'I am Not a Bigot': Robert Jeffress Responds to Mitt Romney's Twitter Attack

First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress has denounced former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's accusation that he's a "religious bigot."

"Robert Jeffress says 'you can't be saved by being a Jew,' and 'Mormonism is a heresy from the pit of hell.' He's said the same about Islam. Such a religious bigot should not be giving the prayer that opens the United States Embassy in Jerusalem," Romney tweeted on Sunday.

In an interview with Fox Business host Lou Dobbs Monday night, Jeffress said he took issue with Romney's claims and asserted, "I am not a bigot."

"Many of those comments [in Romney's tweet] are either manufactured or ripped out of context. I hold to historic Christianity that believes that Jesus Christ offers the way to Heaven," explained Jeffress.

"The fact that people don't agree with that is fine, but it's wrong to call tens of millions of evangelical Christians like me bigoted because we follow the words and teachings of Jesus who said: 'I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by me.'"

When Dobbs asked if Jeffress expected an apology from Romney for his comments, the megachurch pastor laughed and responded, "I'm not waiting by my Twitter."

In 2012, when Romney became the first Mormon to secure the presidential nomination of the Republican Party, Jeffress garnered controversy for labeling Mormonism a "cult."

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