President Donald Trump of the United States on Thursday unveiled a task force to eradicate anti-Christian bias in government, intensifying a right-wing crackdown since returning to power.
The President said he was putting new Attorney General Pam Bondi at the head of the force to end persecution of the majority religion of the United States.
According to him, the mission of the task force would be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination in the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, the FBI and other government agencies. Trump also said the task force would prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism.
“We will protect Christians in our schools, military, government, workplaces, hospitals and in our public squares,” he said.
He also announced the creation of a ‘White House faith office’ led by his spiritual advisor, the televangelist Paula White.
The announcements followed a wider purge of the federal government at the start of Trump’s second term.
