Holy Shit: Trump's Secretary of State "We will continue to fight these battles...until the Rapture"

[kpete]

Trump's SECRETARY OF STATE, America's chief diplomat, said "We will continue to fight these battles, it is a never ending struggle... until the Rapture." Holy shit.


VIDEO:

Link to tweet

[democratisphere]

1. Amazing how many nutcases are in his cabinet.

[Cracklin Charlie]

13. All of them.

[TSheehan]

43. Birds of a feather...moths to a flame.

[malaise]

2. WTF? n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

3. It's Kansas.

[sheshe2]

93. I don't think he is Kansas anymore, Toto. nt

[barbtries]

4. just about speechless.

yeah. don't know what to say. i am aghast?

[PatSeg]

37. Yeah

He's clearly a lot nuttier than he looks.

[pangaia]

5. Holy shit..

Am I surprised? Humm..
Yes and no.

I'm sure you get my drift...

[deminks]

6. His dominionist is showing.

[spanone]

7. Mike pompous. I hope Mr. Schiff calls him in and asks him to explain.

we may NEVER rebound from these fucking people

[Chemisse]

8. Holy crap!

Just what we need, secretary of defense who thinks we have nothing to lose since he expects to be teleported up to heaven at any moment.

In fact, doesn't the increase of chaos and disaster precede the 'rapture'?

[bobbieinok]

19. 2 necessary steps have been completed--

Establishment of Israel as a state.

Recognition of Jerusalem as Capitol. T doing this was a reason for Evangelicals supporting him.

I think the temple has to be rebuilt at a certain place. Not sure just where.

[onlyadream]

29. On the Temple Mount, but

There would have to be a war first since it’s a mosque, and it won’t be given up easily.

Regarding all these “prophesies”, I’m thinking the Christians are bending politics to reflect their beliefs (making it happen).

[Just a Weirdo]

48. Even Israel knows it wont happen

Temple Mount is protected by Jordanian guards.

[sprinkleeninow]

75. "....bending politics to reflect their beliefs..."

You have defined it exactly. Thank you.

[Mister Ed]

54. Can someone direct me to the "Rapture" verses?

The part of the Bible where it says that Jesus is going to suddenly whoosh all of the faithful up to heaven just before things get really horrible here on Earth?
I'm no Biblical scholar, but I'm not so sure it's in there. If it is, I'd like to find it and read it.

[harumph]

67. Ed, I'm a lapsed Catholic - it's based on an non-contextual reading of (portions) of revelation.

It's probably the work of a first century schizophrenic and should never have bee adopted into the canon.

On edit: Catholics don't believe in the rapture - it's a protestant thing - and I don't think many
mainstream protestants buy into it as well (mostly evangelical crazies).

[Mister Ed]

89. Thank you. That's pretty much what I thought. n/t

[onlyadream]

91. 1 Thessalonians 4:17

“After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.”

This verse is why, I believe, they believe in the rapture. The other stuff, like the rebuilding of the temple, is from Revelations. Revelations also says that once the temple is rebuilt the antiChrist will sit on the throne and declare himself as god.

[Mister Ed]

105. Thanks. Makes sense.

Seems like this passage, inserted into the Revelations verses, would provide the narrative popular with Evangelicals today.

[Hekate]

9. God help us...so to speak

[bluestarone]

10. THIS is what it's all about!!

They all feed on this rapture bullshit!!!! and Rump appointees KNOW this!!!

[Traildogbob]

42. Self rapture as in self deport.

I suggest we rapture them at a big event, maybe Super Bowl halftime. We can use the cannons from closed circuses and send them on there way. Why wait for all the war bullshit, get you ticket now and snowflakes will gladly send them to paradise, with Pat Robertson, Franklin Graham, Jim Baker, ALL the Swaggerts and then, only them, will America become great again.

[UpInArms]

11. smh

[CrispyQ]

12. I wish their stupid rapture would happen today & whisk them all away.

[KPN]

22. Don't be so wishful. They will make it happen someday

and will take the earth with them.

