Kirchick: Trump playing the religious right for rubes
James Kirchick at the Daily Beast points out what should be obvious.
Click here for reuse options!…a bevy of religious right personalities have declared their support for Trump, a remarkable development when one considers the vast gulf separating their purported principles and those of the sybaritic former reality television show host. Nor is it just evangelical leaders who have endorsed Trump; according to a July Pew poll, 78 percent of white evangelicals have expressed support for him, compared to just 73 percent who backed Mitt Romney at the same time in 2012. The very voices who once bemoaned “the death of outrage” over Americans’ opposition to criminalizing Bill Clinton’s sex life now want us to believe that Donald J. Trump is morally fit to occupy the Oval Office.
… Trump is a living repudiation of everything religious conservatives claim to believe in. A thrice-married, epically greedy, congenitally dishonest serial adulterer who brags about his sexual conquests and exalts the rich and powerful while heaping scorn upon the weak and vulnerable, Trump is the villain of Sunday school parables made real. He worships not the Lord but material wealth. His entire life is a rejection of the Judeo-Christian nostrum that God put us on this Earth to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Watching social conservative leaders line up to endorse this man’s presidential candidacy has the aura of religious allegory, a pageant of disingenuously virtuous fraudsters selling their souls for riches and power with Trump occupying the part of wealthy nobleman who purchases indulgences to absolve himself of worldly sin.
…Trump appears to have concluded that the religious right is largely composed of hypocritical, power-hungry rubes. They’ve done nothing to prove him wrong.
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StoneyCurtisll September 5th, 2016 at 20:37
People are gonna believe what they want to believe…
Some are even gonna believe that Donald Trump is a deeply religious man…
Others believe Jesus walked on water and rose from the dead…
And there is nothing that will change their minds..
whatthe46 September 5th, 2016 at 23:08
“Some are even gonna believe that Donald Trump is a deeply religious man…” i don’t believe that for a minute. they KNOW he’s NOT a religious man (and by the way, he’s NOT a man) but that doesn’t matter because he’s a racist and bigot and that’s what appeals to them. nothing more, nothing less.
granpa.usthai September 5th, 2016 at 20:58
trump, the gop candidate for POTUS who REFUSES to release his CROOKED TAX RETURNS, or his 5 minute drive thru complete medical physical, or his school transcripts, or his public divorce records or even his 3rd wife’s immigration papers, is the religious reich’s icon in whom them have recreated their god’s image into.
he is WHITE
he is a LYING CROOK
he is a REPETITIVE ADULTERER
he is ARROGANT
he is UNREMORSEFUL
he uses Grey Poupon Mustard on Big Macs
their god has become him in the flesh.
why shouldn’t they support his little infantile money grubbing butt?
Gary Parillo September 6th, 2016 at 01:42
Grey poupon mustard?
bpollen September 5th, 2016 at 23:32
They’re rooting for Trump because rooting for Satan just looks bad…
whatthe46 September 5th, 2016 at 23:37
and they are one in the same.
Red Mann September 6th, 2016 at 00:04
They like him because he is using their business model: use lies, hate and fear to stir up their flock/base and rake in the dough/votes. They, like he, are selling protection, theirs is “Send us money and we will make sure Gawd protects you from evil”, his is “Vote for me and I’ll protect you from all those scary brown people”.
whatthe46 September 6th, 2016 at 00:16
and i say to that! TAX THE DAMN CHURCHES allfuckingready!!!!
Red Mann September 6th, 2016 at 00:22
Me too! I would love to see all legal religious exceptions done away with. Let them do their taxes like we do, write offs for necessary maintenance and actual charitable work. Also, these frauds that harm people, especially the elderly, should be thrown in jail.
whatthe46 September 6th, 2016 at 00:38
better believe it. if they had to pay taxes, they’d be shutting down like crazy and be happy with the money they’ve banked while they could.
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Bunya September 6th, 2016 at 17:38
…and you’d see how fast they’d stop protesting against Planned Parenthood. They’re all “pro-life” because they pay no taxes. However, once we start taxing the churches, and once they discover their tax dollars are going to support unplanned babies, you’ll see how fast their tune changes from “you’re killing babies” to “it’s a woman’s right to choose”.
Don’t forget, churches are simply tax exempt corporations. They are in the business of selling fear (no production costs) and they’re raking in huge profits – all tax exempt.
whatthe46 September 6th, 2016 at 19:44
by the damn billions.
Suzanne McFly September 6th, 2016 at 07:05
Just got to read the last paragraph and it explains why rump is even on this stage.
Budda September 6th, 2016 at 07:27
They are rubes.
Mensa Member September 6th, 2016 at 09:58
After their support of Trump, Christian conservatives can never, ever claim that they honestly care about morals or the bible when they vote.
We always knew they put their conservatism above their Christianity but this election cycle ends all doubt.
Mike September 6th, 2016 at 10:11
By definition the Religious Right are rubes … Belief in the christian deity requires one to deny known facts of physics, biology, anthropology, and astrophysics , just to name a few. The simple belief that an omniscient, omnipotent, god could create a being with free will is the epitome of illogical thinking.
amersham1046 September 6th, 2016 at 11:25
Well if the shoe fits,
Bunya September 6th, 2016 at 15:11
I don’t understand why a religion that preaches love, tolerance and brotherly love, vouch for a hate-filled, intolerant bigot for president. On the other hand, the Vatican backed Hitler, and I have no idea why they’d do that.
Jungle_Bhoy September 6th, 2016 at 16:53
You can never believe what a Christian says – unfortunately you always believe what he does.