How nostalgia for white Christian America drove so many Americans to vote for Trump

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21. There were a lot of scary things in that article. Like this:

Thomas, who blames the loss of his $75,000-a-year factory job on Obama, now makes $18,000 working in his friend’s gun store and pawnshop. He is hopeful Trump will bring jobs back.

You know - the republicans can talk all the shit they want about jobs, but they never talk about wages. That's the problem - it's the wages, not the jobs! That's how the billionaires keep getting richer!

Many Mount Airy residents applauded the president-elect’s promise to revoke the Johnson Amendment, which effectively bars pastors from endorsing a candidate from the pulpit, Rowe said. They were heartened by his suggestion that Christians will be able to once again see “Merry Christmas” signs in department stores.

Seriously? You see Christmas every fucking where!!! Costco has had Christmas up since last August! Christmas has not gone away. If anything, it's the department stores that are going away. Limited is closing, Sears is closing, Macy's is closing. The shit has hit the fan when it comes to retail and things are only going to get worse.

“When you’re my age and you see an African American boy with pants at their knees, you can’t appreciate them,” he said, noting that he would never employ someone who dressed that way. “I’m worried about when a person chooses to dresses like that, what kind of effect will that person have on society.” He noted that the Hispanics he has hired to work at his construction company are hard workers. He doesn’t encounter people who aren’t white in social settings much because folks tend to self-segregate, he said. Mount Airy is 84 percent white, 8.2 percent black and 6.7 percent Hispanic, according to 2010 census data.

That shit went out of style 20 years ago. Get with the times. You're a racist!

“I think black people think they’re owed something,” she said. “I think if they acted differently, people would be apt to help them.” She later added that some white people expect handouts, too.

“I believe Trump will get people back to working,” she said.

Wow, that is some serious racist shit! And Trump will get people back to working - just look at what he did to Carrier! Ships over half the jobs to Mexico, and Carrier gets nice tax incentives. Expect this to continue!

David Tucker said people resent it when the government tries to supplant the role of local ministries in helping those in need. “Don’t try to change us into something like New York,” he said. “All we really want is for the government to leave us alone and to worship the way we want to.”

Dude, we're not saying you have to be New York. Just don't expect the clergy to reign supreme.

Even so, as the man he voted for is about to take office, Rowe is a bit wary. For one thing, he said, he does not want to have to defend Trump for the next four years.

“If I’ve learned anything while being a mayor,” he said, “you have to think before you speak. I’m not sure Donald Trump has learned that.”

If Trump does manage to “make America great again,” Rowe said it will involve preventing the government from encroaching on religion.

Clergy is not above the government, jackass. You are not better than the government, and we don't want a government run by the clergy!