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(THE CONVERSATION) President Trump claimed recently that the prospect of a Biden presidency would "hurt God."

More specifically, he said, Biden would be "following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God. He's against God. He's against guns."

With this speech, delivered in a rally-style address on Cleveland, Ohio's airport tarmac on Aug. 6, Trump conveyed that a vote for Biden would weaken...