A black minister who ran for lieutenant governor in Virginia in 2013 released a video and statement over the weekend urging blacks and Christians not to vote for Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8, and warning that Christians will be “persecuted” if Clinton wins.
“Devout Christians — Catholic, Protestant, black, white, Latino and others — will be persecuted under a Clinton presidency,” said Jackson, founder and president of Staying True to America’s National Destiny, in a statement. “She believes that our First Amendment claims are a cover for homophobia, Islamophobia, sexism, hatred and bigotry. Donald Trump has promised to defend our religious liberty.”
“If you are a Bible-believing Christian, Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party don’t agree with you, like you or respect you,” Jackson said in a related video. “They don’t agree with or respect God. Why would they feel differently about those who are devoted to God … Why then do you choose loyalty to them over loyalty to God?”
The unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 2013 and the U.S. Senate in 2012 admitted that Democrats may have been able to make a case for themselves if history were on their side, but he pointed out how the party has not earned support from Christians or blacks.
“Historically, it was Republicans who fought for civil rights and the Democrats who opposed them using the Ku Klux Klan as the terrorist arm of the Democratic Party,” Jackson said. “I know it’s a different Democratic Party today, but they’ve done nothing about black poverty, black unemployment, gangs, crime and violence in the black community.”
Jackson made a similar case against President Obama during his 2012 re-election bid, which Jackson said was not realized by people to the extent he wished it had been. The 2012 race motivated him to come out stronger against the Left and call on Republicans to back Trump.
“Trump has his problems, but he’s surrounded by Christians who are speaking into his life. Maybe God will use him in ways we don’t expect because he’s submitting to godly counsel,” Jackson finished.
This story was corrected to note that Jackson’s quote about Christians being “persecuted” was from a press release, not the video, and that Jackson at no time said Clinton would “lock up” Christians.
