WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Former President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on his political opponents this past weekend at the annual Faith & Freedom conference in Washington, D.C. Excoriating everyone from Joe Biden and left-wing Democrats to corrupt members of the Deep State, the former president held nothing back while defending Christian Americans.
“Our enemies are waging war on faith and freedom, on science and religion, on history and tradition, on law and democracy, on God Almighty Himself they are waging war,” he exclaimed. “That’s not a war they’re going to win.”
“The radicals are setting fire to our Constitution, abolishing free speech, attacking religious belief, erasing our borders, corrupting our elections … and trying to impose their blasphemous creed of woke communism on every American man, woman, and child,” he continued.
Trump notably announced a shift in his public stance on abortion at the conference. “There of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life,” he said Saturday, reversing previous remarks expressing support for abortion as a “states only” issue.
Multiple other candidates seeking the GOP presidential nomination attended the conference as well, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who was booed for making anti-Trump remarks.
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Kari Lake, one of Trump’s rumored vice-presidential picks, spoke as well, and sat on the dais behind Trump as he delivered his remarks, as did Mike Huckabee and GOP Senator Lindsey Graham. The event was organized by Evangelical leader Ralph Reed.
Trump hit on a wide array of topics already part of his go-to campaign speech but added further remarks about the political situation faced by Christians.
“The radical left lunatics are coming after all of us because they know that our allegiance is not to them, our allegiance is to our country and to our Creator. And that’s why under Biden, Christians are being persecuted like nothing this nation has ever seen before,” he forcefully argued.
“The FBI has been caught labeling devout Catholics as domestic terrorists and sending undercover spies into Catholic Churches, just as it was in the old Soviet Union days.”
“There’s never been an assault on Catholics the likes of which they’re having right now,” he said, referencing the raid of pro-life father Mark Houck’s home.
“Never again will federal law enforcement be used to target religious believers. Americans of faith are not a threat to our country. Americans of faith are the soul of our country.”
During the applause-laden, nearly 90-minute-long speech, Trump took particular aim at Joe Biden’s Department of Justice.
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“Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxists, communists, and fascists indict me, I consider it a great badge of courage. I’m being indicted for you,” he thundered.
“These scoundrels and thugs, they only come after me. They didn’t go after the many, many other presidents that kept the documents.”
“They want to interfere with the fair and free election to a point where Joe Biden is willing to arrest his opponent,” he continued.
Trump also read aloud the recently released text message that Hunter Biden sent to a Chinese business associate. He then explained that “Joe Biden is a totally compromised president because they’re bribing him. They’re paying him off.”
“It’s not only China, though, it’s many other countries, including Ukraine,” he further argued. “So he has to be very nice to China, has to be very nice to Ukraine.”
“Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine totally settled. I’ll have it done in 24 hours,” he promised.
Trump also laid out his plan to “obliterate the Deep State” while detailing what religious Americans can expect from his second term.
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“I’ll fire the unelected bureaucrats who have weaponized our justice system … and we’ll create a truth and reconciliation commission to declassify and publish all documents on each stage fighting this fire.”
“We’re going to keep foreign, Christian-hating Communists, Marxists, and socialists out of America.”
“Another top priority will be to expel the Communists and these terrible people that have taken over our education system. I will immediately sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity,” he said.
Trump then pledged to cut federal funding to schools that have vaccine or mask mandates and to keep “men out of women’s sports.” He also vowed to ban transgenderism in the military, to prohibit “child sexual mutilation in all 50 states,” and to prevent tax dollars from being used for “gender transitions.”