Donald Trump says if Hillary Clinton wins, U.S. will 'have a whole different church structure'


On Friday, Donald Trump spoke at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, and afterward he talked briefly with the Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody. Brody began by asking Trump if he agreed with former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a Trump backer who said last week that if Hillary Clinton wins in November, she will allow in unspecified outsiders and "this is the last election when we even have a chance to vote for somebody who will stand up for godly moral principles." Trump said yes, "I think it's going to be the last election that the Republicans can win." He continued:
If we don't win this election, you'll never see another Republican and you'll have a whole different church structure. You're going to have a whole different Supreme Court structure. That has to do a lot with what we're doing because the Supreme Court, as you know with Justice Scalia gone, I think you could probably have four to five judges picked by the next president. Probably a record number, David, probably a record number of judges. If they pick the super-liberals, probably to a certain extent, people that would make Bernie Sanders happy, you will never have a Supreme Court, we're going to end up with another Venezuela, large scale version. [Trump to CBN News]
Brody clarified that Trump was talking about Clinton "potentially providing citizenship for many of these illegals," putting Florida and Texas out of reach for the GOP. "I think this will be the last election if I don't win," Trump agreed. "You're going to have people flowing across the border, you're going to have illegal immigrants coming in and they're going to be legalized and they're going to be able to vote and once that all happens you can forget it. You're not going to have one Republican vote." You can watch the interview below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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