Earlier this week President Donald Trump met with a group of inner city pastors in the White House.
Paster Dr. Phillip Goudeaux from Sacramento told President Trump: “Don’t give up on California.”
WATCH: At the White House with Inner City Pastors, Pastor Dr. Phillip Goudeaux of Sacramento, CA ask POTUS “Don’t give up on California…” pic.twitter.com/EfxwQWRfRG
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Now Pastor Goudeaux is facing backlash for sitting with and speaking to Donald Trump at the White House.
CBS Local reported:
A Sacramento pastor is facing backlash after praising President Donald Trump at a meeting at the White House.
Pastor Phillip Goudeaux of the Calvary Christian Center told the president he has “given us new hope.”
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Some of the pastor’s followers say he’s damaged his congregation and the black community with his with his White House visit and his words.
Goudeaux is well-known in the Sacramento community and acted as the spiritual advisor to the family of Stephon Clark after a deadly shooting at the hands of Sacramento Police.
Goodeaux was one of more than a dozen black religious leaders on hand for a roundtable discussion on prison reform and criminal justice.