Sen. Josh Hawley: “We ought to take the Pride flag out of schools and put the Bible back in."

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Sen. Josh Hawley on Friday said that the U.S. needed more Christian influence in its society and that “Pride flags” in schools should be replaced with Bibles.

“Who's dividing America is the radical left, and that's why I say to you: we don't need less Christian influence in our society, we don't need less Christian witness in our society, we need more, in every part of government, in every part of society,” the Missouri Republican said at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C.

“You know what we ought to do? We ought to take the Pride flag out of schools and put the Bible back in,” Hawley continued. “We ought to take the trans flag down from all of our federal buildings and over every federal building in America write the words, ‘In God We Trust.’”

“It's time that we reclaim that — that we were not ashamed of it anymore, that we were not quiet about it anymore,” Hawley said, noting that President Dwight D. Eisenhower designated the usage of “In God We Trust” back in the 1950s. “Let's proclaim it boldly.”