'God’s used imperfect people all through history,' Rick Perry said.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry, a former governor of Texas and Republican presidential candidate, raised eyebrows in an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News FOX, -0.24% in which he said that Donald Trump is God’s “chosen one” to lead the United States and was “sent by God to do great things”:
Pete Hegseth: "God has used imperfect people forever," but what Trump "has withstood is unlike what really any other mortal could understand" pic.twitter.com/ITDAErMJiN ‘Barack Obama didn’t get to be the president of the United States without being ordained by God. Neither did Donald Trump. … God’s used imperfect people all through history.’ Rick Perry Perry listed several biblical figures believed to have been chosen by God, saying they, too, had their flaws. “King David wasn’t perfect. Saul wasn’t perfect. Solomon wasn’t perfect,” Perry said. “Donald Trump’s not perfect.
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