President Trump said Thursday he would work to end a 63-year-old law that limits nonprofits’ political activities.
“I will get rid and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution,” President Trump said. “I will do that.”
The comments came during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.
Mr. Trump would not be able to do away with the law on his own, though. He would need the support of lawmakers.
“Freedom of religion is a sacred right, but it is also a right under threat all around us, and the world is under serious, serious threat in so many different ways,” President Trump said.
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