What a crock. President Bush didn't seem to have that problem. Nor any other past president that I can recall.
As I recall, Presidential church attendance has been spotty in recent decades. President Bush (the most recent one) never became a member of any local church, infrequently attended St. John's, but did worship more often at the Camp David chapel. Nixon wouldn't go out to church, instead holding services at the White House (and got some criticism for that). Reagan very rarely went out to church, instead preferring services at home, too, and received some criticism for that, too. Clinton started going to church regularly after his sex scandals. Jimmy Carter attended church
fairly regularly.
That’s understandable, given the schedule presidents must keep.
But I’ve never heard one give that kind of lame excuse for not attending.