Trump tweets a lie today: Trump spreads false claim Democrats dropped God from Pledge of Allegiance

[Demovictory9]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/22/donald-trump-democrats-god-pledge

Trump spreads false claim Democrats dropped God from Pledge of Allegiance
Claim first spread on Facebook, which flagged it as untrue
Pledge was recited in entirety on three nights of DNC

Before playing golf on Saturday, Donald Trump took time to spread a false claim about God on Twitter.

“The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat [sic] National Convention,” the president wrote.

“At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose. Remember Evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is where they are coming from – it’s done. Vote Nov[ember] 3!”

Though Trump’s own religious convictions have often been called into question, evangelical Christians form a key bloc of support as he seeks re-election against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

As the website Politifact pointed out, the claim about the Democrats and the Pledge of Allegiance spread online after Peggy Hubbard, an unsuccessful Republican senatorial candidate in Illinois, made it in a Facebook post on 20 August.

The social media giant, which partners with Politifact, flagged the post as untrue.

“Some Democratic caucus members omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance during [convention] meetings,” the fact-checking website wrote. “But the line was not excluded from any of the convention’s primetime televised spots.

“On the first night … participants sang the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ instead of saying the Pledge of Allegiance. On the second, third and fourth nights, ‘under God’ was included in the pledge.”

[Newest Reality]

1. I wonder...

I wonder how many Evangelical Christians even have a clue that they are the, "Will Fall for ANYTHING!" crowd?

It's a bit hilarious to me that they don't see that Trump doesn't support them at all, he just knows they are total chumps that are easily deceived and manipulated with the right words. Dunning-Kruger's for Christ. "Get thee brain dead!"

[Mariana]

3. Oh, plenty of them know he lies all the time.

They have no problem with it. They believe he's God's own hand-picked president, placed in office to implement God's will for the United States of America. As such, there is literally nothing he can do that would make them turn on him. To them, opposition to Trump equals opposition to God.

[42bambi]

2. All their lies will not be hidden. The truth has been outed! We know how

they operate. There are no more places they can hide.

[regnaD kciN]

4. FACT CHECK: "...under God..." wasn't even part of the Pledge until 1954...

...right at the height of the Red Scare, when Congress added it to distinguish ourselves from the Godless Commies. ("For you don't count the dead when God's on your side." )

BONUS FACT: The original Pledge (MINUS "...under God..." ) was written by -- a Christian minister. (He was also a committed socialist; as described by Wikipedia, he "championed 'the rights of working people and the equal distribution of economic resources, which he believed was inherent in the teachings of Jesus.'" )

[msongs]

5. on the contrary, the convention was an "in jesus name we pray" event. nt

[Tanuki]

6. Impressive feat of breaking 2 out of 10 Comnandments in one tweet

(taking the name of God in vain and bearing false witness)