A Texas pastor who is running for president says the United States needs someone who won’t “demonize or villainize the other party.”
Ryan Binkley, the pastor of the non-denominational Create Church and a Republican presidential candidate, told the Christian Post during an interview that the division in the U.S. needs to end, citing how politicians going back and forth were setting the country up for failure.
“I think it’s going to require a president that doesn’t demonize or villainize the other party,” Binkley told the outlet. “We have to actually work together. And so, to do that, we have to speak to the importance of it as well as we have to give us something to unite on.”
Binkley told the outlet that he believes politicians in this country are not passing “legislation that really allows” the U.S. to succeed as it should.
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“We end up doing 300+ executive orders out of every president because we can no longer agree, so we’ve turned our nation into a nation where we’re less of a republic where laws are written and more of an organization where presidents lay down executive orders to try and accomplish their agenda,” Binkley said, stressing the importance of getting back to “leading” and “working with each other” again.
As of July 21, President Joe Biden has issued 117 executive orders during his time in office, according to Ballotpedia. During his time in office, former President Donald Trump issued 220 executive orders.
Binkley’s campaign website stresses the importance of focusing on the “things that bring us together instead of those that tear us apart.”
Among the issues Binkley focuses on are tackling the rising debt in the U.S., fixing healthcare, pushing America to become energy independent by “investing in homegrown and produced energy,” as well as securing the southern border, and fixing the immigration crisis, according to his campaign website.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) revealed new qualifying criteria for candidates in June. Candidates who are interested in attending the upcoming presidential debates will have to raise at least $40,000 in national contributions and poll above 1% in three national polls or two national polls and one early state poll from states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina or Nevada, according to a press release from the RNC.
A Rasmussen poll conducted between July 18-20 showed 57% of voters would pick Trump, 13% said they would vote for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), 5% said they would vote for former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).
Similar polls also showed Trump as being ahead in the polls, while Binkley is not shown in the polls.
When asked by the outlet if he plans to be at the debate in August, Binkley said that he does “plan on making the debate stage” and that he had been in Iowa and New Hampshire campaigning to raise awareness.
IJR reached out to Binkley for comment but did not hear back by publication.
