As the Iowa caucuses approach, some faith leaders in the state are speaking out against a viral campaign video that praises Donald Trump and depicts him as a vessel sent by God to save America, The New York Times reported.
“God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker,’ so God gave us Trump,” a narrator in the video says, adding that Trump “is a shepherd to mankind who won’t ever leave nor forsake them.”
Pastor Joseph Brown of the Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, Iowa, who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, said the video is "very concerning."
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"The original sin of Satan or Lucifer is not that he wanted to take over God’s position but that he wanted to be like God. There is only one God, and it’s not Trump or any other man,” Brown said.
As The Times points out, the ire of religious leaders holds significant sway in Iowa since more than three-quarters of the state identifies as Christian, with 28 percent identifying as evangelicals.
Darran Whiting of Liberty Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids said, “God has ordained servant leadership, not the arrogant, self-serving righteous leadership that particular video portrays."
Read the full report over at The New York Times.
