Court Evangelicals: In All Things, Trump Must Have the Preeminence.

Last weekend, Donald Trump’s evangelical advisors met with him to talk over impeachment strategy. Here is a picture of group on Family Research Council president Tony Perkins’ twitter feed.

I see Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris, James Dobson, Robert Jeffress, Paula White, and AACC owner Tim Clinton among others.

Perkins says the reason the Democrats want to impeach Trump is due to his support for pro-life, pro-family policies. Odd, absolutely nothing has been mentioned about those policies in the numerous depositions taken so far. Everything has been about the president’s effort to manipulate Ukraine’s president to start an investigation of Hunter Biden in order to get dirt on Joe Biden. The president has stonewalled Congress and engaged in activities to cover up his activities. I believe the attempt to get a foreign government help to win an American election is an impeachable offense.

American evangelical leaders will have to answer for their blind trust in a political leader. I didn’t think evangelical leaders could get much lower but they have. Even if they don’t think what Trump did is impeachable, they should not excuse it. It is as if the Constitution or framers’ intent don’t matter anymore. The only thing that matters is protecting Donald Trump.

42 thoughts on “Court Evangelicals: In All Things, Trump Must Have the Preeminence.”

  1. Fools glorify themselves trying to manipulate Satan
    Big time negotiators, false healers and women haters
    Masters of the bluff
    and masters of the proposition
    But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency.
    All non-believers and men stealers talking in the name of religion

    ( Bob Dylan – Slow Train)

  2. Whilst a pro-life/pro-family stance may not be direct reasons for impeachment, they are surely strong reasons to be against a particular president if you disagree with such a stance. It seems to me it does feed into the general view of Trump from the Democrats pov. And now it seems they have solid ground for impeachment and subsequent removal.

    1. tRump is “pro life” and “pro family?” Pull the other one; it’s got bells on it.

  3. What we are witnessing in real time is a part of the end time spiritual delusion generated by the spirit of Antichrist where even the elect could be deceived and unwittingly reject Christ who is preeminent in the hearts of genuine disciples of Jesus Christ.

      1. That’s right.
        Jesus is the Alpha and Omega of everything which occurs in time and space. Jesus wants Christians to see Him when reading Scripture. Jesus also wants the world to know Christians love Him. And all people. We are in the last of the last days which could last 10 years or 100 years or more. Our entire life is simply to fix our eyes on Him. He. Himself.

          1. You just made my point. The main problem with the Church today is that Satan has us so earthly minded we are no heavenly good. From the treasures of the heart the mouth speaks. I have yet to meet a Christian who is so intimate with Jesus living inside that they are no earthly good…

          2. And my heart breaks daily for the body of Christ which is so not CHRIST centered but worldly minded.

        1. The reality is you simply dont know if we are in the ‘last of the last days’. it appears the early Christians believed that Jesus would be returning soon, particularly after the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. But they were wrong, and no doubt would be very surprised to learn that it still hasnt happened 2000 years later. Every generation since then has thought the same way and has also been wrong. It may well be another 2000 years or more before He returns, we simply dont know. And we should stop seeing every event, particularly in the political realm, as a sign that the end is now.

          1. That’s right. Jesus is the Alpha and Omega over all space and time and He said He will come like a thief in the night so that could be anytime.

        2. The reality is you simply dont know if we are in the ‘last of the last days’. it appears the early Christians believed that Jesus would be returning soon, particularly after the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. But they were wrong, and no doubt would be very surprised to learn that it still hasnt happened 2000 years later. Every generation since then has thought the same way and has also been wrong. It may well be another 2000 years or more before He returns, we simply dont know. And we should stop seeing every event, particularly in the political realm, as a sign that the end is now.

  4. The Liar Tony Perkins continues to lie.
    It is evident who the Court Evangelicals worship – not the God of Abraham.

  5. “American evangelical leaders will have to answer for their blind trust in a political leader.”

    Maybe, but certainly not from their current followers, and by the time they do have to answer it will be years from now.

  6. American evangelical leaders will have to answer for their blind trust in a political leader.

    I don’t see how. Trump’s base funds their ministries, and that support hasn’t wavered one iota since the process began. Even if Trump is removed from office, the base is not going to abandon him, and the court evangelicals will use their shared grievances against the “deep state” and the Democrats to raise even more money for their ministries.

    To be totally frank, I don’t think they can lose either way. At worst (for them), if there’s a Democrat in the White House, their access to the halls of power will have been curtailed, but that’s about all.

    Oh, and Paula White has now officially joined the White House staff as part of the administration. It keeps getting better and better…

  7. Pro-life huh? Where was Trump / the GOP when they had *everything* they had been stumping for at least one full year; prior to the last midterms as regards the pro-life platform / get out the vote machine?

    * Republican president
    * Republican majority in the Congress
    * Conservative majority in the courts

    They did *nothing* – absolutely nothing for the pro-life agenda. Which reveals that the pro-life platform for the politicians is nothing more than a get out the vote carrot, and you *never, ever* give the horse the carrot

  8. Pro-life huh? Where was Trump / the GOP when they had *everything* they had been stumping for at least one full year; prior to the last midterms as regards the pro-life platform / get out the vote machine?

    * Republican president
    * Republican majority in the Congress
    * Conservative majority in the courts

    They did *nothing* – absolutely nothing for the pro-life agenda. Which reveals that the pro-life platform for the politicians is nothing more than a get out the vote carrot, and you *never, ever* give the horse the carrot

    1. It isn’t true they did “nothing.” At the federal level they put in 2 supreme court justices and a bunch of lower court judges as well. At the state level they passed several clearly unconstitutional laws in the hopes of overturning Roe v. Wade.

