John Bel Edwards: “Let me take back my time, because that is misleading. Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison debated for 10 years in the Virginia…”

“Let me take back my time, because that is misleading. Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison debated for 10 years in the Virginia legislature the principle of church-state separation, and it was absolutely the core idea behind the 16 words of the Bill of Rights. So while he was in France, to suggest that Mr. Jefferson didn't endorse this principle is wholly wrong, evidence of which is Mr. Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802 where he didn't just endorse this principle, he said he considers it with ``sovereign reverence.''”