President Donald Trump on Saturday morning called for an appeal to evangelical Christians, mothers of suburbs and voters in the Midwest because he falsely claimed that Democrats were attacking their values - even continuing to remove “God” from the Pledge of Allegiance.
Trump spread the debunked claim Saturday that Democratic National Convention organizers removed the word “God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. Although the line was omitted from some small DNC meetings, the words “under God” were included in various of the prime-time TV recitations of the property convention – inclusive one version said by the grandparents of the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The omission of “under God” was not included in any official DNC guidelines.
But Trump, in an appeal to evangelical voters, tweeted Saturday that the omission of individual caucus meetings is a sign of what is happening to Americans.
“The Democrats took the word GOD out of the duty of faith at the Democratic National Convention. At first I thought they were making a mistake, but it was not. It was done on purpose. Remember Evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is true they come from — it’s ready. Vote Nov. 3! “the president wrote on Twitter Saturday morning.
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The Democrats took the word GOD from the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat National Convention. At first I thought they made a mistake, but it was not ???? It was done on purpose. Think of evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is where they come from, it’s done. Vote Nov 3!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2020
The words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 under President Dwight Eisenhower in response to secular communist beliefs at the time, according to the USHistory.org of the non-profit Independence Hall Association. In June 1954, ‘Under God’ was officially incorporated into the pledge by a joint congressional resolution amending the 1942 Flag Code.
On the first night of the DNC, as widely reported by conservative media, participants sang The American flag instead of reciting the Promise. But on the second, third and fourth nights was said “under God” by the attendees of DNC.
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The president, who has the vast majority of support among white Christians and evangelists, has earlier called the sentence “under God” to unite his followers. “We are ONE movement, ONE people, ONE family, and ONE GLORIOUS NATION UNDER GOD!” he told his supporters in December 2019.
In addition to his Christian base, Trump also tweeted a direct appeal to suburban women on Saturday – a demographic that has shown many questioning calls drawn back from him since the 2016 game against Hillary Clinton. Earlier this month, Trump said “proposed housewives” strongly support him, but an NPR / PBS NewsHour poll showed that two-thirds, 66 percent, of suburban women rejected the job he does as president .
“Why would Suburban Women vote for Biden and the Democrats when Democrats run cities are now rife with crime (and they do not ask the Federal Government for help), which can easily spread to the suburbs, and they will, on steroids, relapse. setting their low-income plan! ”Trump tweeted.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign and the DNC for additional comments Saturday morning.
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