Evangelical Leader Warns GOP Defeat May Signal Divine Judgment on America

Faith Facts

• Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, stated that the Republican electoral loss could be divine chastisement.
• Perkins linked the defeat to the nation’s continued embrace of abortion.
• The remarks were given to The Christian Post as a call for moral reflection among conservative leaders.

Tony Perkins, president of the Washington-based Christian conservative advocacy organization Family Research Council, told The Christian Post that the Republican electoral wipeout on Tuesday could be divine chastisement against a nation that increasingly aborts its own children.

“The Republican electoral wipeout on Tuesday could be divine chastisement against a nation that increasingly aborts its own children.”

The Republican Party stripped a lot of its core values from its platform. We have to acknowledge that abortion rates in this country have gone up by over 20% because of policies that are kept in place by the Trump administration. I don’t think God honors that. Part of these election results may be a chastisement upon a Party that became complacent on moral and value issues. Michele Bachmann: “Right.”

— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) November 4, 2026

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