Posted on 01/02/2016 7:30:04 AM PST by Isara
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This is precisely what Donald Trump, national GOP front-runner but second place in Iowa, told an Iowa crowd this week while stumping for votes.
Just remember this -- you gotta remember, in all fairness, to the best of my knowledge, not too many evangelicals come out of Cuba, okay? Just remember that ... just remember.
...We will not dedicate time, space or energy to parsing those words in ways that might offer some alternative meaning than the one most evident and likely, which would be this: Donald Trump thought it would advance his political aims if voters in Iowa were reminded that Ted Cruz is a Cuban (technically half-Cuban) and/or cast doubt on whether Cruz is a true evangelical.
This comes from the the ever-useful section of campaign play books that say tell voters why your competition is "not like us."
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First, Donald Trump's knowledge of the Cuban religious diaspora is, apparently, limited and outdated.
In Cuba right now, Protestant and Protestant Evangelical churches are experiencing rapid membership growth. In the United States, Latino-Americans with ancestral and direct links to many different Latin American countries, including Cuba, are driving some of the only growth in many Protestant denominations. Latino evangelicals represent the fastest-growing religious group in the United States. Some are Cuban-American evangelicals.
To be clear, the majority of American Latinos are Catholic. But the share who are Catholic slid from 67 percent in 2006 to 59 percent in 2013....
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Finally, Ted Cruz is a self-identified evangelical and the son of an evangelical -- and many would say extremely conservative -- Cuban-American pastor. We have no more reason or authority to doubt that than Donald Trump's declarations that he is a life-long practicing Christian, even if he cannot name a Bible verse. That is between Trump and his God.
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Thank you for providing that link. I was bowled over when Trump said that he had never asked God for forgiveness.
Don’t bother smearing Trumpanzee crap on the walls little boy, I’ll just ignore it.
Your posts are refreshing and full of truth.
I am concerned about Trump. I’m concerned that the venues he holds his rallies can’t accommodate all the people that want to see him. :)
Yeah, because everybody knows Baptists are not evangelical. /s
Yes, between this and Cruz's "armor of God" comments, Iowa seems to bring out the nuttiness in GOP candidates as they try to one-up each other over who loves Jesus more in a state that has gone blue in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections.
Not too many constitutional conservatives come out of NY.
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Really?
Alexander Hamilton and John Jay are two that come to mind...
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Whose campaign are they supporting? :^)
Consider the source: 
"Ross is not just a Washington Post reporter working as a Democrat operative, she is a Washington Post reporter working as a sleazy Democrat operative..
Republicans have long believed the Washington Post is out to discredit and disqualify their candidates and for good reason. Janell Ross (whose Twitter feed is a swamp of extreme-leftism), however, marks a new low in the Post sleazy and irresponsible jihad against the Right."
Via: Breitbart.com
This is NOT AN ISSUE! Trump NEVER criticized Cruz’s religion....and he was RIGHT.
“n Cuba right now, Protestant and Protestant Evangelical churches are experiencing rapid membership growth.”
EXACTLY...before recently there were few EVANGELICALS in Cuba. FACT, as you’ve been show a dozen times. Most protestants would object to being referred to as ‘evangelical’, btw.
How about Antonin Scalia, Queens, New York.
Just because you like to see the circus doesn’t mean you should elect a clown.
Also earlier there was post the Sanders supporters were snatching up all the tickets.
When they run for president we’ll talk but in this case we’re talking about Donald the lying piece of crap liberal scumbag Trump.
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“Many of Trump supporters on FR agree with Trump. Just get on any Cruz thread and you will see.”
When Cruz says to “put on the armor of God” and he says it in conjunction with him winning, and appropriates it as a means to his winning, does that not exclude every other candidate from God’s providence?
Why? It wasn't a religious question. It was a political question. He was being asked to self-identify a shameful thing or things he did so the media could beat him up over it. The question was phrased so if he declined, he'd be seen as a religious fraud. He didn't take the bait, and now FReepers cluck their tongues, totally oblivious to what was really going on. Whatever he's asked forgiveness for is obviously between him and God. To even ask such a question publicly is a profound insult because its a demand for the self-rape of spiritual intimacy for the sake of political correctness. Its pure liberalism, "give us your soul" collectivism, like in am interview when people are asked to talk about what they are bad at, instead of what they are good at. IOW, the question was evil.
Yep...even to the point of calling Cruz the "Christian Taliban."
“dittos”
post #54.
“When they run for president we’ll talk but in this case we’re talking about Donald the lying piece of crap liberal scumbag Trump.
Will you complain about that one, also?
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