    2. They could have tried to get The Wall, too. Trump’s incompetence has saved us much, to be sure.

      There were many reports that Trump had no idea what losing the House would mean. Nor, really, did the gang that couldn’t shoot straight that he put in power. For a while, he had people who knew these things and tried to warn him. But he always knows best, right? Which is why half the departments are run by “acting” this or that.

      But he did manage to give the economy the sugar high that comes with bankrupting the government through massive tax cuts. That bill will come due (the deficit is already mushrooming to record levels), perhaps sooner than expected. And the roads and other infrastructure continue to crumble.

  9. Cries for impeachment would have carried more weight with me if it had not been the constant, unrelenting daily drumbeat against Trump for the last three years from the democrats and the press. I still cannot turn on any news show without hearing about the “walls closing in” on Trump because of whatever is the crisis of the day. The democrats have said they wanted to impeach him BEFORE he was even sworn in.

    To me it is a choice of the lessor of two evils. Judging by the democrats behavior with a parody to make Trump look bad, lies about preparing witnesses, controlling the narrative by not allowing witnesses to answer questions they do not like, covering for their own party’s misdeeds with Joe Biden and suspect witnesses whose loyalty seems more with the previous administration than this country, that they should be serving (which they think they are doing by trying to take down this president), I will vote Trump any day.

    1. The same was true of Obama. Republicans wanted to impeach Obama throughout his terms. In fact, there wasn’t anything of Constitutional merit. In this case, most of what you imply isn’t true. In fact, Trump abuse the power of his office to use Congressionally approved taxpayer funds as a tool to manipulate a foreign power to undertake actions to harm a political rival. He has worked hard to cover it up and frustrate Congress in their Constitutional obligation to provide oversight. You don’t have to like it, but it is part of the Constitution. They have the power and other presidents have either complied or paid the consequences. The Republicans right now are lying and creating all kinds of alternative realities to mislead the public about what career public servants are saying and reporting.

      At the heart of it you have to ask yourself if you would approve of a Democratic president doing what Trump did. Whatever is excused now and whatever Trump is allowed to get away with will be what become acceptable. That becomes the new baseline. Abuse of power will become acceptable and those who object are the villains.

      1. Gene Lyons always used the Clinton rule back in the day. It was very simple: What would the reaction be if Bill Clinton did what Republicans did? (E.g., lie us into a war.)

        Change “Clinton” to “Obama” and the hypocrisy fairly screams. What if Obama had defied Congress and declared an emergency to fund Obamacare with money Congress had already refused? What if Obama had claimed Russia didn’t have anything to do with election interference, and then praised Putin? What if Obama bankrupted the government to give goodies to his political allies?

    2. Cries for impeachment would have carried more weight with me

      I call BS on that. You’re carrying Trump’s water just like the rest of them.

    3. “by not allowing witnesses to answer questions they do not like”

      Specifically what questions where the witnesses not allowed to answer?

    4. “I will vote Trump any day.”

      Fool. (And they let you vote? And procreate?)

      YOU are the problem with this country. (Not the Orange Disaster. Demented Trump is gonna act demented.)
      Rather, its sheep like you who enable this power-mad autocrat that are despicable.

    5. The hearings and depositions in the House have been conducted under rules John Boehner put into effect back in 2015, when they were angling to impeach Obama. Trey Gowdy conducted closed depositions during the Benghazi panto. He even tossed Darryl Issa out for trying to crash one of them, the deposition of Sidney Blumenthal. Gowdy and Issa are Republicans.

      Republicans have been allowed to questions witnesses, as always. And the minority wasn’t allowed to unilaterally subpoena witnesses under the Boehner rules, either. Suddenly, this is a “star chamber”?

    6. “I will vote Trump any day.”

      Fool. (And they let you vote? And procreate?)

      YOU are the problem with this country. (Not the Orange Disaster. Demented Trump is gonna act demented.)
      Rather, its sheep like you who enable this power-mad autocrat that are despicable.

  10. Trump’s actions certainly fit the bribery statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/201

    In what passes for current enlightened Republican thought, what Trump did was “wrong”, but not impeachable. (They won’t go as far as to say it was a violation of law, of course.) But heck, bribery is right there in Article II, section 4.

    The claim that this is all about “pro-life, pro-family” policies is so much eyewash. The facts are out there, they needn’t be guessed at.

      1. Sadly, this entire affair has made it clear that a large proportion of the electorate is absolutely fine with a proven felon as president, enthusiastically supportive in fact, because it lets them “own the libtards”.

        Well, it was a good run. I never thought I’d see the end of the Republic, but here we are. We don’t deserve America anymore. It’s been sold, and Putin and his lackeys can take over the Middle East. Treason is the order of the day.

        Strongman governments don’t survive the end of the strongman’s rule, but who will want what’s left?

        1. Fortunately, Trump doesn’t have the ruthlessness, intellect, charisma, competence or ideological bent to be a good strongman. For all the damage he has done, it could have been a lot worse. Imagine someone with the cunning and ruthlessness of Putin in the White House. He wouldn’t be spending half his time whining on Twitter about how unfair everyone is being to him or fawning at the feet of dictators, he would have been too busy executing his own plans and squashing his opponents.

          1. This is all true. But the damage to government and foreign policy and Constitutional institutions is severe. And normalizing lawlessness carries long and deep costs.

    1. My Congressman was the late Elijah Cummings. Those are going to be huge shoes to fill, and I’m feeling pretty bereft right now. We needed him in the fight against that cult.

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