Perspectives: 'One Nation Under God'

A former U.S. senatorial candidate says the virtual Democratic National Convention left the word God out of the nation’s most famous and solemn oath.

"The DNC omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance," said Peggy Hubbard, who lost Illinois’ Republican primary election in March, in an Aug. 20 Facebook post.

A rumor circulated on social media during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August 2020 alleging that the DNC had omitted the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. This statement is misleading at best. The DNC did not omit “under God” from the pledge, nor did they forbid its use. In fact, during every recitation of the pledge before each night’s events — the 2020 DNC lasted four nights — the phrase “under God” was included.

Here, for example, is a video of Cedric Richmond Jr., the...