Trump’s evangelical panel remains intact as others disband. Here are his religious cheerleaders | US news | The Guardian - Jerry Falwell Jr tweeted on Wednesday: “Finally, a leader in the White House. Jobs returning, North Korea backing down, bold truthful statement about Charlottesville tragedy. So proud of Donald Trump.” He did add, on Thursday, again via Twitter: “The truth as stated by Donald Trump is that violent white supremacists, Nazi, KKK and similar hate groups are pure evil and un-American,” but that may have been too little, too late for some.
Council member, preacher and Fox News commentator Robert Jeffress told a Christian TV channel: “Racism comes in all shapes, all sizes and, yes, all colors. If we’re going to denounce some racism, we ought to denounce all racism.”
A.R Bernard, a senior pastor and chief executive of the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, New York, issued a statement on Friday announcing his resignation. He said he had agreed to serve on the board because “it often takes a gathering of unlikely individuals to shape the future of our nation”. He said: “However, it became obvious that there was a deepening conflict in values between myself and the administration. I quietly stepped away from my involvement with the board several months ago and submitted my formal letter of resignation as of Tues Aug 15, 2017.”