Sen. David Perdue’s office on Friday blamed some in the media for saying he prayed for President Obama’s death at Friday’s Faith and Freedom convention, when instead he was just joking about wanting Obama out of office.
At the event, Perdue said he believed people are “called to pray,” and to pray for Obama.
“But I think we need to be very specific about how we pray. We should pray like Psalms 109:8 says,” he said. “It says, ‘Let his days be few, and let another have his office.'”
After the audience laughed, Perdue said, “In all seriousness, I believe that America is at a moment of crisis.”
Those comments prompted the Daily Beast to run a headline that said, “Republican prays for Obama’s death.” Clicking on that headline led to a story titled, “GOP senator David Perdue jokes about praying for Obama’s death.”
But Perdue’s office said that’s a far cry from what Perdue was saying.
“Sen. Perdue said we are called to pray for our country, for our leaders, and for our president,” said his spokeswoman, Caroline Vanvick. “He in no way wishes harm towards our president and everyone in the room understood that.”
“However, we should add the media to our prayer list because they are pushing a narrative to create controversy and that is exactly what the American people are tired of,” she added.
