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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 01:08 PM Jul 2019

Some Christians mad at trump...but not for racist chant

They are mad because he took the Lord's name in vain! Twice.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article232848697.html

The controversial “send her back” crowd chant at President Donald Trump’s North Carolina rally may have gotten all the headlines, but some Christians are grumbling over something most of the media completely ignored.

Trump cursed, and it was not just a few vulgarities. He took the Lord’s name in vain.

Twice.

More at link

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Some Christians mad at trump...but not for racist chant (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2019 OP
...and who does the 'Charlotte Observer quote???? spanone Jul 2019 #1
Appalled and SHOCKED. dalton99a Jul 2019 #6
fuck 'em gopiscrap Jul 2019 #2
ugh, no! Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2019 #4
You can be as racist as you want as long as you don't do THAT. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #3
Republicans committ blasphemy daily. onecaliberal Jul 2019 #5
Very telling in a superficial sense Zambero Jul 2019 #7

spanone

(135,832 posts)
1. ...and who does the 'Charlotte Observer quote????
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 01:12 PM
Jul 2019
Senator Paul Hardesty of West Virginia’s seventh district — which is coal country — started by admitting he is a conservative Democrat who supports Trump and his pro-coal policies.

“I am, however, appalled by the fact that you chose to use the Lord’s name in vain on two separate occasions, when you went off the prompter during your speech,” he says in his letter.


Read more here: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article232848697.html#storylink=cpy

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
3. You can be as racist as you want as long as you don't do THAT.
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 01:15 PM
Jul 2019

However, if he's pissing them off for any reason, I guess that's a positive development.

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