Category: Donald Trump

Trump Supporter Hates on Cherokees, Mormons, and Slavs on National TV During Phoenix Speech

At the Phoenix Trump rally, the guy in the red circle below has a shirt on which advertises websites called Gods2.com and blacksfortrump2020.com. When clicked, the websites go to honestfact.com. The website targets Cherokees as the KKK, and blames Mormons and Slavs for many things, although it is hard to follow the whole thing. It is mostly an incoherent mess.
Trump said hate has no place in America. But apparently, it has a place at his rally.
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So I went to the website and it is a pretty strange space. Here is the first message there:
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Cherokees? The real KKK is made up of Native American Cherokees? So says the man within a few feet from the president.
Also, Mormons are apparently blocking something:
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Apparently Trump doesn’t screen his stage supporters very well.
Even though I am watching the speech, I can’t believe I am listening to the president of the United States.
Apparently, this guy has quite a past and shows up at all Trump rallies (source).
 

Member of Trump's Evangelical Council Resigns; Hopes White Evangelicals Speak Out

Trump court evangelical picIt has been widely reported that A. R. Bernard announced his resignation today from President Trump’s evangelical council of advisors.  Tonight Rev. Bernard appeared on Don Lemon’s show on CNN to discuss his resignation.
Lemon asked Bernard why he stepped away. Bernard said that he hoped he would have influence but it did not turn out that way. He said some of the white evangelical leaders had the ability to speak directly to Trump but many did not. It turned out to be a kind of photo op.
On his reaction to Trump’s statements regarding Charlottesville, Bernard said that he is a black man who lives in America and who is also a Christian. He has had to think more about how to speak up on racial issues and that is not a reality that white evangelical leaders understand.
Asked by Lemon what he would like to see from the white evangelical leaders remaining on the council, Bernard said he hopes they will make strong statements on Trump’s response to Charlottesville. He doesn’t think they have to abandon him to do so.
I agree. I would like to see evangelical leaders use their access for good. They should be out front in condemning Trump’s response to the Charlottesville tragedy. However, unfortunately, some are lauding the president. Just tonight Robert Jeffress, one of the leading court evangelicals, came out with a supportive tweet.


I suspect this isn’t the kind of response Rev. Bernard was hoping for.
The full written statement of Rev. Bernard is below:


 

Source: Steve Bannon Was Fired This Morning

A source in a position to know just indicated that Steve Bannon has been fired. He was fired by Chief of Staff John Kelly. Apparently President Trump was not present when the decision was relayed.
Although his departure had been rumored with many calling for his job, apparently Bannon has been let go.
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He is now saying he resigned two weeks ago.


That tweet is contrary to what I have heard. Chief of Staff Kelly fired him this morning.
Bannon gave an interview to the Weekly Standard where he lamented that the issues Trump was known for are over.
 
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Trump Calls Confederate Monuments Beautiful and Says Culture Ripped Apart by Removal

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In a series of tweets, President Trump this morning lamented the movement to remove Confederate statues from American cities. Trump doubled down on his remarks at the press conference two days ago when he said there were good people among the Nazis and white supremacist marchers in Charlottesville.


With this rhetoric, Trump echos what the League of the South and other white supremacist groups have been promoting. The movement to preserve Confederate tributes have been led by secessionist and white supremacist organizations.
I maintain that Christians should take the lead in removing these symbols from the public square.
These tweets are certain to inflame the passionate debate surrounding these symbols and encourage the white supremacist and alt-right element of his base.
This issue might get a rise from some of his evangelical advisors. When New Orleans removed Confederate statues from the public square, a former Southern Baptist Convention president signed a petition to have them removed. Fred Luter was a part of that effort. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. – Letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS_4Dated April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King wrote a letter from jail in Birmingham during the non-violent campaign there. In the letter, he defended the strategy of non-violence used in the Birmingham campaign.
One of the striking elements of the letter is King’s disappointment with the white clergy in the South. If I could paraphrase King for today, I might ask the Trump evangelical advisory board, “Who is your God? Where are your voices of support when the president said fine people rallied with Nazis and white supremacists?”
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Today, Donald Trump disbanded his group of CEO business advisors because many of them resigned over his remarks yesterday about Charlottesville. Not one of the evangelical advisory board resigned, nor did any of them condemn the remarks.  Is this how it is going to be? Is silence in the face of evil how evangelicals of this age will be remembered?