In the Oval Office today, @SenatorBurr said this, astonishingly: Pastor Andrew Brunson’s “work in Turkey, like everywhere else in the world, to spread the word of Jesus Christ is absolutely crucial and it’s a foundational thing about this country, the United States.”

— David Gura (@davidgura) October 14, 2018

“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — The Treaty of Tripoli, 1796

That treaty was begun by Washington, signed by Adams, and approved in the Senate by a unanimous votehttps://t.co/Vzk4bZ6JaG

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 14, 2018