Latino voters lay hands and pray for Trump as they shower him with religious gifts during Miami visit
Latino leaders pray for God to help former president ‘make America godly again’
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Latino backers of former President Donald Trump laid their hands on the ex-commander-in-chief and prayed for him as they showered him with religious gifts during a visit to Miami for a roundtable discussion.
The moment came at the end of Trump’s event with Latino supporters on Tuesday when speakers surrounded the former president.
“God’s hand is on this man,” one pastor said, before praying for Trump to win the election. Attendees then made their way to the rope line and reached toward the former president in prayer.
“Today, Lord, we lift up the man that we believe you've put your hand upon to help restore America and bring America back to the place that honors you, to a place where we will not be kicked out for saying, Christ the King or Jesus is Lord,” one of the speakers said.
“So we ask for that covering over him, that he would continue to hear your voice, that you would continue to order his steps, and that he would help us to make America godly again,” he added.
A separate speaker said the election “is not a war between the left and the right. This is a war between good and evil ... we need spiritual weapons to fight it. So prayer is one of them.”
He added: “I believe President Trump is here because there's a purpose, there's a higher assignment for him to finish with this nation ... We're going to pray for the will of God for him to be the next 47th president.”
When the prayer came to an end, YMCA began to play as supporters shouted “Si Se Puede!”
During the event with Latino leaders, Trump was presented with a piece of art by Eduardo Verástegui, a Mexican actor, that featured the Virgin Mary.
One of the attendees who spoke at the event was Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue, who argued that Vice President Kamala Harris is the “root cause” for the issues at the border with Mexico,The Washington Post noted.
He appeared to mispronounce Harris’s name on several occasions, calling her “Que Mala” – Spanish meaning “so bad” – something Latino backers of Trump have called her during the campaign.
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