Two events last week illustrated sharply how expressions of faith are being used in the public sphere. On the floor of the Senate, Senator Mitt Romney framed his impeachment vote in the language of religious devotion, citing his oath "before God to apply impartial justice as a Senate juror.”
A day later, at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump used his speech from the dais to criticize Romney's speech in the Senate and doubled-down on remarks made in December when he questioned the sincerity of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s affirmation that the Christian imperative to love leads her to pray for the president.
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