President Joe Biden has been condemned after he made the Catholic sign of the Cross during a pro-abortion event.
The gesture was made as Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried discussed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ pro-life policies.
“And then we come back here to the state of Florida where [Gov.] Ron DeSantis felt like he needed to run for president and so 15 weeks wasn’t good enough. We had to go to six weeks,” Fried said.
As Fried said “15 weeks wasn’t good enough,” Biden made the sign of the cross.
CatholicVote President Brian Burch said in a statement, “Biden’s decision to make the Sign of the Cross in support of abortion extremism is a despicable charade that attempts to co-opt a sacred practice in support of his new abortion religion.” He added, “His gesture openly mocks the Christian belief in the sanctity of life. There is no divine support for destroying the lives of innocent children, and he should know better.”
“Biden’s gesture suggests he is either terribly naive, or senile, or callously indifferent to the foundational beliefs of millions of Christians in America.”
During the event, Biden said Florida’s pro-life policy criminalizes “reproductive healthcare for — before women even know whether they’re pregnant.”
“Let’s be real clear. There’s one person responsible for this nightmare, and he’s acknowledged and he brags about it: Donald Trump,” he added.
“In fact, Trump has bragged about overturning Roe v. Wade, which meant there’s no federal right, no decision can be made — all those decisions are made at a state level. A lot of people don’t even know that. They don’t focus on it. It’s a — every state can make a decision.”
Biden claimed that “Trump is literally taking us back 160 years.”
“He says it’s up to the states and this is all about states’ rights. But he’s wrong. The Supreme Court was wrong.”
