Al Sharpton‘s Tweet Faces Criticism On Social Media For Calling Jesus A ‘Refugee’

American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, Rev. Al Sharpton faced flak on social media after he tweeted that Jesus was a refugee in an apparent criticism of President Donald Trump's recent executive orders on immigration.

Fox News covered the controversy with a segment Tuesday on "Fox and Friends" that showed several tweets lashing out Sharpton for his Sunday morning tweet. "Well, according to the bible it's really not, and a lot of people on social media had something to say about that," Fox's Carley Shimkus said, referring to Sharpton's tweet.

It didn't take long for social media users to blast Sharpton and point out the Biblical inaccuracies in the tweet. Twitteraties pointed out that Mary and Joseph traveled to Egypt to pay their taxes, unlike Sharpton, who had been delinquent on tax bills for himself and his for-profit business, which totalled $4.5 million as mentioned in a New York Times analysis.

Sharpton attacked Trump and Senator Jeff Sessions, the head the Justice Department in a politically-charged sermon on Sunday, Al.com reported.

"We've faced tougher things than Donald Trump," Sharpton reportedly said during the hour-long sermon at Oakwood University Church in Alabama.

Sharpton took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon to defend his position that Jesus was a refugee.