Credit: Catholics for Trump
The president’s re-campaign hosted a Catholics for Trump Event with Eric Trump and retired college football coach Lou Holtz in Bucks County late Friday afternoon.
Trump and Holtz told supporters during the indoor rally at the Nostalgia 1720 venue that President Donald Trump has their back.
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“Every single day he fights for faith,” Trump said of his father.
The president’s son said the campaign was effective in 2016 because the eldest Trump “spoke from the heart” and didn’t have the political habits that his Democratic and Republican challengers had.
He said “somebody was looking down” and helped the Trump campaign win the 2016 election. He said there needs to be a revival of faith and family, pointing to civil unrest happening in western states.
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Trump painted his dad as an underdog who isn’t a politically correct.
Trump flouted the idea that Democrats would “fundamentally” change the country if they win in November. He said former Vice President Joe Biden isn’t a winner and Holtz is supporting Trump because he knows winners.
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In September, The Atlantic reported that the president has privately said made comments showing cynicism and contempt for Christians. During his first campaign, Donald Trump has said he does not ask for forgiveness and “does not bring God into that picture” when he makes errors, according to CNN.
A Pew Research poll from earlier this year found that most Americans feel the president is not particularly religious.
President Trump and his administration have championed religious freedom in speeches. His campaign has made Christian support a bedrock of the 2020 campaign.
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After the Central Bucks County campaign stop, Eric Trump and his Secret Service security detail stopped Lochel’s Bakery in nearby Hatboro in Montgomery County to buy cookies with the president’s name on them. The bakery is holding a contest where they are tallying how many people are buying Trump and Biden cookies.
As of Friday night, Trump is winning the cookie poll.
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Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen, made a brief campaign stop in Bristol Borough on Wednesday.
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