Donald Trump insulting people on Twitter is nothing new. Scarcely a day goes by without the presumptive Republican nominee attacking someone. On Monday, Trump found a new target – Dr. Russell Moore. Moore, the President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission – the political arm of the Southern Baptist Convention – has been an outspoken critic of Trump.
Trump called Moore “a terrible representative of Evangelicals” and “a nasty guy with no heart.”
.@drmoore Russell Moore is truly a terrible representative of Evangelicals and all of the good they stand for. A nasty guy with no heart!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 9, 2016
Moore took things in stride, quoting Trump’s tweet with the one word insult “Sad!” that Trump uses frequently.
— Russell Moore (@drmoore) May 9, 2016
However, Moore didn’t stop with that. He then took a screenshot of Trump’s tweet and posted it to Instagram with the simple caption “1 Kings 18:17-19.”
1 Kings 18:17-19 https://t.co/gpbDUbhIiB
— Russell Moore (@drmoore) May 9, 2016
“When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.”
-1 Kings 18: 17-18
Boom.
Considering that Trump knows little about the Bible other than his favorite book of Two Corinthians, it is doubtful that he got the message. But points to Dr. Moore for trying.
UPDATE: Moore’s Twitter bio now includes the line “terrible representative of evangelical Christianity, due to nastiness.” Someone is clearly having fun here.
