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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Yep. I smell cash and influence from Gyorgy Schwartz.
Exactly!
They believe Trump will be out of the running. They’re dreaming
Ted Cruz himself was a real POS back in 2016, sooo...I can definitely envision Trump saying something like that.
I haven’t forgotten a thing.
on Tuesday won bought the endorsement of “Iowa Caucus kingmaker” Bob Vander Plaats
Some are, so who cares.
Another BS story shared by another BS poster.
Prove it.
could it be...”president?”
Haven’t forgotten. Not grudge wise. Just whom to trust wise.
Cruz was anti Trump -bridge-burning
Rush was anti Trump. Referred to Trump supporters as ‘Trumpists” is was a nasty slam
Levin was anti Trump
Shapiro
Most of Fox - Perino huge anti Trump got into a verbal brawl with Bolling
Baier was as nasty as Kelly and Wallace he called Arizona
McCallum. Ugh
How How much did he have to pay for that endorsement?
Guess the NYP wants to bring in a few more million illegals.
“You know, these so-called Christians hanging around with Ted are some real pieces of s—.”
That’s not an insult of Christianity. That’s a knock on a few individuals referred to as “so-called” Christians, meaning they aren’t the real deal. Pharisees, if you will.
“in a new book”.....lol. A whole book just to tell us Trump said something bad about Christians in 2016.
Nobody going to buy this book, but the purpose of the book was to tell us this.
Still voting for Trump.
Excellent post.
I remember also.
Trump 2024
I guess we can expect this again the closer we come to the election, 20 million books portraying Trump as the second coming of Hitler while these publishing companies limit the books on Saint Biden.
Matches what I have heard.
And another reason I don’t trust Trump. Not that I trust very many pols.
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