Rusty – At a meeting of religious leaders at the White House Wednesday, pastor Darrell Scott heaped praise on President Trump for his work helping to lift up urban and faith-based communities.
“This administration has taken a lot of people by surprise,” Scott said at the roundtable discussion. “And it’s going to surprise you guys even more because this is probably the most proactive administration regarding urban America and the faith-based community in my lifetime.”
He noted that he is now 60-years-old, so he’s seen a good number of both Republican and Democrat administrations.
What was said next, will really send the left into a tizzy.
Scott declared Trump to be “the most pro-black president we’ve had in our lifetime.”
More than the alleged ‘first black President’ in Bill Clinton? And more than the real first black President in Barack Obama?
Most definitely, according to Scott.
“He (Obama) felt like he didn’t have to prove something to our community,” the pastor claimed. “He got a pass.”
Pastor calls President Trump “the most pro-black president” pic.twitter.com/uhUajqHeBV
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) August 2, 2018
The facts bear Scott’s statement out.
Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order that prioritized Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which provided a boost to these schools that the Obama administration had neglected.
He posthumously pardoned African-American boxer and heavyweight champion Jack Johnson and commuted the sentence for Alice Johnson, a 62-year-old black grandmother who’d been serving a life sentence for nonviolent drug-related offenses.
And lest we forget, he’s spurred on historically low numbers for black unemployment through massive deregulation and tax cuts.
President Trump truly has been a pro-black President in that sense, but the reality is he’s simply a pro-American President seeking to help out every citizen no matter their skin color.
PASTOR’S PRAISE: At a meeting with inner city pastors, Darrell Scott of Ohio tells Trump he is “the most pro-black president” is recent history who “actually wants to prove something to our community.” “The last president didn’t feel like he had to,” Scott told the President. pic.twitter.com/gyFJNN71Qg
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) August 1, 2018
Scott wasn’t the only pastor in attendance to speak positively of the President.
“Mr. President … you have given this country expectations, given us a new hope, a new excitement to believe that things are getting better and are going to get better,” Pastor Phillip Goudeaux said. “And we appreciate that leadership, your tenacity to keep pushing in against all the opposition that comes against you.”
One pastor, however, made a very uncontroversial statement about Trump and was punished on Apple iTunes by having his podcast demoted.
Pastor James MacDonald admitted “he wasn’t Donald Trump’s biggest fan” but added he’s appreciated having his point of view considered and watching the administration change their policies based on that input.
But a social media post in which MacDonald asked readers to pray for Trump as he makes his Supreme Court decision has stirred a backlash.
Apple iTunes Blacklists Christian Podcast After Pastor Calls for Christians to Pray for President Trump https://t.co/GXzChLXiLX #Christian #Christians pic.twitter.com/RKOEIjeT7y
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) August 2, 2018
“Following his statement of support for Trump on Facebook, and his request that Christians be praying for the president,” CBN News reports, his podcast “Walk in the Word vanished from the iTunes charts.
“In the past, the podcast had never dipped below the Top 40, within 24 hours it wasn’t even making the Top 200,” they wrote.
Scott and Goudeaux may want to keep an eye on what happens to their social media presence following the praise they’ve heaped on the President.
SF Source Political Insider Aug 2018
I totally agree with him, l am 73 and lived all of them as a black woman. My aunt was political activist. So it’s been an important part of my life. She taught us to pay attention to how these leaders voted as it was more important then what they said. I find this to be true and a persons actions speak volumes.
I love this president, he it not an eloquent speaker but he is one that cares about this country. Not since JFK, have we had one who put the people of this nation as priority one. Not just black or white but all Americans.
In today’s world as people try to divide us he is trying to bring unity to the legal citizens of our nation. He did not bring slaves to this country nor did he steal the land from the people who were here. He sees and addresses today’s problem and is trying to help us all rise together.
While others want to cry about sanctuary cities and protection for the ones coming today as illegal immigrants. Where is the outrage when we have cities, towns and streets across America full of homeless people? Men women and children laying on the streets of our cities and no place to go.
Yet we house people who come in illegally. They are housed, given food and even financial aid while the people who live here are treated like trash to be thrown to the heat, cold. No water for them. No roof over their heads.
Thank God for our President as he is not sniffing moon dust like our leaders here in California. Thank God Brown never got close to running the whole country.
Thank you, Essie. Beautiful comment – g
Essie: you wrote a beautiful comment, it sums the situation up exactly. I’m almost as old as you and agree that we haven’t seen a president put the People first since JFK. Also agree totally about Gov Brown, he is horrendous. But, change is happening. Thanks for posting such beautiful writing. Bless you and have a great day!