Eric Trump on Monday falsely said his father, Donald Trump, saved the word “Christmas,” by declaring, “we’re gonna call it a Christmas tree because we celebrate Christmas as a nation.”
The ex-president’s son falsely alleged President Barack Obama “weaponized the IRS to go after um, you know, Christian organizations…absolutely viciously,” before setting his sights on an old right-wing canard that liberals hate Christmas.
“You know, you had a cognizant effort to get rid of the word ‘Christmas,'” Eric Trump told Newsmax. “I mean, they were calling it a holiday tree, uh, during the Obama administration.”
Every year during his two terms in office, President Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle Obama, celebrated Christmas, with a tremendous number of Christmas trees at the White House, and with the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, often accompanied by their two daughters.
“It wasn’t until my father came in and said, ‘we’re gonna call it a Christmas tree because we celebrate Christmas as a nation,” Eric Trump continued, before claiming, “faith is under attack, family is under attack, and what’s more important to society, to communities to, you know, kind of healthy children, to prosperous children to, you know, a safe streets, then God and religion and the teaching of the Commandments and and so many other great things, right?”
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Eric Trump says his dad saved Christmas: "You had a cognizant effort to get rid of the word 'Christmas.' They were calling it a holiday tree during the Obama administration. It wasn't until my father came in and said, 'listen, we're gonna call it a Christmas tree.'" pic.twitter.com/SRv7ORBNwj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 21, 2024