Huckabee: Trump supporter of faith

President Donald Trump isn’t well-versed in Bible verses, but he’s a great friend of people of faith, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told religious activists recently.

“I don’t think Donald Trump could find John 3:16 in a marked New Testament. I’ve said that to him before, so I’m saying it [only] now. I don’t claim he’s a biblical scholar, but he has a respect for those of us of faith to a point that he has doggedly fought to make sure that our rights aren’t trampled upon,” Huckabee told My Faith Votes CEO Jason Yates during a virtual town hall meeting.

Huckabee is honorary chairman of My Faith Votes, a nonprofit group committed to achieving “the largest voter turnout among Christians in every election in America,” its website states.

During the town hall meeting, Huckabee cited Trump’s support for Israel and his defense of religious freedom, saying Trump has “doggedly fought to make sure that our rights aren’t trampled upon” by “heavy-handed” government officials.

Huckabee appeared from his home in Florida.

“I’ve been at my house. I haven’t left my house in almost six weeks. I’ve got all my grandkids here,” he said.

Wearing a “Huckabee” baseball cap, he conceded that he needs to see a barber.

“I’m like a lot of people during the stay-at-home quarantine. I really could use a haircut,” he said.

During this appearance, Huckabee expressed support for social distancing and other steps that were taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

If they had failed to act, they might have placed millions of lives in peril, he noted.

“I have confidence in the president. I have confidence in the people around him at the highest levels that there’s no way they would have done the things they did to shut down virtually the entire economy had they not been genuinely alarmed,” he said.