TRUMP in IOWA: "Raise your hand if you're NOT a Christian conservative. I want to see that. There's

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what was he going to do? Throw them out if the crowd gave him the trumbs up?



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TRUMP in IOWA: "Raise your hand if you're NOT a Christian conservative. I want to see that. There's a few of them. Should we keep them?"



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@jameshohmann Beyond terrifying. Are his fans really this low minded?

[bluestateguy]

1. I assume he raised his own hand

If he's a Christian at all then I'm a Vermicious Knid.

[politicaljunkie41910]

13. Ditto. Prior to his descent down the escalator, he was neither Christian or Conservative.

He's still not conservative according to the "anybody but Trump crowd", and going to a couple of black churches for a quick photo-op don't make you a Christian.

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Terrified of losing the base.

[izzybella]

3. Wow!

That's a great way to appeal to all Americans.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. the fastest growing segment of the US and A is us.

non-believers. Atheists. Humanists. Agnostics.

[izzybella]

8. I wonder

What he plans to do with all of them???

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. "Should we keep them?"

That's just...

[tammywammy]

5. He's Lynn a Christian conservative either.

That makes this doubly as strange.

[saltpoint]

7. Ugly move by Mr. Trump. eom

[MoonRiver]

9. What a freak!

[napkinz]

10. looking more and more like ...

[GusBob]

11. There's an American Holocaust if this monster is elected

Mark my words.

[exboyfil]

12. Pink at 2:28 - Against the wall

[Monk06]

15. Exactly what came to my mind Trump is Pink

[exboyfil]

18. And if he is elected we are all going to have to "Run Like Hell"

[Monk06]

22. The croud scene was a Trump rally Water's depiction of modern fascism was uncanny

Trumps red hats and emphasis on decay, his calls to, "Get them out of hear", Mirror Pink's crossed hammers and NF skinheads

No need to bring up Hitler. Just cite the Wall and Roger Waters

The similarity is uncanny

[LeftRant]

26. Yes... good call :)

[Eugene]

14. Scary even by Trump standards.

Even in jest, this is beyond the pale.
...and he thinks he can control his mob.

[saltpoint]

16. Agree. As low a bar as Trump's campaign

has set already, this is lower still.

[susanna]

23. The GOP thought they could control them, too.

Look how well that worked out.

Scary is right.

on edit: spelling in title

[tanyev]

25. The reports of violence at his rallies make me think of the salvaging

and particicution scenes in The Handmaid's Tale.

[phallon]

17. Heil!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. He's about as Christian as Hitler... if that! n/t

[rurallib]

33. I had always understood that Hitler was a Christian

Catholic actually. I think my source for this was the catholic schools I went to, but can't really say.
Only recently have I heard the stories that Hitler was supposedly an atheist.

So I googled. One column I have come to trust is The Straight Dope. Their conclusion - there was probably plenty of Hitler quotes to support either position. At a minimum Hitler surely manipulated Christians.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1699/was-hitler-a-christian

Not a shot at you. Your post simply spurred me to look this up and try to find some authoritative discussion on it.

BTW - a late welcome to DU

[exboyfil]

20. Here is a quote from

a newspaper website.

http://www.dfw.com/2016/09/28/1141523/the-latest-clinton-camp-says-trump.html

The Republican presidential nominee asked those attending a Wednesday afternoon rally in Council Bluffs to raise their hands "if you're not a Christian conservative."

He noticed "a couple people" raising their hands.

He asked the crowd, "Should we keep them in the room?" He answered himself, "Yes, I think so."

I am hoping we have video.

[saltpoint]

21. He tosses the question out there like a taunt,

coaxing his supporters to congratulate themselves for being "conservative Christians," and invoking a kind of mob psychology, playing to the majority against the exception.

I distrust that kind of manipulation. "Should we let 'em stay? Yeah, we should let 'em stay." If there is no reason for them not to stay, what was gained in calling them out in the first place?

Citizens have the freedom of choice of a religious tradition if they want one, as well as the choice to disassociate from any religious tradition entirely. There's a complex spectrum involved in that array of choices.

Trump is too authoritarian to allow for any spectrum. He asked for a show of hands on what he thinks is a binary issue.

[Ilsa]

24. Does he think that all

Christians are conservatives and all conservatives are christian? If he does, he fails at logic.

[LeftRant]

27. Why didn't Trump raise his hand? He said he never asks god for forgiveness.

And "eats his little cracker and has his wine to make himself feel better about things, then moves on."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/trump-has-never-sought-forgiveness/

So phony!

[Mamajami]

28. You know he really can't use the old RW-evangelical social issues to his advantage because

he is on tape and other records as being for everything they are against. He can try to flip-flop but the videos will make it difficult. He is even on video praising Hillary.

[saltpoint]

29. Might be interesting for one of the news

organizations to ask the daughters of the "conservative Christians" in Trump's audience what they think of their parents' support for a man who calls women "pigs."

I would think in Iowa that question would have special resonance, as it is a leading producer of pork, and there is a very significant percentage of voters who identify as fundamentalist Christians of various stripes:

"Your parents are here at this rally. Evidently they intend to support Mr. Trump in November. In the past Mr. Trump has called women misogynist names, berating them with words like 'pigs' and 'dogs,' etc. Does this not make you uncomfortable? If you decide to marry and have kids, would you permit your sons to call women derogatory names?"

[Rocknrule]

30. He's playing these idiots, and it's so obvious

They'd vote for Hannibal Lecter as long as he promised to ban abortion and gay marriage

[Rocknrule]

31. "And the Lord said 'white power', and the people listened in awe"

Trump 3:14

[jberryhill]

32. Who would Jesus eject?

[saltpoint]

36. Good point, because Trump counts

among his supporters many evangelical Christians, who are supposed to have read the texts on which their faith is based.

Either they haven't read them very carefully, or read them and didn't understand them. Trump's message alone should suggest to them a contradiction in their personal beliefs.

The evangelical community has been shamefully hypocritical in its support for Donald Trump. The people who distrust fundamentalist Christian collusion with right wing politicians have yet another election cycle as justification for that distrust.

[geek tragedy]

34. It can happen here. nt

[rumdude]

35. He's gone off the rails

He knows he's going to lose.