Ilhan Omar Condemns Trump Over Pope Feud: 'Far From Practicing Christianity'

Representative Ilhan Omar condemned President Trump and his administration for the ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV, saying their rhetoric and immigration policies put them "far from practicing Christianity" as Catholic Charities was targeted by the administration's funding pressure. The Minnesota Democrat's intervention comes as Christianity Today's Russell Moore argues in a widely shared essay that Trump's AI-Jesus image controversy may paradoxically clarify the difference between the real gospel and political civil religion. The papal dust-up is reshaping intra-Christian debate in America, with Franklin Graham and Sean Hannity defending the administration by appeal to Old Testament texts while Moore and others urge humility.