Trump Touts Acquittal At National Prayer Breakfast
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Trump hits back, slams 'dishonest and corrupt' opponents at National Prayer BreakfastPresident Trump blasted his impeachment opponents Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, taking a veiled shot at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for offering what he termed insincere prayers for him.
“I don’t like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong,” Mr. Trump said with Mrs. Pelosi seated near him on the dias. “Nor do I like people who say ‘I pray for you’ when they know that that’s not so.”
It was Mr. Trump’s first public comments since the Senate acquitted him on...
From the Left
Trump blasts impeachment supports at annual prayer breakfast on morning after final Senate voteTaking a victory lap, President Donald Trump used the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday to attack supporters of the impeachment drive against him.
“As everybody knows, my family, our great country and your president have been put through a terrible ordeal by some very dishonest and corrupt people," Trump said a day after the Republican-run Senate acquitted him of impeachment charges in a largely partisan vote.
Trump, who said he would expand on those thoughts at a White House speech at noon, told religious leaders that impeachment supporters "know what...
From the Left
'Dishonest and corrupt': Trump unloads at National Prayer Breakfast after acquittalPresident Donald Trump blasted "dishonest and corrupt" people Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, bashing his impeachment before the nonpartisan event with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just steps away.
"As everybody knows, my family, our great country, and your president have been put through a terrible ordeal by some very dishonest and corrupt people," Trump said. "They have done everything possible to destroy us and by so doing, very badly hurt our nation. They know what they are doing is wrong, but they put themselves far ahead of our...
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