Michael Flynn, former national security advisor in the Trump administration, on Saturday suggested that the United States should have a single religion.
“If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion,” he said while speaking on “Reawaken America” Saturday night. “One nation under God, and one religion under God.”
Responding to questions on the tour, Flynn, who has been known to repeat conspiracy theories in the past, also accused President Biden of election fraud, claims that have been proven to be false.
Later Saturday night, Ohio state treasurer and Senate candidate Josh Mandel (R) tweeted, apparently in response to Flynn’s “Reawaken America” comments, “We stand with General Flynn.”
Flynn has repeatedly garnered attention this year for making controversial statements.
He received backlash in July after joking about finding “somebody in Washington, D.C,” while holding an AR-15. Just a few months later, he appeared to call for a coup similar to the one in Myanmar, where the country’s military seized power and overtook the democratically elected government in February, to take place in the U.S.
Flynn served as Trump’s first national security advisor until he resigned in February 2017, only 22 days into his tenure.