Alma Rutgers is at it again!

In her latest op-ed for Hearst’s echo chamber, “Trump is playing with biblical fire” aka “‘America’s foundational document is not the Christian Bible; it is the Constitution,’” Rutgers is left clutching her pearls once again, this time over the wildly successful “America Reads the Bible” event.

You know, the one where nearly 500 Americans, including President Trump, publicly read through the entire Bible—from Genesis to Revelation—for the nation’s 250th celebration.

Ms. Rutgers warns us this “ongoing Christian nationalist attack” demands we “emphatically assert” that the Bible is not foundational to America -- only the Constitution is! She conveniently ignores the Declaration of Independence, America's birth certificate and statement of our founding ideals and important principles.

She frames Trump and Republican leaders participating in a week of public Scripture reading as some kind of dangerous mixing of “biblical fire” and politics. This is, unfortunately, no surprise coming from Rutgers, who continues to suffer from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Had dear Alma done the most basic fact-check—or, heaven forbid, actually read a little history instead of just cherry-picking quotes from the Founders to fit her narrative—she might have actually learned something.

Of course, the Bible wasn’t the “national foundational document” in the legal sense, and no one serious claims the Constitution is a chapter of Leviticus.

However, pretending the Bible had zero role in shaping the moral, cultural, and spiritual bedrock of the country is willful ignorance at best, and outright misinformation at worst.

The Founders quoted Scripture more than any other source. Biblical principles of liberty, justice, and human dignity echo throughout the Declaration, the common law traditions they drew from, and the very idea that rights come from a Creator, not from government.

Trump wasn’t “playing with fire” in the Oval Office—he was modeling the exact kind of public acknowledgment of our spiritual heritage that countless presidents before him embraced. The Bible was the single most cited source during America's founding era. And virtually all U.S. presidents have quoted from, referenced, taken their oath on, and/or read from the Bible while in office (see inaugurals, addresses, speeches, etc.).

But that just doesn’t fit Rutgers’ narrative.

She's the same "journalist" who has repeatedly attacked Trump supporters, spent years peddling columns that read more like Democrat Party press releases, and now sees a peaceful, unifying reading of the Bible as some kind of blatant “attack” on the Constitution.

The First Amendment doesn’t ban presidents or citizens from reading Scripture publicly. The “America Reads the Bible” event was voluntary, celebratory, and open to anyone. No laws were broken. No theocracy was declared. It was just Americans—hundreds of them—reconnecting with the Book that helped forge this nation’s character.

This is why so many people stopped trusting Hearst papers long ago. Their op-eds are riddled with bias, their rhetoric is designed to incite rather than inform, and their never-ending anti-Trump crusade treats any public display of faith by conservatives as "a blueprint for a white Christian nationalist society."

Ms. Rutgers, maybe take a moment and consider that while you’re busy warning about “biblical fire,” millions of Americans, especially millennials and Gen Z, are rediscovering the very source of the virtues that made this country exceptional—faith, family, and freedom. The same virtues you and your fellow Democrats have spent decades trying to erase from the public square.

Go ahead and keep peddling your misinformation, Alma -- and we’ll keep telling the truth about Trump, our history, and so much more.