Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, said Trumpās decision to sell $60 Bibles is ārisky business for somebody likeā the former president.
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., on Sunday excoriated former PresidentĀ Donald Trump over theĀ $60 BiblesĀ he is selling in partnership with country music star Lee Greenwood.
Warnock, who serves as senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, condemned Trump for selling the Christian holy text at a high price during anĀ interviewĀ on CNN.
āThe Bible does not need Donald Trumpās endorsement, and Jesus, in the very last week of his life, chased the money changers out of the temple, those who would take sacred things and use them as cheap relics to be sold in the marketplace,ā he said. āThe sad thing is that none of us are surprised by this ā this is what we expect from the former president.ā
Warnock pointed to Trumpās failed business ventures includingĀ steaksĀ and theĀ defunct Trump University, both of which have faced legal repercussions.
āIf heās not selling us steaks, heās selling us a school whose degree is not worth the paper that is written on it. If heās not selling us a school, heās selling us sneakers, and now heās trying to sell the scriptures,ā he said.
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Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., on Sunday excoriated former President Donald Trump over the $60 Bibles he is selling in partnership with country music star Lee Greenwood.
Warnock, who serves as senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, condemned Trump for selling the Christian holy text at a high price during an interview on CNN.
āThe Bible does not need Donald Trumpās endorsement, and Jesus, in the very last week of his life, chased the money changers out of the temple, those who would take sacred things and use them as cheap relics to be sold in the marketplace,ā he said.
āDonald Trump is doing what heās always done, and this time itās a risky bet because the folks who buy those Bibles might actually open them up, where it says things like, āThou shalt not lie.
In a video promoting the Bibles posted to his Truth Social platform, Trump said that the holy text is āmy favorite bookā and warned that āreligion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country, and I truly believe that we need to bring them back.ā
Trump, who has a long history of selling branded merchandise under his name, is set to receive royalties from the sales of his $60 Bible, a person familiar with the arrangement told The New York Times.
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