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Posted: 2021-01-09T01:15:24Z | Updated: 2021-01-09T01:17:11Z

Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore, a prominent voice within Americas largest Protestant denomination, is calling on President Donald Trump to resign after Trump incited a violent mob of his supporters to descend on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

Mr. President, people are dead, Moore tweeted on Friday. The Capitol is ransacked.

There are 12 dangerous days for our country left, the evangelical leader continued. Could you please step down and let our country heal?

While the mob rioted in the Capitol, Trump continued to spread conspiracy theories about election fraud and sent his love to the rioters. His tone finally shifted in a statement Thursday evening when he condemned those who had breached congressional offices and committed to a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power to incoming President Joe Biden .

On Friday, Trump pledged that the patriots who voted for him will continue to have a voice in Americas future.

Moore, who leads the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the Southern Baptist Convention s public policy arm , was responding to that Friday tweet.

Mr. President, people are dead. The Capitol is ransacked. There are 12 dangerous days for our country left.

Could you please step down and let our country heal? https://t.co/wP3niITQv6

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Mr. President, people are dead. The Capitol is ransacked. There are 12 dangerous days for our country left.

Could you please step down and let our country heal? https://t.co/wP3niITQv6

Russell Moore (@drmoore) January 8, 2021

In a webinar for church leaders later in the day, Moore explained that by calling for Trumps resignation, he was trying to appeal to the presidents sense of responsibility in all of this.

The period leading up to Bidens inauguration on Jan. 20 is going to be volatile, Moore predicted, pointing to how Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was accosted by angry Trump supporters at an airport on Friday.