As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians.
“Trump supports Jesus, and without Jesus, America will fall,” said Kimberly Vaughn of Florence, Kentucky, as she joined other supporters of the former president entering a campaign rally near Dayton, Ohio.
Many of the T-shirts and hats that were worn and sold at the rally in March proclaimed religious slogans such as “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president” and “God, Guns & Trump.” One man’s shirt declared, “Make America Godly Again,” with the image of a luminous Jesus putting his supportive hands on Trump’s shoulders.
Many attendees said in interviews they believed Trump shared their Christian faith and values. Several cited their opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, particularly to transgender expressions.
Nobody voiced concern about Trump’s past conduct or his present indictments on criminal charges, including allegations that he tried to hide hush money payments to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. Supporters saw Trump as representing a religion of second chances.
If Trump shares your values, fuck your values.
They should all take an oath to depart earth at the same time, just like Jim Jones Cult, if Trump loses the election.
it feels like we’re on the highway and 60% of drivers are blindfolded and smiling
Thats okay because Jesus took the wheel for them.
Unfortunately for them, Jesus never got his driver’s license.
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Stupid people are actually controlled by rich oligarchs through news and right wing propaganda but they think they are independent rebels.
If Apple can become a $2t company by convincing people that buying the same product as all your friends is “thinking different” anything is possible.
basically they all want to be powerful and unaccountable - aka adult babies.
Name something that Jesus would love about Donald Trump.
He’s a child of God and therefore worthy of love. Trump obviously sucks, but Jesus said “love your neighbour” and that includes Trump. Of course, God would send Trump to hell when he dies so bit of a mixed message there. Religion is weird sometimes…
He hates the same people that Supply Side Jesus, the version they worship, hates.
they’ll wiggle out of that with the “broken vessel” theory (Jeremiah 18:3)
“Jesus loves sinners” but that’s about it and a bit of a Catch-22 at it.
Easy. His, erm, broad stature makes him an easy whipping target when it comes time to drive the capitalist pigs and their market stands out of the temple
Kinda weird since Trump is basically The Anti-Christ: Dumbass Edition
They’re idiots. They say a lot of very stupid things.
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… Morons
Religion of second chances. Hmm. I figured they would have said all of Trumps crimes were made up lies. This means they believe it’s true and still support him. Wow.
How fucking gullible can you get? Either that or they’re being major hypocrites.
People will believe anything to avoid feeling anxious and afraid, even things which are demonstrably untrue.
People believe things when that belief is useful to them. There is a large overlap with “usefulness” and “accuracy,” but usefulness always wins.
it just boils down to him hating and hurting the ‘right’ people.
On brand.
Weird. Pretty obvious Jesus would have been against Trump.
How the hell am I living in the same reality as these people? Where do they get their info from?
Fox “News”
Russia
Church.
This behavior is the purpose of religion.
His actual actions aren’t important, because his results are “holy.”
If you asked them about a “demon rat” that had doen exactly what their “holy” man had done, they would rant endlessly about his vile acts and his damnation.
Their zealotry is transactional, that’s all. Give them what they want, and you can be their savior too.
Obama wore a suit, and he got shit because they didn’t like the color.
Trump on the other hand, wears diapers and has inspired his moronic base to wear them publicly as well. Not just, under their clothing like a normal person, they think its better than pants.
-Written from a republican hell hole.
well, their problem wasn’t exactly because of the color of the suit
Does Biden going to church not count?
Yes but Biden is a human being while Trump is positioning himself as a representative of Jesus, creating a cult.
Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to be this dumb.
Some people are completely lost in the modern world. They shut down completely whenever anyone aims any critic at them and congregate to unquestioningly hold on to what they recognize. It is basic human instinct and being smart sometimes just pushes some of these people into taking advantage of the system and leading this herd mentality, instead of taking a risk trying to wake them up.
My life is needlessly difficult because I try to understand stupid people. It wears me out.
It’s like somewhere in the ancient past someone wished that stupidity was painful, but forgot to specify who it should be painful for.
I REALLY hate genies…
Same here. The other night I had to ask myself repeatedly “if I was awful at my job, where would I have put…” and it hurts. Being competent comes naturally to me so, to me, it seems that it takes way more effort to be that dumb.
A historical context helps out with this. They’re just us from 500 years ago. Even this divinely ordained stuff is straight out of history textbooks, the divine right to rule that medieval kings claimed.
yea, sometimes these guys sound like the christian mobs from the early “dark ages”, the ones who destroyed pagan symbols e.g. Hypatia.
The irony being that the only way to understand it is to be that dumb. But if you were that dumb, you wouldn’t understand it nor would you try to because you’d think you are smart.
Unfortunately, it’s well understood that political engagement especially when in a debate is a fundamentally emotional undertaking.
This is made even more complicated by the fact that we tend not to change our assumptions even when presented with data that proves otherwise.
We are fundamentally a tribal species whose emotions are not geared towards understanding the far reaching and nuanced decisions we are faced with.
Never heard the saying “ignorance is bliss”?
They share his ideals. Of course those Ideals involve being a self serving racist bigoted sex offender thief. Not to mention someone who lies so much you can’t be sure he has ever told the truth. He is a great example of a horrible human. I have no doubt people who support him are just like him.
