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Trump Questions How People of Faith Could Vote for Democrats at Prayer Breakfast

Trump challenged religious voters at the National Prayer Breakfast, citing a rise in Bible sales and questioning why people of faith support Democrats, claiming 97% favor voter ID, he said.

  • On Feb. 5, 2026 at the 74th National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump questioned how a person of faith could vote for a Democrat while speaking to a bipartisan gathering in Washington, D.C.
  • Trump touted his record on religion, saying "there are many signs that religion is coming back" under his watch and announced the National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving for May 17, 2026 as part of Freedom250.
  • Singling out Rep. Thomas Massie , Trump said, `No matter what we do, this moron, no matter what it is` and noted, `We'll get a 100 percent vote, except for this guy named Thomas Massie.`
  • Audible groans rippled through the ballroom, and Rep. Jonathan Jackson rebuked Trump, citing scripture to ask God to open the president's heart to compassion.
  • As a traditionally bipartisan forum, the National Prayer Breakfast has generally avoided partisan attacks, though 161 of the 214 House Democrats identify as Christian and Trump criticized Democratic opposition to voter ID.
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“Religion is back,” Donald Trump celebrated this morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual event in which all presidents, since Dwight Eisenhower, have offered the opening speech at the Hilton Hotel in Washington. “Our churches are filling up, something that did not happen for two years, during the covid. The Democrats treated you terribly,” he added without presenting evidence, to hundreds of legislators, businessmen and personalities…

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KBZK broke the news in on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
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