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[global1]

1. Isn't That A Requirement Of The Swearing In Process To Make It Legal?.....

Hand on the Bible - that is.

[Mariana]

3. No.

[Ocelot II]

4. No, it's just tradition.

[Ocelot II]

14. Could it be... Satan?

[GoodRaisin]

16. Himself.

[EarthFirst]

8. No; however it speaks volumes.... nt

[rsdsharp]

22. No. In fact, it would violate the Article VI prohibition against religious tests

to hold office or a public trust. “So Help me God” is not part of the oath set out in Article II. If it were, it would conflict with Article VI.

Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Coolidge didn’t use a Bible. John Adams swore on a law book as a representation of the Constitution. LBJ was sworn in on Air Force I on a Roman Catholic missal.

My question is: Why bring them (2 — his and Lincoln’s) if he’s not going to use them?

[Ocelot II]

2. He might have been afraid it would burn his hand.

But that would mean he actually believes in God, which he clearly does not.

[lastlib]

5. Bible would've burst into flames if he had........

I wonder if they'll ever get the stench of sulfur out of the Rotunda...........

[SoFlaBro]

6. I don't watch none of that fuck assed shit today that the fucking Orange Bastard is up to. Let me know when he's GONE.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

9. Same. Haven't even turned the TV on today. I'm looking forward to 15 Jan 29

[SoFlaBro]

11. I refuse to huff every orange fart and every drop of orange spittle out of that rapist motherfucker's shit-filled mouth.

[Hope22]

7. That photo looks like a family

Getting ready to head to the bunker…….

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Wait, you mean tsf is being DECEPTIVE ??

Oh, say it ain't so !

[Maru Kitteh]

13. I'd guess susperstition and/or an erroneous belief that it will provide him legal protection

In the future when he desecrates the oath.

It’s not required to place one’s hand on any religious artifact during the oath.

[Ocelot II]

15. Couldn't he have just crossed his fingers behind his back?

Or maybe he did.

[SoFlaBro]

17. Maybe if they had put a bussy on the Bible then he would grab it. When you're fucking famous, they let you do it.

[sakabatou]

18. the Bible would've burned his hand if he touched it

[usregimechange]

20. Could have just crossed his fingers behind his back

[kskiska]

21. He attended the church of Norman Vincent Peale

who touted "belief in yourself."

[alarimer]

23. This is tradition I would like to see relegated to the dustbin of history.

Swearing on a bible doesn't make it less likely you are lying. It doesn't "mean more" if you swear on a bible.

I'd bet money Trump is a non-believer. The difference between Trump and the rest of us non-believers is that we don't think we are actually god.
And we mean what we say when we promise something.