Trump lashes out at evangelical magazine that called for his removal

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at a leading evangelical Christian publication that called for his removal from office, one day after the House of Representatives voted to impeach the president.

In a series of tweets on Friday, Trump went after Christianity Today and said the flagship evangelical magazine was “very far left” and claimed he had done more for evangelicals than other presidents.

 “A far left magazine, or very ‘progressive,’ as some would call it, which has been doing poorly and hasn’t been involved with the Billy Graham family for many years, Christianity Today, knows nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather have a Radical Left nonbeliever, who wants to take your religion & your guns, than Donald Trump as your President,” Trump wrote in a pair of tweets.

"No President has done more for the Evangelical community, and it's not even close," Trump added.

He said Christianity Today "would rather have a Radical Left nonbeliever, who wants to take your religion & your guns, than Donald Trump as your President."

"I guess the magazine, 'Christianity Today,' is looking for Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, or those of the socialist/communist bent, to guard their religion. How about Sleepy Joe? The fact is, no President has ever done what I have done for Evangelicals, or religion itself!" Trump said in another tweet. 

In an editorial on Thursday, Christianity Today said that Trump is "morally lost and confused" and should be removed from office.

Christianity Today, founded in 1956 by the late Reverend Billy Graham, wrote in an editorial carrying the headline “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” that it could no longer stand on the sidelines following Trump’s impeachment.

“The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents,” the editorial read.

“That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral,” it said.

The magazine’s editorial, written by editor-in-chief Mark Galli, came one day after the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives made Trump the third president in US history to be impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstructing Congress.

In making its case, Christianity Today referred to the same stance it took on the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, when it called for his removal.

“Unfortunately, the words that we applied to Mr. Clinton 20 years ago apply almost perfectly to our current president,” the editorial said.

Christianity Today’s editorial also rebuked Democrats in Congress, writing that the party had been trying to take down Trump since he took office.

But the mistakes of the Democratic Party did not justify Trump’s actions, the magazine concluded.

“To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve,” the magazine wrote. “Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior.”

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