Warnock knocks Trump for ‘weaponizing … symbols of the faith’

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) is accusing former President Trump of “weaponizing” symbols of faith and increasing division in the country.“As a pastor, as a person of faith, I take great offense with the way in which he is weaponizing the symbols of our great country and also the symbols of the faith, towards this kind of hate,” Warnock told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday. Warnock, speaking the night before at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, said he believes people will “push past this awful chapter of hate and division” from Trump.“I have to say that the Christian church is going to have to come to terms with the fact that there is no full accounting for this phenomenon of Trumpism without reference to the church, and we got to come to terms with that,” he said. He referenced his and fellow Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D) Senate wins in the previously red state.Warnock also slammed the former president for endorsing a Bible, saying Trump should “try reading it” instead.Earlier this year, the Trump campaign began selling “God Bless USA” Bibles, saying that religion and Christianity are “the biggest things missing from this country.”Warnock pushed back on that idea and...