JOE BIDEN/RELIGION: “President Donald Trump billed his trip to Ohio Thursday as a chance to promote economic recovery, but he quickly pivoted to a deeply personal attack on Joe Biden, even questioning without foundation the former vice president’s faith in God.
Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates responded to Trump’s comments by saying, ‘Joe Biden’s faith is at the core of who he is; he’s lived it with dignity his entire life, and it’s been a source of strength and comfort in times of extreme hardship.’
Bates also accused Trump of using a Bible ‘for his own cynical optics as he sought to tear our nation apart at a moment of crisis and pain,’ a reference to when federal law enforcement officers drove protesters out of Lafayette Square shortly before a photo opportunity in which Trump held a Bible.”
-Jonathan Lemire, “Playing electoral defense, Trump claims Biden opposes God,” richmondregister.com, Aug. 6, 2020