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RANDYWILDMAN

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24. Just another Trump sham, all part of the grift

Reply to RealGuyinChicago (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2022, 11:42 PM

Jun 2022

he might have sold it that way, no truth to it whatsoever.

Evangelicals see what they want, not the truth, but what they want.

His grift is so obvious, if you can't see it, you are in the cult and we can't help you.

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People keep asking why evangelicals love a toad like Trump. [View all] RealGuyinChicago Jun 2022 OP

they like him cause he delivered them overturning roe AlexSFCA Jun 2022 #1

Yea JanLip Jun 2022 #10

Very well explained. Thanks! nt Jade Fox Jun 2022 #2

Trump isn't born again, the christofascist know damn good and well he isn't. Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #3

It's a grift of course (nt) RealGuyinChicago Jun 2022 #9

To the Pig yes, the christofascists have been working on a christian theocracy here since Reagan. Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #11

Correct Cosmocat Jun 2022 #21

You get a lot of that in 12 step programs... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #4

Nope. They do not actually believe he's reformed. harumph Jun 2022 #5

It's amazing how some people will bend over backwards Mariana Jun 2022 #16

I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt RealGuyinChicago Jun 2022 #17

This stupid fucking decision from THIS SC. will be the biggest fireworks display for the bluestarone Jun 2022 #6

Excuse me, you misspelled the word "turd." raccoon Jun 2022 #7

If pure "evil" provides their needs, that "evil" is God. Baked Potato Jun 2022 #8

You are absolutely right about this cyclonefence Jun 2022 #12

Because he's THEIR toad misanthrope Jun 2022 #13

Trump has never become "born again" lees1975 Jun 2022 #14

Yep Cosmocat Jun 2022 #22

They don't have to make excuses for him being an awful person. Mariana Jun 2022 #15

They are willing to whore themselves out to spread their theocratic fascism. roamer65 Jun 2022 #18

They knew he'd help get them what they wanted: Courts packed wtih theocrats. GoCubsGo Jun 2022 #19

"Cheap grace" is at the heart of it. And what Ted Kennedy called "Neanderthal justices". keep_left Jun 2022 #20

Because of Racism. White evangelicals are just white Supremacists JI7 Jun 2022 #23

Just another Trump sham, all part of the grift RANDYWILDMAN Jun 2022 #24

Exactly (nt) RealGuyinChicago Jun 2022 #27

I have to disagree... brooklynite Jun 2022 #25

True. But here's the thing with Trump RealGuyinChicago Jun 2022 #26

They don't share common theology, but they share a common ideology lees1975 Jun 2022 #28

I like the ones who think Trump is a Good Ol Boy who drinks beer and drives a pickup cherish44 Jun 2022 #29