Founder of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary, John Piper, opines that both Trump and Clinton are ineligible contenders for the presidential post and believes that both candidates need to withdraw from the race.
He shared this opinion on Twitter last week, writing, "Of course, Trump should step down as Olasky and Grudem say. So should Hillary. That is what "unqualified" means. It's never been a question."
A couple of days later, the tweet had garnered over 2,000 likes, and more than 1,000 retweets. The comments included a diverse mix of varied opinions. The tweet referred to the editor of World Magazine, Marvin Olasky, and to evangelical theologian Wayne Grudem. Both these leaders have written and published works that call for Trump to withdraw from the presidential race.
In a column posted on Townhall, Grudem revealed that he was revoking his initial support for the Republican nominee.
"I did not take the time to investigate earlier allegations in detail, and I now wish I had done so. If I had read or heard some of these materials earlier, I would not have written as positively as I did about Donald Trump," he wrote.
Olasky, meanwhile, believes that Trump needs to drop out of the race. He noted that back in 1998, his publication had advocated for then President Bill Clinton to step down due to his sex scandal.
"A Clinton resignation would have been good for America's moral standards in 1998. A Trump step-aside would be good for America's moral standards in 2016," stated Olasky.
"It's still not too late to turn the current race between two unfit major party candidates into a contest fit for a great country. By not having Clinton resign in 1998, we set the stage for even worse behavior when we ignore blatant offenses. We don't know if God will rescue our nation from the pit into which our politics have fallen. We don't know if He will rescue world from the ire some Trump supporters will feel. We hope and pray that He will — but if He doesn't, He is still God, holding the future of individuals and nations in His hands. May His name be praised forever and ever."