I was so thrilled to see the gathering on the Mall, the President, the speaker of the House, all these great public servants that we have expressing their faith publicly. This is a Christian nation, end of sentence. This is a Christian nation. And this whole idea of the separation of church and state of was an idea that was just articulated in a letter by Thomas Jefferson and was actually to keep the government out of churches. (06:12–06:17)
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Asserts that the United States is a Christian nation.
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