Posted on 07/16/2023 6:04:48 AM PDT by devane617
Going into the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines on Friday, the big story was whether Donald Trump’s contemptuous decision to skip the presumably obligatory cattle call for Republican presidential candidates before a large and influential crowd of conservative evangelicals would damage his candidacy. Trump aside, however, the big question was whether one of the dark horse candidates stalking the former president and Florida governor Ron DeSantis would have a breakout moment at the day-long event. Former vice president Mike Pence, whose intimate ties with the Christian Right go back decades, and Senator Tim Scott, who has been delivering a decidedly religious pitch to voters in Iowa, were thought to have a real opportunity to shine in this very churchy venue.
, But the star wasn’t Scott or Pence or anyone else thumping a Bible, and Trump’s snub was all but forgotten. For that matter, the traditional culture-war concerns of the Christian Right got short shrift. Instead, designated candidate interviewer Tucker Carlson and his personal obsessions were the center of attention, as the Des Moines Register’s Brianne Pfannenstiel reported:
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You are a MORMON? Are you PIERRE DELECTO?
This guy? 🤔🤔🤔
First, thanks for not trying to deny what’s going on at the Southern Border. As to the Teddy Bears, the problem is that he’s seen as welcoming people coming in through our backdoor, using loopholes in our laws (like claiming refugee status)...and the people down there see it.
Would have been much better to simply report on what’s going on, interview law enforcement, border guards (wearing masks, of course), etc - but not trying to mimic those hot German girls with the huge “WELCOME REFUGEES” sign at Berlin International (or wherever).
“Yea, and the idiots gave us four years of Obama? You call that “SPOT ON” I call is bat shit dumb.”
Romney gave us 4 years of Obama when he had Obama by the balls on Benghazi and just let Obama walk away from that in the next debate. He seemed almost scared that he could win the election at that moment.
That’s not really the kind of candidate we should be running, Mormon or not.
I take it you’re a Pence/Scott supporter?
What a load of leftist drivel.
No he isn’t..BIBLE THUMPING proves he is an ANTI CHRISTIAN! .
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Pence wants to be President- and he couldn’t handle a couple straightforward questions?
He’s preoccupied with some money he has tied up, or he just mailed it in. He’s essentially contracted to run for Prez. Can’t say he wants it enough to stay in the US and prepare for basic questions.
Thumping a Bible? Who is the moron who wrote this 💩? MSN, for idiots who are to Communist for CNN...
Hey, troll-boi, good to hear from you.
I thought it was refreshing to have some other candidate besides Trump
(Presidency Be Upon Him) having to answer something other than a softball, tongue bath interview.
Pence destroyed his candidacy.
Because impressions matter; and a gaffe of that kind in a geopolitical setting while in office, can have serious consequences.
The author of this piece has it bad.
Sorry, but you just sound butthurt and there is a reason other than what you have posted as to why that is.
Delusions of grandeur? Tucker? All he did was ask questions of people that we have all been wanting asked.
Beck? He can be a goober and foolish but he does do some positive things.
Ed Kilgore is an old yellow-dog Democrat. Kilgore should be part of JimRob’s ban list.
“Hijacks?”
Propaganda much?
Well let us see - there are/were a number of MORMON in the U.S. Senate
1. Orrin Hatch
2.Harry Reid
3.Bob Bennett
4.Gordon H. Smith
5.Mike Crapo
6.Tom Udall
7.Dean Heller
8.Jeff Flake
9.Mitt Romney
Personally I do not see any Americans among this bunch
Lol! Ok, you got me there. But...but...but....
nobody’s perfect. And he does make leftist heads explode. So I’m still a fan, despite the Mormon-factor, despite the cheetoes-factor, and despite (or because of) the leftist hatred of Beck.
“Personally I do not see any Americans among this bunch”
Ugh.... a list of traitors, RINOs and cretins.
But we weren’t talking about ‘their’ political stance in relation to Mormanism. I stand by my fandom of Beck due to HIS anti-Marxist political stance....which he still displays on his show/podcast, when I can remember to tune in.
Yes he does TDS eats at the brain non stop as they have proved.
Truth is the enemy for the left
Did MSN just call Tim Scott a dark horse? Racist!
“You should know by now FR has the mormon haters that feel hatred above anything else in their lives.”
Yeah, I don’t think so. I’m thinking people like you might be the ones doing the “hating”.... just judging by the article you just posted.
But I can see how you’re attempting to capitalize on the negativity that your article has generated. Hmm... kind of reminds me of someone ‘or something’ else. Now what could that possibly be....?
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