Religious right to Trump: Grab us by the p***y

[rug]

October 9, 2016
by Jacob Lupfer

To no one’s surprise, the old guard of the religious right was the first and loudest group to reaffirm its commitment to Donald Trump after he was caught on tape 11 years ago bragging about getting away with sexually assaulting a woman.

The Daily Beast‘s Betsy Woodruff has the story, complete with quotes from Ralph Reed, Robert Jeffress, and others. Woodruff’s concluding comment is pretty devastaing:

The comments Trump made are gross, as his social conservative backers concede. But, to these Evangelicals, ‘grab them by the pussy’ doesn’t sound quite as bad as ‘President Hillary Clinton.’

Men who believe that Donald Trump is God’s agent for this hour are not going to abandon him, no matter how vile his behavior. But when you think about the fact that these guys regard Donald Trump as the man to lead America back to God, an enduring feature of the old religious right becomes undeniable.

These people are not and never were religious leaders. Their movement is transparently about political power, highlighting a few sex-related issues and sacralizaing the rest of the Republican Party’s policy agenda.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jacoblupfer/2016/10/religious-right-to-trump-grab-us-by-the-py/

[Siwsan]

1. Would they change their tune if he was grabbing their wives, daughters or sisters?

These people make me

[Goblinmonger]

3. Maybe if he was grabbing penises, they would care.

The gay makes them very uneasy.

[Missn-Hitch]

5. Ding, ding, ding! Exactly.

[exboyfil]

2. He is wrong they have lots of followers

I see them in Iowa all the time.

[stone space]

4. Surely they can find some internet meme to hide behind as a fig leaf.

These people are not and never were religious leaders. Their movement is transparently about political power, highlighting a few sex-related issues and sacralizaing the rest of the Republican Party’s policy agenda.

And internet memes have been known to fool some folks some of the time.

[stone space]

6. Aparently, Pat Robertson worships a Macho Jesus

Pat Robertson: It’s ‘macho’ for Trump to grab women ‘by the p*ssy’ without permission

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512493957

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/pat-robertson-its-macho-for-trump-to-grab-women-by-the-pssy-without-permission/