Posted on 12/30/2019 8:34:25 PM PST by Zhang Fei
President Trump began the holiday break by hosting an Amish delegation in the Oval Office, the first time members of the reclusive community have received that honor.
They might be an odd pairing — the brash and extravagant billionaire president and the humble Amish — but they enjoy a kinship in their Christian faith and work ethic, the Amish visitors told The Washington Times.
“He is a common man just like me and everybody else — very common, very friendly. He called us friends when we walked in there,” said Levi Miller, 56, an Amish farmer from Ohio. “It gets people excited that we have somebody in there who is not afraid to talk about Jesus Christ.”
Mr. Miller was among four Amish businessmen from Ohio who sat down for an exclusive interview with The Times following their Oval Office visit Friday, where they also met Vice President Mike Pence, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and other top White House officials.
The Amish men described themselves as strong supporters of Mr. Trump and each denounced the House Democrats’ impeachment of the president as a waste of taxpayer money.
“We read the newspaper and it is just ‘impeachment this’ and ‘impeachment that.’ It’s a lot of hogwash,” said Ben Hostetler, 51, a woodworker. “What they are blaming Trump for is what they did themselves.”
The Amish businessmen credit Mr. Trump with fostering a robust economy, protecting religious freedom and adhering to conservative values.
Mr. Miller said the Amish experience the good economic times that Mr. Trump has ushered in, and many will back him in 2020.
“What we see happening at home. Everybody is upbeat. The stock market, everything is up — the economy, the jobs are available,” he said.
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I take it these aren’t the Amish that beat up Jesse Smollet, right?
I could see Donald J at a barn raising...
TRUMPSPRINGA!!!!
SMART.
The Amish helped us take Pennsylvania.
We had supporters driving them to the polls.
...with our lovely FLOTUS Melania sporting a headscarf helping to serve the meal.
The meeting was arranged by my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-PA 10) who was raised in the Amish community.
could you even imagine there to being an Amish person that supports a demacrat.
Also Amish in Pence area.
From one of the really great movies of the 1980s, “Witness”, starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, with crooked Philly cops Danny Glover and Josef Sommer intersecting with the Amish community in Lancaster County.
LOVE IT!!!!!!
Go President Trump!!!!!
A President for the People.....all people!
The buggy whip industry will rise again!!
I’m surprised no past president has hosted the Amish in the White House. They are a solid presence in various parts of the country. May as well welcome into the People’s House.
I don’t even have to look. It was the Amish. :)
The ending of the article at the link is especially heart-warming!
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