Convicted felon President Donald J. Trump addressed the evangelical Faith & Freedom Coalition in Washington on Saturday, presenting himself as a champion of religious freedom and a martyr for Americans of faith while denouncing what he described as a mass persecution of Christians.
“In the end, they’re not after me, they’re after you,” Mr. Trump said. “I just happen to be, very proudly, standing in their way.”
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“In the end, they’re not after me, they’re after you,” Mr. Trump said. “I just happen to be, very proudly, standing in their way.”
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After Conviction, Trump Presents Himself as a Martyr to the Christian Right
The former president portrayed himself as having “wounds all over” while suggesting that he was being targeted for his support of religious freedoms.