{"id":2210012,"date":"2024-03-31T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raphael-warnock-slams-trump-for-selling-59-99-bible\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T11:41:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T15:41:30","slug":"raphael-warnock-slams-trump-for-selling-59-99-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raphael-warnock-slams-trump-for-selling-59-99-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Raphael Warnock criticizes Trump for selling expensive Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fraphael-warnock-slams-trump-for-selling-59-99-bible%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Raphael Warnock strongly criticized former President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to sell the &#8220;God Bless the USA&#8221; Bible for $59.99 at the beginning of \u2062Holy Week. Warnock, \u200da \u200dpastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church \u200bin Atlanta, expressed \u2064his disapproval on CNN&#8217;s\u2062 State of the Union. He emphasized that\u200b sacred\u200c items should not be commercialized and condemned Trump&#8217;s actions as expected \u2064behavior\u200b from the former president.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/raphael-warnock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Raphael Warnock\">Raphael Warnock<\/a> (D-GA) blasted former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Raphael Warnock\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s latest business venture, selling the \u201cGod Bless the USA\u201d Bible for $59.99 at the start of Christian\u2019s Holy Week. <\/p>\n<p>Warnock showed his disdain toward Trump\u2019s selling of the \u201cGod Bless the USA\u201d Bible on CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em> with Dana Bash on Sunday. Warnock, who is a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Atlanta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Atlanta<\/a>, said he was delivering an Easter Sunday service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bible does not need Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement,\u201d Warnock said. \u201cJesus, in the very last week of his life, chased the money changers out of his Temple. Those who would take sacred things and use them as cheap relics to be sold in the marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>The special edition Bible was inspired by singer Lee Greenwood\u2019s 1984 song, which Trump routinely plays at his campaign events and rallies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe sad thing is that none of us are surprised by this. This is what we expect from the former president,\u201d Warnock said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy Holy Week! Let\u2019s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless The USA Bible,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1772658279908253974?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a> on Truth Social Tuesday to mark the beginning of sales for his Bible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Bible is the King James version, it also includes our founding father documents,\u201d Trump announced. The Bible includes copies of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Constitution<\/a>, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and the Pledge of Allegiance. In the announcement, he reiterated that the Bible is his favorite book and said, \u201cAll Americans need a Bible in their home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Bible is a reminder that the biggest thing we have to bring back to America to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Make America Great Again<\/a> is our religion. Religion is so important, it\u2019s so missing, but it\u2019s going to come back, and it\u2019s going to come back strong,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>Warnock also criticized the former president\u2019s other business ventures, including his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/02\/18\/trump-sneakers-never-surrender-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shoe<\/a> line \u201cThe Never Surrender High-Top Sneaker\u201d and Trump University, which was not an accredited college or university and ceased operations after lawsuits found the school defrauded its students. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he\u2019s not selling us steaks, he\u2019s selling us a school whose degree is not worth the paper that it\u2019s written on,\u201d Warnock said. \u201cIf he\u2019s not selling us a school, he\u2019s selling us sneakers, and now he\u2019s trying to sell the scriptures. At the end of the day, I think he\u2019s trying to sell the American people a \u2018Bill of Goods.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warnock said he does not believe this strategy will work in Trump\u2019s favor for the election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat worked in 2016, although he did not win the popular vote in 2016,\u201d Warnock said. \u201cIt did not work in 2020, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to work in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) criticized former President Donald Trump for launching his new business endeavor, selling the &#8220;God Bless the USA&#8221; Bible for $59.99 at the beginning of Christian Holy Week. Warnock expressed his disapproval of Trump&#8217;s sale of the Bible on CNN&#8217;s State of the Union with Dana Bash last Sunday. The senator&#8217;s sentiments towards Trump&#8217;s actions were made clear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2210013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/warnock-1024x597.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/warnock-1024x597.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2210013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}