evidence: Hawley tweeted a quote he claimed to be from Founding Father Patrick Henry saying the United States was founded "on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." [...] Patrick Henry: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity,… — Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 4, 2023 The United States was not founded as a Christian nation ― the First Amendment makes that clear ― and Henry, while deeply religious, didn’t say anything of the sort.