68th Annual National Prayer Breakfast

Less, than twenty-four hours ago President Trump was acquitted, earlier this morning, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Pence delivered remarks at the 68th Annual National Prayer Breakfast. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who was seated at the end of a long table on the stage around the podium, stood and clapped as President Trump entered the room. She then looked on as he displayed the newspapers declaring him "acquitted" in the Senate impeachment trial. 

President Trump said; " As I said on Tuesday in the House Chamber, “In America, we don’t punish prayer.  We don’t tear down crosses.  We don’t ban symbols of faith.  We don’t muzzle preachers."  We don’t muzzle pastors.  "In America, we celebrate faith, we cherish religion, we lift our voices in prayer, and we raise our sights to the Glory of God.” He continued; "Before America declared independence, patriots in all 13 colonies came together in days of fasting and prayer.  In the bitter cold of Valley Forge, Washington and his men had no food, no supplies, and very little chance of victory.  It reminded me a little bit of 2016.  We had very little chance of victory.  Except for the people in this room and some others believed we were going to win.  I believed we were going to win.  But what they did have was have an unwavering belief that God was with them.  I believe that too. God is with the people in this room. "

You will find the full transcript of the speech from the POTUS and VPOTUS on this site.

The following individuals attended:

The White House
President Donald J. Trump
Vice President Mike Pence
Second Lady Karen Pence

Trump Administration
Secretary Mike Pompeo, Department of State
Secretary Mark Esper, Department of Defense
Secretary David Bernhardt, Department of the Interior

Secretary Eugene Scalia, Department of Labor
Secretary Alex Azar, Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary Ben Carson, Department of Housing and
Urban Development
Secretary Dan Brouillette, Department of Energy
Secretary Betsy DeVos, Department of Education
Secretary Robert Wilkie, Department of Veterans Affairs
Administrator Jovita Carranza, Small Business Administration

Members of Congress
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and United States Representative from California’s 12th Congressional District
Representative Kevin McCarthy, House Minority
Leader and United States Representative from
California’s 23rd Congressional District
Representative John Moolenaar, United States
Representative from Michigan’s 4th Congressional District and National Prayer Breakfast Honorary Co-Chairman
Representative David Kustoff, United States Representative from Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District
Representative Thomas Suozzi, United States Representative from New York’s 3rd Congressional District and National Prayer Breakfast Honorary Co-Chairman
Representative Xochitl Torres Small, United States Representative from New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District

External Participants
Dr. Arthur Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow at the Harvard Business School
CeCe Winans, Contemporary Gospel Artist
Alvin Love II, Spouse of CeCe Winans
Amy Moolenaar, Spouse of Representative John Moolenaar
Roberta Kustoff, Spouse of Representative David Kustoff
Reverend Gerald Toussaint, Pastor of the Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church, Louisiana
36 United States Senators
166 United States Representatives
3 Foreign Leaders and Heads of State