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Trump Sends Video to Christian Nationalist Rally, Diversity Criticized

5/16/2026

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President Donald Trump will send a video message to the Rededicate 250 rally on the National Mall this weekend.
The rally lists 18 Christian speakers and one Jewish speaker: Chris Tomlin, Jonathan Roumie, Sadie Robertson Huff, and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik.
A May 14 Pew poll showed 17% support Christianity as the official religion while Americans United for Separation of Church and State say event advances Christian nationalism and lacks diversity.

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President Donald Trump will send a video message to the Rededicate 250 rally on the National Mall this weekend.
The rally lists 18 Christian speakers and one Jewish speaker: Chris Tomlin, Jonathan Roumie, Sadie Robertson Huff, and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik.
A May 14 Pew poll showed 17% support Christianity as the official religion while Americans United for Separation of Church and State say event advances Christian nationalism and lacks diversity.