Countering the comments made by Donald Trump, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Thursday said that “faith is the bedrock foundation of my life.” The response came after Trump said in Ohio that the former vice president wanted to “hurt god.”

Calling the comments shameful, Biden said that it’s beneath the dignity the American people expect and deserve from their leaders.

“However, like the words of so many other insecure bullies, President Trump’s comments reveal more about him than they do about anyone else. They show us a man willing to stoop to any low for political gain,” Biden said in a statement. He added that faith has been a guiding light that reminds him of fundamental dignity and humanity.

Andrew Bates Joe Biden’s campaign spokesperson also condemned the comments made by Trump. He said that Donald Trump is the only president in American history to have tear-gassed peaceful protestors and thrown a priest out of her church just so that he could profane it.

In an attempt to portray Biden as a left-wing radical, Trump had said, “He’s against God, he’s against guns, he’s against energy, our kind of energy.”

Religion had been a major issue in US election campaigns. While Trump had called himself the ‘chosen one’ and claims to have the support of evangelicals, Biden often tells his voters that he wants to restore the “soul of America.”