Twitter Bashes Rev. Robert Jeffress for Throwing Reagan Under Bus to Defend Trump: ‘Not Very Christian’

As controversy swirls around President Donald Trump‘s history of alleged affairs, Rev. Robert Jeffress excused POTUS’s past behavior by calling President Ronald Reagan as a “known womanizer” and arguing that voters knew they weren’t supporting “an altar boy.”

However, that response provoked a wave of backlash on Twitter from the media and others, who found the remarks from the pastor and known Trumpster downright shocking, in particular, his claim that “none of us has a perfect past” and that “we voted for him because of his policies.”

To be sure, Reagan was once accused of sexual assault by actress Selene Walters, a far cry from the “womanizing” referenced by Jeffress.

Reactions to the statements, which were made during a Friday evening Fox News interview with host Ed Henry, were widespread by Sunday:

What? What a dope! Throwing Reagan under the bus to defend Trump. https://t.co/zFk8c90j0Y

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) July 22, 2018

“And by the way, none of us has a perfect past.” In the Trump era, evangelical leaders increasingly say what matters is policy and not personal morality. https://t.co/SQ7HdWLq0Y

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 22, 2018

Badmouthing Reagan to own the libs https://t.co/SDc7w88rZZ

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 22, 2018

Rev. Jeffress also sought to have children’s books about children with gay or lesbian parents removed from the public library and believes “You can’t be saved being a Jew”, so I’m pretty sure his opinion is not valid. https://t.co/aNyWLN6xzG

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) July 22, 2018

Trumpkins’ Jesus is so different than regular Jesus https://t.co/M2f3mSFqHo

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) July 21, 2018

“Throwing Reagan under the bus to own the libs” is certainly a new one. https://t.co/y3NhFluyhu

— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) July 22, 2018

Nothing is worth this. No office, no politician, nothing is worth this. https://t.co/RDWlDBpJzg

— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) July 22, 2018

Not very Christian to denigrate others to defend an unrepentant sinner. https://t.co/KNAKDXSyU5

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 22, 2018

MAGA has realized they can’t build trump up to compare him to reagan so they need to tear reagan down to compare him to trump https://t.co/JuzkMK6JOX

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 22, 2018

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