Posted on 11/24/2023 11:53:37 AM PST by thegagline
Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump railed against “so-called Christians” and “pieces of s—” evangelicals who supported Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the 2016 Iowa caucuses, according to a forthcoming book.
At the time, allies of Cruz had been making hay of Trump’s flub before an audience at Virginia’s Liberty University, a conservative evangelical college, in which he botched a question about his favorite Bible verse and replied that it came from the book of “Two Corinthians,” rather than “Second Corinthians.”
“The laughter and ridicule were embarrassing enough for Trump,” Tim Alberta writes in his new book, “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism,” an excerpt of which was reported by the Guardian.
“But the news of [Family Research Council President Tony] Perkins endorsing Ted Cruz, just a few days later, sent him into a spiral. He began to speculate that there was a conspiracy among powerful evangelicals to deny him the GOP nomination,” Alberta adds. “When Cruz’s allies began using the ‘Two Corinthians’ line to attack him in the final days before the Iowa caucuses, Trump told one Iowa Republican official, ‘You know, these so-called Christians hanging around with Ted are some real pieces of s—.'” ***
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 45, who polls show is in a distant second place to the thrice-married real estate billionaire and former reality TV star, on Tuesday won the endorsement of “Iowa Caucus kingmaker” Bob Vander Plaats, a prominent Christian evangelical leader in the Hawkeye State.
“What we saw in 2022, the supposedly ‘red wave’ really only happened in Florida and in Iowa,” Vander Plaats told Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier.
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One word: Dobbs
The more extreme the claim, the less likely that it happened.
yayayaya....another Wedge attempt in the MAGA wall...
Wow..... so it turns out Trump hates Christians? Gee, thanks NY Post! I was for Trump, but not anymore! I know the media would never try to manipulate or deceive me.
“You know, these so-called Christians hanging around with Ted are some real pieces of s—.”
It was said in the heat of a tough campaign. He didn’t call out all Christians.
No problem with that targeted statement
Post stirring it up. Trump was an unknown political entity at the time. A good many would not mock him today like they did then. Frankly, it was childish on both parts. There’s nothing wrong with saying “Two Corinthians,” but things get a bit testy with “Palms.”
In other words, VanderPutz.
Trump was absolutely right.
Assuming this can even believed (and that is big if), who cares?
NYP is the POS. Liars. They also claimed there was the pee-pee tapes of Trump that never existed.
Hmm…I think they left something off of Trump’s resume. I’m sure it was just an innocent oversight.
Another word: Trump. I can totally see this but it was probably said when he was a Democrat or Independent
Anybody who believed and pimped Team Hillary’s fake “Steele Dossier” is a fool and a liar.
“Another word: Trump. I can totally see this but it was probably said when he was a Democrat or Independent.
2016. He was republican.
Was that before or after he attempted to seize control of the steering wheel? /s
Wouldn’t put it past him in view of his history of making personal attacks (remember “lying Ted”?) But he’s mellowed since his fraudulent election defeat, and we need to rally around him if he’s the nominee. I’m sure that even Ted Cruz would agree.
Question for you TDS desantis supporters...
When desantis is out of the picture, who will you be supporting? Haley? Biden?
Do you people really believe desantis will rise again?
SEVEN years ago... feh
2016.
Oy vey
They’re dreaming
They’re desperate
Had a thanksgiving fellow guest say she was sick of Trump because he said John McCain didn’t really serve
2016.
I said “ya. You have to wonder what top top top secret info Trump had on McCain back then.” I said “I would bet it was substantially bad and antiamerican. I don’t know but that would be my guess.”
That was all she had. That and, of course, ‘I have CNN in all day. That’s the only news I need.”
I would have bet that. I don’t discuss anything of consequence with anyone so uninformed, misinformed
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