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In reply to the discussion: Trump dials up rhetoric by tweeting Evangelical leader declaring impeachment a religious 'battle' [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,527 posts)I remember under Nixon, they were dubbed the "Silent majority" and under Raygun, the "Moral Majority", and under Poppy and Shrub, they morphed into the "Christian Coalition". Basically we saw how GOP Presidential candidates heavily courted these people but once elected, essentially drop-kicked them into the corner and put their agenda on the back burner.
But now, for the first time, they have not only been courted, but have been embraced and let out into the political wild, with full access in helping to control the nation's agenda despite the fact that the one who let them do this has essentially violated every single "spiritual" intent of Christianity. He is the walking, blabbering textbook case of a "False Prophet".
But in a way, they have found a bizarre kindred spirit. And what I mean by that is that because many of their leaders, and notably the televangelists, are "show people", i.e., they "perform" every Sunday through their sermons (and through any religious-based chatter on radio/television, regardless of whether they believe what they are preaching or not), they are in the company of someone who has been in the entertainment business manufacturing "performances" for decades.
So he has given them the ultimate platform that they want - a "national" one (which comes with more attention and more money through maximum exposure), and in return, they provide their party the votes.