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Orphaned. and they minister to the poor so beautifully and with such love. were proud of our religious heritage and as president, i will always protect religious liberty. weve been doing it. weve been doing it. last year on this day i took executive action to prevent the johnson amendment, a disaster from interfering with our first amendment rights. i was so proud of that. ive been saying from the beginning. you know that. i was saying for a long time were going to do that. across the government...

House. with president trump there are several things. first of all, his supreme court nomination was probably the single most important issue for conservative christians. but then he has also taken on the johnson amendment. ive never even known a politician to talk about it, and this is a rule from 1954 from the irs code that limits churches and non-profits from speaking up and endorsing candidates. when he heard about it, he didnt even know about it, but when he heard about it, he immediately s...

Liberty and helping persecuted christians and the kinds of causes that christians feel are important than any president i think in my lifetime. and he keeps his promises, unlike most of the politicians who go to washington and they say one thing to get elected and then they act very differently. but hes kept his word and hes even come against things like the johnson amendment. thats an amendment from 1954 that was on the irs code that said non-profits and churches could not be involved in certai...

Order to say it should not be enforced, number one, and they are working in congress to change the law. for the first time since 1954. ive never even known a politician to even say anything about the johnson amendment, which is a terrible limit on the freedoms of church-going people who want to articulate something that may be political. >> two things. first of alm, theres been a lot of talk thats probably something thats going to end up in court and secondly, a lot of folks point to the first a...

Jerry falwell jr. take a picture with trump in front of his me wall, and over his wifes shoulder is a picture of trump and a porn star on the cover of playboy. its in the picture, they put out the picture. it just doesnt even matter. but when it comes down to it at the end of the day, its exactly what youre seeing here, is that trump is always sort of flip-flopping in his ability to take both sides of an issue. he has been, in the last couple years, at least, pretty unequivocal when it comes to ...

Would do a few things in this bill differently. but i am not going to let what i perceive to be perfection to be the enemy of good. >> sentiment like that is why leadership is confident theyll have enough votes within their own party to get this done. >> sandra: have democrats been able to remove anything from the bill that they didnt want? >> the johnson amendment will no longer be repealed. thats the one that stopped churches from getting political -- from endorsing political candidates. democ...

Johnson amendment. the johnson amendment says that churches cannot be politically involved and cannot be involved with endorsing candidates, things like that. partisan politics. that is not going to be repealed. democrats say they are going to be happy about that because he thought it would be a way for republicans republican backers to pump money into politics without having their name on it. democrats are happy about that. republicans are saying is just a way that the irs is limiting free spee...

$2,000 per year per family. he wants more. look, at the 11th hour, this is how they negotiate. he is saying okay, 1100 is not enough. some people behind the sceengs are saying okay, mr. florida senator, whats your snub? pete: we hear reporting now from our own chad pergram the bill has moved in rubios directions inside conference and it is, i believe, locked. its not close to locked, which means the house and the senate have come to a complete deal for the exact same language because thats whats...

And she said, donald, the german people wouldnt be happy with that. i said well, you know what, the american people arent happy with the way we have it now, okay? the american people arent happy. and at home were restoring the rule of law. were interpreting the constitution as written, defending the second amendment, youll keep your guns. and protecting religious liberty. we are protecting religious liberty. and were getting rid of the johnson amendment. weve stopped the governments attacks on o...

Create a strong and loving community. we know that. getting rid of the johnson amendment. study that up, thats a big thing. thats a big thing. a lot of people are very, very happy about that. we know that parents, not bureaucrats, know best how to raise their children and to nurture their children. and above all else, we know t s this: america doesnt worship government. we worship god. [ cheers and applause ]