The article included examples from the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, who all described Christmas as a Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Multiple Trump administration officials referred to Christmas as a Christian holiday. (Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)
“The messages sharply diverged from the more secular, Santa Claus-and-reindeer style of Christmas messages that have been the norm for government agencies for years,” the article read. “The posts provided the latest example of the administration’s efforts to promote the cultural views and language of Trump’s evangelical Christian base.”
In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson stood by the officials’ responses.
“While the Washington Post would prefer we stick to ‘Happy Holidays,’ we’re saying Merry Christmas again. And Christmas is a Christian holiday for millions of Christians celebrating the birth of their Savior, whether the Washington Post likes it or not,” Jackson said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Washington Post for a response.
A White House spokesperson defended the officials’ Christmas responses in a statement to Fox News Digital. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Other members of the Trump administration have also responded to the article on X.
“You really do not hate the media scum enough. Christmas is about the birth of our Savior, the Son of God. Our Republic was founded by men of God, based on Western Christian values. The West is the greatest civilization Mankind has ever known since it predicates rights given by God,” Trump counterterrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka wrote. Continue reading…
