--- title: Scott Walker Still Isn't Sure If Obama Is Christian description: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said that he doesn't know for certain if President Obama is Christian. canonical: https://time.com/3981324/scott-walker-barack-obama-christian/ author: Philip Elliott article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-02T02:49:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:10.492Z article:section: Politics og:title: Scott Walker Still Isn't Sure If President Obama Is Christian og:description: The Wisconsin Governor says he can only "presume" the President's faith. og:url: https://time.com/3981324/scott-walker-barack-obama-christian/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbecb352bcba86480/69885d788e06011092461a8b/scott-walker-obama-christian.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin and Republican U.S. 2016 presidential candidate, speaks during The Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, July 18, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Scott Walker Still Isn't Sure If President Obama Is Christian twitter:description: The Wisconsin Governor says he can only "presume" the President's faith. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbecb352bcba86480/69885d788e06011092461a8b/scott-walker-obama-christian.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Scott Walker Still Isn't Sure If President Obama Is Christian > Sponsored content. 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Senior Correspondent Aug 2, 2015 2:49 AM UTC  Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin and Republican U.S. 2016 presidential candidate, speaks during The Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, July 18, 2015. Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin and Republican U.S. 2016 presidential candidate, speaks during The Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, July 18, 2015.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Philip Elliott / Dana Point, Calif.](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott / Dana Point, Calif. Senior Correspondent Aug 2, 2015 2:49 AM UTC Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker still isn’t sure President Obama is Christian. “I don’t know,” the Republican presidential candidate said Saturday during an appearance before 450 donors to the political network backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch. “I presume he is,” Walker continued when asked if he has had time to check since he set off a firestorm in February when he couldn’t answer if the President is Christian. “You’re not going to get a different answer than I said before,” Walker said toward the end of a Q&A session moderated by Politico’s Mike Allen. Walker said he’s never asked Obama about his faith. “As someone who is a believer myself, I don’t presume to know someone’s beliefs about whether they follow Christ or not unless I’ve actually talked with him.” Obama is Christian, attends Christian services and has spoken frequently about his Christian faith. During his 2008 campaign, he was held to account for statements made in his Christian church in Chicago. His harshest critics often—wrongly—contend that he a is Muslim. That’s not enough to settle the matter definitively for Walker. This is as far as he would go: “He said he is, and I take him at his word.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3981324/scott-walker-barack-obama-christian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3981324/scott-walker-barack-obama-christian/"},"headline":"Scott Walker Still Isn't Sure If President Obama Is Christian","datePublished":"2015-08-02T02:49:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:10.492Z","description":"Wisconsin Gov. 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