South Bend mayor and 2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg said Tuesday he believed that religion shouldn't be used as a political "cudgel," but then immediately suggested that God wouldn't be a Republican. Buttigieg has often discussed his faith on the campaign trail, which NBC's Craig Melvin mentioned during an interview that aired on "The Today Show" Tuesday. "You also spend a fair amount of time talking about your faith... why?” Melvin asked. "It’s important to me," Buttigieg responded. "I think it’s also important that we stop seeing religion used as a kind of cudgel, as if God belonged to a political party.

Source: Fox News May 07, 2019 21:57 UTC