Speaking before his newly established Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible this week, President Donald Trump went after Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine for having “stated that the notion our rights come from our creator is, quote, ‘extremely troubling'” because it is “advocated really by a totalitarian regime.”
“But as everyone in this room understands,” Trump went on, “it is tyrants who are denying our rights and the rights that come from God. And it’s this Declaration of Independence that proclaims we’re endowed by our creator with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. … As president, I will always defend our nation’s glorious heritage, and we will protect the Judeo-Christian principles of our founding, and we will protect them with vigor.”
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