President Donald Trump’s White House responded after first American Pope Robert Prevost’s anti-MAGA posts resurfaced after his election.
‘The president made his reaction to Pope Leo’s announcement yesterday he is very proud to have an American Pope,’ Catholic White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her briefing.
‘It’s a great thing… and we’re praying for him,’ she added without discussing the controversy around the new Pope’s posts.
Prevost made a series of social media posts critical of the president’s policies and often reposts sentiments critical of the Trump administration.
As a result after his election, MAGA unleashed on the Chicago native-turned Pope, calling him a ‘piece of s**t liberal’ on social media.
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