By now, Americans have grown accustomed to incendiary rhetoric from the raging right. Nevertheless, the past week witnessed some truly explosive eruptions from some of the leading lights of the conservative movement. Last Sunday, Donald Trump warned that his impeachment and removal from office could trigger a second civil war. Three days later, frequent Fox News…
Category: Evangelicals
Trump spiritual adviser claims everywhere she stands is holy ground, including the White House
Let’s see. Where’s the vomit emoji on this thing. Kos? Anyone? Help? Donald Trump has spiritual advisers, apparently, and for some reason they’re not remedial Sunday school teachers. Other than for weddings and funerals, I haven’t been to church in something like 30 years, but if I got into a Bible trivia contest with Donald…
Trump tariffs 'could result in a Bible shortage'
Well, that’s karma — or whatever the Christian equivalent of karma is. Eternal perdition? Because that’s what they’ve given us … So now this is happening: Because they elected Donald Trump, white evangelical Christians could soon be facing a severe Bible shortage. Trump is still threatening a 25 percent tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods,…
A crazy number of Republicans think God wanted Trump to be president
Apparently God wasn’t powerful enough to make him win the popular vote, though. He wanted a president without a clear mandate! Washington Post: Nearly half of Republicans, 45 percent, believe that God wanted Trump to be president, with another 18 percent indicating that they weren’t sure. More than half of white evangelical Protestants — 55…
Will Brett Kavanaugh be Trump's swan song? Remember WHY the GOP elected him in the first place.
OK gang, hop into my trusty wayback machine with me, and let's return briefly to the dark day of November 9th, 2016. I want to do a quick comparison of the GOP's feelings on the day after the election, and compare it to the reality of today for the GOP. On November 9th, 2016, the…