Pete Buttigieg Lashes Out at Republicans for ‘Cloaking’ Themselves in Fake Christianity

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 27: South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (L) and former Vice President Joe Biden talk during the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019 in Miami, Florida. A field of 20 Democratic presidential candidates was split into two groups of 10 for the first debate of the 2020 election, taking place over two nights at Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, and Telemundo. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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In a second heated Democratic debate Thursday night, candidate Pete Buttigieg issued a scathing rebuke of the Christian faith espoused by so many in the Republican party.

“The Republican party likes to cloak itself in the language of religion,” Buttigieg fumed.

Noting that the Democrats are quieter on religion due to a “commitment to the separation of Church and State,” Buttigieg warned that “we should call out hypocrisy when we see it,” referencing the current border crisis.

The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, went on to slam any Republican Christian who is satisfied with the current conditions experienced by children being detained at the U.S. Mexico border. Continue reading…