Stephanopoulos Presses Jindal on ‘Our God Wins’ Comment

Louisiana Governor and potential 2016 candidate Bobby Jindal spoke to George Stephanopoulos one day after holding a prayer rally instead of attending the Iowa Freedom Summit with his Republican comrades.

Jindal said we needed politicians to “tell the truth” to the American people, obliquely citing his remarks last week about the discredited idea of Muslim “no-go zones” in Europe as an example.

Strangely Stephanopoulos did not follow up on that, instead focusing on Jindal’s line at the rally in which he stated that “our god wins.”

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“I was struck by the final line, ‘our god wins,'” Stephanopoulos said. “How do you think that lands in a country of 320 million people, of many different spiritualities, many different kinds of faith, many who believe in no god at all.”

“It is a time-honored tradition, going back to our nation’s founding, for our leaders to turn to god for guidance, for wisdom,” Jindal said. “We are a diverse country, obviously a majority of people are Christians, but we don’t discriminate against anybody. That’s one of the great things about America. We believe in religious liberty.”

Watch the clip below, via ABC News:

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