Evangelicals slowly turning against Trump... for the most pathetic reason imaginable. [View all]

[DetlefK]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/12/trump-evangelicals-blasphemy-profanity-1456178

Paul Hardesty didn’t pay much attention to President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., last month until a third concerned constituent rang his cell phone.

The residents of Hardesty’s district — he’s a Trump-supporting West Virginia state senator — were calling to complain that Trump was “using the Lord’s name in vain,” as Hardesty recounted.

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Here’s what he would have seen. Trump crowing, “they'll be hit so goddamn hard,” while bragging about bombing Islamic State militants. And Trump recounting his warning to a wealthy businessman: “If you don't support me, you're going to be so goddamn poor.”

To most of America, the comments went unnoticed. Instead, the nation was gripped after the rally by the moment when a “send her back” chant broke out as Trump went after Somali-born Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, an American citizen. But some Trump supporters were more fixated on the casual use of the word “goddamn” — an off-limits term for many Christians — not to mention the numerous other profanities laced throughout the rest of the speech.

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“I’ve had people come to me and say, ‘You know I voted for [Trump], but if he doesn’t tone down the rhetoric, I might just stay home this time,’” Hardesty said in an interview, adding that he has yet to hear back from anyone inside the White House after urging the president in a formal letter to “reflect on your comments and never utter those words again.”

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For evangelicals, however, Trump’s indelicate language has frustrated religious fans who have otherwise been true blue supporters of his agenda. They agree with his social policies, praise his appointment of conservative judges and extol his commitment to Israel — often tolerating Trump’s character flaws for the continued advancement of all three. But when it comes to “using the Lord’s name in vain,” as Hardesty put it, “the president’s evangelical base might be far less forgiving.”

A lying, stealing philanderer who has never shown an ounce of decency, whose policies hurt the least among us, who stole from his own charity, who mocks and insults and attacks, who cannot even quote the Bible properly.

Evangelicals were fine with all that, but saying "goddamn" goes too far.





These f*****g hypocrites adopted this man as their champion and leader. This man, who is so amoral and anti-thetical to the spirit of Jesus Christ, it borders on the satirical.

These f*****g hypocrites INVITED the money-changer into the temple and WILLFULLY betrayed everything their religion stands for in exchange for political favors.

But saying "goddamn" goes too far.