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On 10 June 2016, the Daily Beast reported that Sen. David Perdue urged attendees of the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference to pray for misfortune and death to befall President Barack Obama: Video depicted Purdue's 10 June 2016 remarks: Psalms 109:8 (alternately named Song of the Slandered) was rendered in the manner below in the King James Bible: As many pointed out, the Senator's Biblical reference wasn't a new or even uncommon scripture-based jab at President Obama. A 2009 article reported that the verse was traction across the internet as a veiled threat cloaked in the guise of prayerful intent: That particular piece was published during President Obama's first term in office. Some argued at the time that the reference to the verse simply expressed a hope that he not be re-elected to a second term: However, that motive ceased to be relevant after Obama's 2012 re-election. A representative for the Senator provided a terse statement to a Bloomberg reporter about the controversy: The statement read: It is true Sen. David Perdue laughed and referenced Psalms 109:8 during a 10 June 2016 conservative Christian event. A representative for the Senator addressed the ensuing controversy, blaming the media for pushing a narrative for the outcry.
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