，他试图假装自己非常虔诚。阿尔弗雷德·纽曼你知道他是谁，对吗？”法宝说将民主党候选人与虚构人物进行比较疯的杂志封面人物。“但是迪吉格——你先说‘靴子’，然后说‘边缘，边缘’，因为没人能念出他的名字，所以他们叫他‘皮特市长’"
“现在皮特市长，我希望他做得很好。启动边缘边缘。现在他突然变得非常虔诚，这发生在两周前，”特朗普继续说道。
但是周五晚些时候，伊吉格在推特上回复了一条简洁的信息:“上帝不属于一个政党。”
但是迪吉格公开声明他参加圣公会的礼拜仪式，并通过祈祷和“圣经冥想”在竞选活动中一直强调他的基督教信仰作为得梅因登记册八月报道，巴蒂吉格一再谴责上帝选择任何政治偏好的观点。
“是时候一劳永逸地证明上帝不属于一个政党了，”八月，他在爱荷华州蒂普顿对一群人说。
特朗普抱怨说宽量程的周五晚上他在迈阿密的将近一个半小时的演讲中，民主党的人物。他嘲笑几个月前退出民主党初选的前众议员贝托·奥洛克试图在德克萨斯州“没有圣经、没有石油、没有枪支”地竞选
“这些愤怒的激进分子想要通过谴责言论、拆除十字架和信仰象征以及禁止宗教信仰者参与公共生活来强加绝对的一致性。”
特朗普周五晚上宣布:“我们的对手想把上帝拒之公共广场之外，这样他们就可以把他们极端的、反宗教的和社会主义的议程强加给美国。”。"我们将击败激进的华盛顿民主党人。"
特朗普甚至似乎质疑周五晚上教堂里人们的宗教信仰，开玩笑说，因为外面等着进来的人太多了，“如果你真的有宗教信仰，你应该马上让座。”
共和党正在吹捧唐纳德·特朗普为“反堕胎”总统，他们需要在全国范围内防止堕胎，并安插保守的联邦法官。
“作为总统，@realDonaldTrump支持反堕胎政策，任命了近200名强有力的保守派法官，捍卫国内外的宗教自由。这就是为什么福音派社区希望他在11月再次当选！”推特RNC主席罗尼·麦克丹尼尔周六早上。
“随着#福音布道会在迈阿密举行，美国人将会记住特朗普总统致力于捍卫国内宗教自由的决心。我国宪法保护宗教自由的基本权利，也是如此@真实唐纳德·特朗普！“官员共和党推特账户星期五写道。
2016年总统选举的退出投票显示，76%自称为白人福音派的人投票给特朗普。
2020年1月3日，佛罗里达州迈阿密，在国王耶稣国际部举行的“特朗普福音派”活动中，信仰领袖为唐纳德·特朗普总统祈祷。皮特·巴蒂吉格在特朗普总统指责他是一名假基督徒，并将宗教作为政治支柱后做出回应——这一指控经常针对他自己的连任竞选。
PETE BUTTIGIEG RESPONDS AFTER TRUMP ACCUSES HIM OF BEING A 'PRETEND' CHRISTIAN: 'GOD DOES NOT BELONG TO A POLITICAL PARTY'
Democratic 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg responded after President Donald Trump told an evangelical Christian crowd in Florida Friday night that the former mayor is using his religion as a prop.
Trump told members of his evangelical base at the King Jesus International Ministry in Miami that God is "on our side" against "radical left" Democrats. He accused several prominent Democratic figures including Buttigieg and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of trying to remove God from America and replace religion with socialism, although he offered no examples of how this is happening. Trump once again mocked Buttigieg's name and questioned whether his Christian faith is genuine, prompting a succinct rebuke from the former mayor, whose term ended on January 1.
"The extreme left is trying to replace religion with government and replace God with socialism," Trump claimed Friday in Florida, prompting boos from the audience.
"And I see Alfred E. Neuman comes out and he's trying to pretend he's very religious. Alfred E. Neuman you know who that is, right?" Trump said, comparing the Democratic candidate to the fictitious Mad magazine cover character. "Buttigieg—you go 'boot' and then 'edge, edge,' because nobody can pronounce his name so they call him 'Mayor Pete.'"
"Now Mayor Pete I hope he does great. Boot-edge-edge. Now all of a sudden he's become extremely religious, this happened about two weeks ago," Trump continued.
Buttigieg responded on Twitter late Friday night with a concise message: "God does not belong to a political party."
Buttigieg has publicly stated that he attends Episcopal church services and has long highlighted his Christian faith on the campaign trail through prayers and "scriptural meditation." As the Des Moines Register reported in August, Buttigieg has repeatedly rebuked the notion that God picks political favorites of any kind.
"Time to establish once and for all that God does not belong to a political party," he told a crowd in Tipton, Iowa in August.
Trump railed against a wide range of Democratic figures during his nearly one-and-a-half-hour speech in Miami on Friday night. He mocked former Representative Beto O'Rourke, who dropped out of the Democratic primary race several months ago, for trying to run in Texas with "no Bible, no oil, no guns."
"These angry radicals want to impose absolute conformity by censuring speech, tearing down crosses and symbols of faith and banning religious believers from public life."
"Our opponents want to shut out God from the public square so they can impose their extreme, anti-religious and socialist agenda on America," Trump announced Friday night. "We are going to defeat the radical Washington Democrats."
Trump even appeared to question the religiosity of the people in the church Friday night, joking that because there were so many people waiting outside to get in, "If you're truly religious you should give up your seat right now."
The Republican Party is touting Donald Trump as the "pro-life" president they need to prevent abortions nationwide and to insert conservative federal judges.
"As President, @realDonaldTrump has supported pro-life policies, appointed nearly 200 strong conservative judges and defended religious freedoms at home and abroad. That's why the Evangelical community wants him re-elected in Nov!" tweeted RNC chairman Ronna McDaniel Saturday morning.
"As #EvangelicalsForTrump launches in Miami, Americans will remember President Trump's dedication to working to safeguard religious freedoms at home. Our Constitution protects the fundamental right to religious liberty, & so does @realDonaldTrump!" the official GOP Twitter account wrote Friday.
Exit polling from the 2016 presidential election showed 76 percent of self-identified white evangelicals voted for Trump.
Faith leaders pray over President Donald Trump during a 'Evangelicals for Trump' campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on January 03, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Pete Buttigieg responded after President Trump accused him of being a fake Christian and using religion as a political prop—a charge frequently levied against his own reelection campaign.
