“Unlike a lot of our
friends on the 'other side', we’re not looking for a political messiah, because
we already have a messiah,” Reed said. “We understand that perfection is
not the measure that should be applied. … Because in all of recorded history
there has only been one perfect person, and he wasn’t a candidate, and
he wasn’t a political figure. His name was Jesus Christ.”
Reed went on to
rant about trans people in bathrooms, the Declaration of Independence, and
learning as a child about the bravery of Cubans who fled Fidel Castro’s
tyranny. Finally, he ran out of things to say and ducked offstage, saying, “Let
me find out where Mr. Trump is.” A few minutes later, Trump arrived.
"Trump's speech was a series of disconnected talking
points; you could have cut up the sentences and rearranged them at random, and
it wouldn’t have been any more or less coherent. Much of it was a
characteristic appeal to white Christian identity politics. 'We will restore
respect for people of faith who dutifully raise their children, follow our laws
and rules, and we have to really take care of them', he said. Then, a few
minutes later, 'We will respect and defend Christian Americans. Christian Americans'.”
"The
spectacle of self-proclaimed Christian conservatives cheering a foul-mouthed
ex-casino owner for his pledge to turn away refugees tells you
pretty much everything you need to know about what the religious right has
become—or maybe what it always was".
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Damn! One of my sons shares a birthday with
this charlatan!!!
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