This story has been updated with responses from the Rev. Franklin Graham, Samaritan s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Evangelist minister Franklin Graham is facing calls for his removal for statements supporting former President Donald Trump s actions before and after the deadly Capitol riot, including that Republicans backing impeachment were promised something.
In a Jan. 14 Facebook post, Graham, who was born in Asheville and educated in Western North Carolina, said shame, shame on the ten Republicans who joined with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats in impeaching President Trump yesterday. It makes you wonder what the thirty pieces of silver were that Speaker Pelosi promised for this betrayal, he said in the post that drew 65,000 comments, many critical.