Pete Buttigieg, one of almost two dozen Democrats running for the White House, said he could not believe God would be a Republican if he belonged to a political party.

Buttigieg, 37, said he often speaks about his Episcopalian faith because it’s important to him and someone’s faith shouldn’t be used as a political weapon.

“It’s also important that we stop seeing religion used as a kind of cudgel, as if God belonged to a political party. And if he did, I can’t imagine it would be the one that sent the current president to the White House,” the South Bend, Ind., mayor told NBC..

“God does not have a political party” is a line Buttigieg has often used on the campaign trail.

"I get that one of the things about scripture is different people see different things in it," he said in April, referring to challenges he has faced as someone who is gay. "But, at the very least we should be able to establish that God does not have a political party."

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