Posted on 08/24/2015 2:08:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump looked at the crowd gathered for his rally at a 40,000-seat college football stadium in Mobile, Alabama, saying he now knows how evangelist Billy Graham felt. He also said the book he likes the most is the Bible.
"I know how Billy Graham felt," Trump, a billionaire businessman, said, apparently jokingly, as he began his speech at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
Trump also said, "What's my favorite book? The Bible! The Bible. ... We take the Bible all the way," according to The Washington Post's national political reporter Robert Costa, who tweeted the Republican candidate's remarks.
Anticipating a big turnover, Trump's campaign had to change the venue at the eleventh hour, to the football stadium. Trump was planning to hold the rally at the Mobile Civic Center arena, which seats only about 10,000 people, according to Yahoo News.
His campaign, which was expecting a crowd of about 35,000 people at the rally Friday night, also arranged for free shuttle buses, according to Mobile Press-Register.
"We have politicians that don't have a clue," Trump, who was wearing a red hat with his slogan, "Make America Great Again," written on it, said. "They're all talk, no action. What's happening to this country is disgraceful."
The Republican frontrunner added: "We're running on fumes. There's nothing here. ... We're not going to have a country left. We need to have our borders. We need to make great deals."
Talking about illegal immigration, he said, "We've gotta stop it. We're going to build a wall."
"In the case of other countries, including Mexico, you can't walk over the border and have a new citizen," he added. "We're the only place just about that's stupid enough to do it."
At the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa last month, Trump was asked about his faith.
"People are so shocked when they find out I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church and I love God and I love my church," he said.
Asked whether he has ever asked God to forgive him, Trump responded, "I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don't think so. I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't."
He further explained, "When I drink my little wine — which is about the only wine I drink — and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness, and I do that as often as possible because I feel cleansed. I think in terms of 'let's go on and let's make it right.'"
Talking to CNN later, Trump denied that his statements damaged his chances with Evangelical voters, and said his polling in Iowa is very strong. However, he added that he'd "change" his "tone" as president. "Right now I'm trying to do something to make this country great again."
You Trump Derangement Syndrome people are a joke. Trump has been open - although fairly quietly - about being a Christian and believing the Word since at least 2011:
“Trump is a Presbyterian ‘and proud of it’, despite numerous reports that he is Catholic or a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. In a 2011 interview with CBN’s The Brody File when he was considering making a 2012 presidential bid, he said: “I believe in God. I am Christian. I think the Bible is certainly, it is THE book.”
/not directed at the FReeper OP
Huh? He is being accused of pandering to Christians. Are you saying Christans are the “weakest and most ineffectual group in the nation”? Doubt it, but that’s how it read to me.
But you do believe Trump has attended and continues to attend a Christian Church ?
Yes, I do. The movie has so many great lines.
You need more ammo..here. Begin at the 41 minute mark and pay attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KqfYy14jF0
Certainly exaggerating. Lying? Who knows.
I believe he said he goes when he can. Which means.....who knows?
I heard it... when he said it.. WHY DO WE NEED AN ELECTION.?.. Oops.. it snuk out..
DAMN is was on tape..
BUT I had already determined he was a RINO...
THIS comment “SMELLS” of far more serious problems..
THAN being a freepin RINO...
good post..
BTW, I am probably going to vote for Cruz, though I refuse to make a final decision this early.
Which would make him nor worse or better a Christian than most of the Christian populace, or say ... you and I ?
Which means.....who knows?
Which means he could be telling the truth. Do you know who his pastor was when he was growing up ?
Bump book mark
Thanks for the link.
I aint committed yet.
He better clarify that and it needs to be sent out all over.
Cruz or Carson for this guy at this time.
Way early yet.
Would it be fair to claim that a large segment of Christian church goers would 'claim' that the Bible was their favorite book ? Especially if asked in the context of a family or religious setting .
lol! If he said that, many of his supporters would likely believe him and attack those who said it wasn't true.
He's as Christian as Odumbo. Capitalism un-linked from the Gospel is bad juju.
You admitted that you don't know for sure whether Trump is lying about the Bible.
Did you have some other incident of PHONINESS or LYING by Trump that you could tell us about ?
Dear Don,
Please stick to calling out politicians for their corruption and hypocrisy. And keep plugging away for sealing our border. You had me there seriously.
PS: Don’t talk about the Bible. Your fruit just isn’t there. In fact, don’t even mention it at all.
Your Christian Supporter,
RWC
It is never too early to pander.
Well... we can't have a true DEBATE if there isn't an OPPOSITION TEAM.
Because you want him to be? Believing you ate god doesn’t make you religious.
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