New ad uses Bible, ‘Amazing Grace,’ Jesus to call on Republican Christians to vote against Trump
By Curt Anderson July 14, 2020 1:14 pm Category: Religion (2.5 from 2 votes)
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(RNS) — A new political advertisement calls on Republican Christian voters to turn against Donald Trump this November, arguing the president’s rhetoric and actions are out of step with their faith.
The ad (video below), released on Tuesday (July 14), features several self-identified Republicans discussing Trump and his presidency as a piano softly plays the hymn “Amazing Grace” in the background.
The speakers juxtapose Trump’s rhetoric and behavior — such as video of him bragging about sexual assault in 2005 and retweeting a video in June of a supporter shouting “white power” — alongside appeals to Christian teaching and Scripture.
“I was taught the principle that we should love our neighbors as ourselves,” an individual named Cheves, a Republican, says in the ad.
The one-minute spot was produced by Republican Voters Against Trump, which is a project of the political action group Defending Democracy Together.
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