Posted on 12/25/2017 6:53:05 AM PST by MarvinStinson
During yesterday’s historic votes, Donald Trump sent the Left into a full-on panic by pausing a moment in his cabinet meeting to thank God for their pending success.
Before he turned the floor over to Secretary Ben Carson, the president looked at the media in the room and told them they could stay if they wanted to. After all, he joked, “You need the prayer more than I do. I think you may be the only ones. Maybe a good solid prayer, and they’ll be honest then. Is that possible?”
Well, the media was honest all right — but only about their distress. Most liberal reporters were — if not alarmed, then completely baffled — by Carson’s appeal.
ThinkProgress’s Aaron Rupar described what has always been a normal expression of faith in the White House (until recently) as “creepy” and “cult-like.”
In some pockets of the press, the prayer overshadowed the real news itself: that Congress had passed the most meaningful tax overhaul in 30 years.
Meanwhile, Dr. Carson’s appeal was hardly the stuff of controversy. He thanked God for our freedom and the opportunities we, as Americans, have been given, and continued:
“We thank you for the president and for cabinet members who are courageous, who are willing to face the winds of controversy in order to provide a better future for those who come after.”
“We’re thankful for the unity in Congress that has presented an opportunity for our economy to expand so that we can fight the corrosive debt that has been destroying our future. And we hope that that unity will spread even beyond party lines so that people will recognize that we have a nation worth saving. And recognize that nations divided against themselves cannot stand.”
“In this time of discord, distrust and dishonesty, we ask that you will give us a spirit of gratitude, compassion and common sense. And give us the wisdom to be able to guide this great nation in the future we ask in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
David Barton pointed out, “Just on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, we don’t do anything in the House and Senate without having someone who is paid to pray open things up with prayer. So why they would think that’s unusual in a Cabinet meeting is pretty much indicative of their lack of polish on everything else.”
He added, “I guess if your framework is based on the last eight years [under Barack Obama], then yes, it would be unusual and striking.”
Obama treated faith like a toxin that needed neutralizing. Christianity was his favorite target, and he spent eight years training Americans to treat religious expression like public enemy number one.
Now Donald Trump is “making it mainstream again. And this is really bothering [the media], because they’re no longer the sole outlet for where people get their information. And so because of what happened today, it allows us to [hear] things that they’d just assume people not know…”
Liberals preach inclusion, but when it comes right down to it, they don’t believe in any of it.
Good on you, Ben Carson!
Great dig at the press, President Trump!
MAGA !!!
Just think, if Hillary was elected, they could have had a spirit cooking Christmas pizza party with the press.
Pretty heavy indictment of the Left in that prayer...
Perhaps the msm would prefer the muzzy call to prayer.
That’s what it read like to me, too. More fake news.
While Carson prayed, I’m surprised that the press corps didn’t start smoking, sputtering, crackling, writhing, and burn up into piles of ash on the floor.
All Presidents since it became available have used the helicopter to avoid DC traffic and disruption.
The whole event was filmed and posted in a Presidential tweet. I watched it all and saw nothing ‘Frosty’. I can certainly imagine the press reception being cold though.
First thing you know he will be hiring school kids to mow the White House lawn.
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