San Antonio pastor and John McCain endorser John Hagee has sent a statement to Christian Broadcasting Network’s The Brody File to say he’s not anti-Catholic, adding that his wife has Catholic roots and “millions” of his viewers are Catholic. “To call me ‘anti-Catholic’ makes about as much sense as calling me ‘anti-Protestant,'” Hagee declared. “I am, most assuredly, neither.”

After his recent endorsement of the GOP presidential candidate, critics such as the Democratic National Committee and Catholic League President Bill Donohue decried Hagee’s views of Catholics.