A prominent Jesuit priest responds to DT's tweet

[DesertRat]

@JamesMartinSJ

#MartinGugino is a peace activist and volunteer with the Catholic Worker movement. Why spread rumors about someone who embodies the Beatitudes? In case you've forgotten what's in the Bible you were carrying, Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not the rumormongers.

Link to tweet

[Backseat Driver]

1. It appeared to me that he approached

the officer with his cell phone camera to take pic of badge, covered or not??? In his other hand was a "uniformed fashion accessory, a" helmet, so photo may have been a "receipt" to prove return of equipment to another, LOL, protector???

No matter, that senior was PUSHED with MALICE, lost balance, and fell to the concrete suffering serious head injury.

[DesertRat]

6. His lawyers say no one from law enforcement says he's anything but a peaceful protester

Sara Cook
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@saraecook
Gugino's out of the ICU but still hospitalized.

His lawyers tell @NicoleSganga no one from law enforcement said he's anything other than a peaceful protester so "we are at a loss to understand why" the President "would make such dark, dangerous, & untrue accusations against him"

Link to tweet

[cayugafalls]

7. I can't understand why people still refuse to accept that trump is a Russian Asset...

It amazes me. He is now using a known Russian Asset's news report to deflect from the truth.

What else will it take?

smdh

[LittleGirl]

24. I always say

That 45 was installed by Russia. Not elected at all.

[Warpy]

2. Well. that will ruffle the combover as it flies over his head

He don't need no stinkin bible, he's got that blonde, whatsername, Payola something, to tell him he doesn't need to do anything, god's already punched his ticket, and all that sissy stuff is for the little people but he already knew that, he's The Donald, all bow down!

This is reprehensible and I'm glad he's getting called on it--finally!--by CNN, at least.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. I know this is the Washington Examiner (yuck) but it does show some Catholics are not sitting down..

...when it comes to Trump's behavior.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/not-a-sincere-christian-catholic-archdiocese-protests-trump-in-front-of-the-white-house

Washington, D.C. — Catholic activists gathered Monday nearby the White House to protest the death of George Floyd in an event sponsored by Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory.


Priests, nuns, and laypeople joined an already vocal contingent of people speaking out against police brutality, as well as those opposed to President Trump’s use of religious imagery in his attempts to quell civil unrest. The protest was described in an email sent out by the archdiocese as a call to “rededicate ourselves to the defense of all life and recommit ourselves to pray for an end to racism.”

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The comparison of the Trump administration to the biblical Roman soldiers marked the political overtones of the rally. Of the about 200 priests and nuns, dressed in clerical garb, who showed up, many carried politically charged signs. One Dominican sister held a sign reading, “I repent of my racism.” A Franciscan brother lifted a crucifix aloft, while a man walking behind him raised two messages, one reading “Trump mocks Christ,” the other saying, “Barr is complicit.”

Peter Daly, a priest in the archdiocese, chuckled when he saw the sign referring to Barr. Daly, who said he’s been to five protests in Lafayette Park, pointed to the White House and declared Trump a “moral scandal,” who has enthralled conservative Christians with empty promises on rolling back abortion availability.

“He’s not a sincere Christian,” Daly said. “He hasn’t been to church in his whole adult life.”

[LiberalArkie]

10. Interesting, Trump has lost Drudge and now the examiner.

[yellowcanine]

4. Jesuits Rock!

He totally owned Bunker Boy.

[gademocrat7]

5. Amen!

[Brother Buzz]

8. LOL, not according to the Franciscans

Although the Franciscans concede the Jesuits taught them the finer points of the debate.

It's a long running joke in my circles that even makes Jerry Brown smile.

[DesertRat]

21. Father Martin gave Donald too much credit

DT didn't forget what the bible says, he's never read it.

[Crunchy Frog]

9. Can he be sued for slander?

Gugino is a private citizen, not a public figure.

[mnhtnbb]

11. Fuck suing him for slander.

There are serious crimes for which he should pay the price.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. I didn't say "only" sue him for slander.

I certainly wasn't suggesting not going after him for bigger crimes.

I was just wondering, since he's just slandered a private citizen.

[gratuitous]

17. Trump's just shrewd enough to avoid that

The weaselspeak in his tweet doesn't say anything directly about Mr. Gugino, just a lot of "appears to" and "just asking questions" kind of dodges. The practiced rumormonger is always careful to include the weasel words to avoid just that eventuality.

[TomCADem]

12. Jesus Would Probably Be Anti-Fascist...

...but if he was alive today, he would be branded an Antifa terrorist.

[wnylib]

30. I think that was the Roman view

of Jesus. Rabble-rousing trouble maker.

[Mr. Ected]

13. The constant whispers from Rush and FOX are now the constant tweets from our President

The real pity is that all of them are allowed to lie and distort the truth without repercussions.

Without legal consequences for deliberately misleading the American people, these sources will continue to pollute our political discussions and mislead those who believe they are reliable because of their stature.

I wonder, sometimes, what Thomas Jefferson would make of all of this.

[lastlib]

22. And not to mention OAN/Sputnik!

Thomas Jefferson is spinning in his grave..........

[IronLionZion]

14. Trump knows more about the Bible than any priest, Jesuit or otherwise.

[BrightKnight]

25. and more about medicine than any doctor. nt

[Zambero]

15. Any time there are 2 "Could Be's" and an "Appearing to" in a single tweet...

coupled with a whopper of a law-of-physics-nullifier such as "he fell harder than he was pushed" (by two cops not really pushing all-that-hard, y'know), one could conclude that there is serious fakery going on by someone who values brute force over the well-being of citizens he swore to protect.

[Brother Buzz]

20. Word!

[bottomofthehill]

16. Trumps War on Chatholic

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. Kick and huge rec!!!!

[peggysue2]

23. He's losing the Catholic vote

The Archbishop in DC called Trump out for his ugly behavior. Pope Francis has had a few choice words with Trump trying to slap back. Catholics in general do not perceive the man as anything close to an actual Christian. That photo-op at St John's and subsequent visit to John Paul II National Shrine was the final nail in the coffin.

The Trump's are soulless willing to use religious backdrops for their own ugly purposes.

White Catholics voted for Trump in 2016 by a 23 pt margin (60-37%). He'll lose that advantage in 2020.

Keep digging that hole, Donnie. Atta boy!

[DesertRat]

26. I definitely think trump will lose that advantage this time

And Joe Biden is a practicing Catholic.

[Cha]

27. Whoa! Thank you, James Martin.. BLOTUS the rumormonger.

Link to tweet

RT~ TY, DR

[Marcuse]

28. The "Evangelicals" will dismiss this as "Liberation Theology".

[keithbvadu2]

29. Trump and his Christians/evangelicals have a symbiosis.

Trump and his Christians/evangelicals have a symbiosis.

Religion and politics use each other to gain power and wealth.

Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.