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THREAD: Today marks Trump's last full day in office.

Here's a look back on his uneasy relationship with the Catholic Church.

Perhaps it began in 2016, when Pope Francis was asked about Trump's plans for a border wall.

The pope didn't mince words (1/21)

"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian," said Francis.  "This is not in the Gospel."

https://t.co/EVNZLUARlX (2/21)

In March 2016, 30+ conservative Catholics signed a letter published in National Review saying "Donald Trump is manifestly unfit to be president of the United States. His campaign has already driven our politics down to new levels of vulgarity"

https://t.co/2vfoXvQEFv (3/21)

In Sept. '16, Despite initially opposing Trump & signing a letter headlined "Donald Trump in Unacceptable," Catholic head of SBA list, Marjorie Dannenfelser, becomes leader of Trump's "Pro-Life Coalition," securing him millions of dollars and anti-abortion voters.  (4/21)

After his surprise election, the U.S. Catholic bishops issue a statement offering Trump prayers and a pledge to work together, but also say "We are with you" to migrants and refugees. 

https://t.co/U8y6JA9LB7 (5/21)
Officials had been telling the public for months that because of Dems disproportionately voting by mail, and Republicans disproportionately voting on Election Day, early results would be misleading based on how states counted votes.... 1/


2/ Ohio and Texas counted vote by mail early so those states would misleadingly seem stronger for Biden than they would prove to be when all votes were counted. The reverse would be true in Michigan and Pennsylvania. We’d been reporting this for weeks to prepare viewers.

3/ Trump knew this too and it was clear he intended to mislead the country by declaring the election decided before all the votes had been counted.

What I think many of us didn’t realize is the extent to which some Republicans and MAGA media would help him perpetuate this lie.

4/ This was one of the reasons that lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General was such utter garbage. There were a lot of just plain lies in that lawsuit, which the US Supreme Court rightly kicked to the curb, but this was one of the starkest.

5/ The suit claimed the “probability” of Biden “winning the popular vote in... Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — independently given President Trump’s early lead in those States as of 3 a.m. on November 4, 2020, is less than one in a quadrillion.”