Anti-Jewish bigot gives ‘blessing’

THE OPENING of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem attracted more than a dozen Republican members of Congress, the President’s eldest daughter — and a Trump spiritual adviser, who has said in the past that he believes Jews go to hell.

Pastor Robert Jeffress, leader of a Dallas-area Baptist church and a spiritual adviser to Trump, delivered the opening blessing.

Jeffress (photo inset) has supported the right-wing Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump’s choice to move the embassy.

He has drawn criticism for disparaging other religions, including saying, Jews “can’t be saved.”

Senate candidate Mitt Romney of Utah, a former GOP presidential nominee, opposed Jeffress giving the prayer because he’s a “religious bigot.”

“Robert Jeffress says ‘you can’t be saved by being a Jew,’ and ‘Mormonism is a heresy from the pit of hell.’ He’s said the same about Islam,” Romney said Sunday.

“Such a religious bigot should not be giving the prayer that opens the United States Embassy in Jerusalem.”

Jeffress told The Associated Press before the blessing that some of the things attributed to him have been taken out of context.

“I think it’s sad that Mitt feels the need to lash out in bitterness and anger on such a historic day, but it’s not going to overshadow what is happening here,” he said. “For 2,000 years, historic Christianity has taught that salvation is through Christ alone.”

White House spokesman Raj Shah said he couldn’t explain how Jeffress became involved with the event.

The pastor has stood by Trump, saying in March the President’s alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels is “irrelevant.”