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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Me, being a Christian, have called certain “evangelicals” worse. Anyone ever hear of Andy Stanley? Russell Moore?
Wonder if someone will write a tell-all book, the straight dope, the hard core truth about Trump’s actions that affected the nation when he was president, such as building the greatest economic growth the nation had ever seen, the lowest inflation rate the nation had ever seen, bringing soldiers home, not starting wars, preventing wars, building a wall, the outrageous attempt to make American great again, etc.?
Do you realize this down-low libtard was chased out of the Swamp because he could not live up to the Swamp's low standards?
That he left the DC/NoVA complex and moved back to his gated-neighborhood in Michigan precisely for the same reasons anyone with some goddamn MAGA commonsense won't live anywhere near DC/NoVA?
He. did. not. want. his. boys. to. grow. up. in. the. DC/NoVA. Metro. That is a fact, jack.
Let's complete this beatdown, so you can sign off and crawl into bed: the NYP motard who scribed this Friday stream-of-unconsciousness newsdump was so desperate to get back to Drunksgiving -- as you, surely -- that he mistakenly quoted the Vander Plaats agitprop before the MSM caught on to the fact that Blob is a payola whore? And that you could not wait to repost a Friday news dump?
But hey, well-noted, gagger, that your posting history confirms your flameout every holiday break, commensurate with the annuality that your family still wants nothing to do with you when you briefly break out of your Greasy coma to get a plate of K-mart food and head back to your basement to bingerant. Dial 1-800-MEATBALLS to speak with a counselor in case of emergency lofl.
I'd feel sorry for you but I don't. ESAD.
And the title is misleading.
The NY Post is being dishonest.
Where are they helping us win elections after campaigning against Roe V. Wade for decades?
The same people who will snicker when someone pronounces Job, jobb, pronounces Lot, Lott, when, in effect, it really should be pronounced with a long O, just like Job. I’m no Hebrew scholar, but both Job and Lot should be pronounced with long O. English speakers make a difference between the two, but I’ve no doubt many none blush speakers pronounce them the same, just as some speakers say Two Chronicles instead of Second Chronicles.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2013/june/surprising-stats-on-who-reads-bible-from-start-to-finish.html
20% have read the New Testament from start to finish. At least Trump wasn’t following a Pastor who said “God Damn America” in his sermons (Jeremiah Wright)
Non-English speakers, NOT none blush! (Rotten auto correct!)
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Is this a serious question or more just stoking the flames? Your query is akin to a Democrat attacking its own for not falling in line. Most Desantis supporters would vote for either. Few and I mean a very few I’ve ever seen that wouldn’t vote for our former President. The majority of posts I see pertaining to this subject continuously snipe to bring a rise out of people who may hold a differing candidate going into the primaries and primaries only. The “TDS” the name calling, the labeling, etc is what lefties do and completely childish. Know a fantastic way to keep people home from the polls? Keep up with the line of attacks comrade. Nothing does it better than wedging and segregating blocks of people like the lefties do.
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I’m not really interested in what you think COMRADE!!!
TWO (2) Corinthians is CORRECT!
Second or 2nd Corinthians is INCORRECT!
What people say is far less important than what they do. Trump can be very volatile. I actually don’t care if he did say it. A person’s actions reveal their true intentions.
Who will you support in four years when Trump is either term-limited out or has been defeated in 2024. Serious question. Our side has done so much to destroy each other, who will rise in 2028?
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“Who will you support in four years when Trump is either term-limited out or has been defeated in 2024. Serious question. Our side has done so much to destroy each other, who will rise in 2028?”
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Serious question, which candidates will be on the ticket?
DJT married Melania in the most beautiful little Episcopal church in South. Florida. I went there, just stunning church, wonderful, friendly ministers, well-dressed parishioners.
He WASN'T defeated!! HE WON!!! His election was STOLEN! Big difference.
Gotta be true! I saw it on the internet!
Yes, the NY Post is particularly untrustworthy regarding stories about computer laptops
-— Unless you think we should trust them about laptops
Can’t wait to vote for trump!
I don’t care who you do or don’t trust.
You mean nothing to me at all.
More lies.
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