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. I think global climate change just might beat 'em to the punch.

[KPN]

38. Beat them? Hell no. They are fanning that

fire. Make no mistake about it. They are not in the least concerned about global warming. Nor resource consumption of any kind. One, they will be raptured before the final armeggedon. Two, God put all resources on this earth here for his people’s comfort and use. And that includes misuse — as in environmentally unsustainable.

[JHB]

58. Tell them the Rapture already happened, in 2000

The cover-up was disguised as fixes for the Y2K bug. But only 37 people vanished. Turns out God has even stricter standards than anyone thought.

"Face it, pal, you've been Left Behind!"

[bluestarone]

88. truthfully i DO NOT believe THAT GROUP

Will be the ones Raptured!!! THEY are ALL going the other direction!!!

[SamKnause]

14. I am ready for Trump and all of his enablers to be raptured !!!

I don't know how they breathe without assistance.

Ignorance is their strong suit.

I don't want any part of their holy wars !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dhill926]

15. more religious insanity...

this is actually scary stuff...

[Eliot Rosewater]

32. Rump himself of course has no clue what the rapture is, but

the vile filth he appoints do.

[TSheehan]

49. If they worship Trump (which they do - some "Christians") then why would President Narcissist care?

Whatever works for his Ego and Con Game, I guess.

[gratuitous]

16. Mike? A word?

What makes you think that you're not going to still be here after the Rapture?

[DesertRat]

17. It's from 2015. I wish he'd been raptured already

Link to tweet

[onlyadream]

30. Wouldn't it be funny if all the liberals were raptured,

leaving behind all these fake Christians? But of course, there’s no such thing that will happen, just their wishful thinking, stemming from a dude named Paul in the letters he wrote 2000 years ago.

[TSheehan]

47. Many of those letters were of dubious authorship. Only a few are most likely Paul's stuff.

But that’s probably too complex a thought for these religious nutters, so eh.

[TlalocW]

61. Joke

To streamline things, instead of letting people in the Pearly Gates one at a time, Gabriel would sort people into their different sects while he checked on everyone and then have angels come get the groups at intervals to enter Heaven and get a tour before settling in. After a while Gabriels assistant noticed a change. Everyone was still divided up by sect, but one group always went first, often shooting smug looks at the other groups, and then ALL the other groups went in together half an hour later. He asked Gabriel about the change. "Oh, that," he replied. "Well, the first group is Baptists, and the big group is everyone else."

"I still don't understand," said the assistant.

"It's simple," said Gabriel. "It's a lot less of a headache for me if the Baptists think they're the only group getting into Heaven. Once they realize that's not true, it's not my problem anymore."

[sprinkleeninow]

73. Hi there, onlyadream:-

It would be true justice and recompense when, surprise, those of His creation hear the words, "Well done, good and faithful servant[s]"; those who 'so-called christians' assume are beneath their own tarnished selves. "The first shall be last and the last first."

Hypocrites, liars, wolves in sheep's clothing distance/hinder their own selves from entering into the 'promised land'/'The New Jerusalem'. All creation will be renewed. But those liars, thieves, evil doers who work iniquity, those who deny a worker's just pay, those who are heartless to orphans, widows, the infirmed, the less than 'perfect', the poor, the downtrodden, the unjustly accused, they that shed blood, the ones whose god is lucre/fame, those who approve/turn their eyes from atrocity, selfish/self-centered who know only greed....

As an Orthodox Christian attempting to practice the Faith given me and the one that sustains me, I am appalled at these words coming from this aforementioned person in a high position of government.

Shepherds of our Tradition of Faith know it is anathema to use the 'pulpit' for political speeches/coercion/propaganda.

In all my decades of 'church' I have never, NEVER once heard any politics coming in a sermon or homily. I would leave if I had.

[elmac]

18. I equate religion with the body snatchers movie

once they get their hands on you you're a mindless, soulless zombie.

[SammyWinstonJack]

34. Right?

[orangecrush]

20. Caligula

and his toadies.

[Gore1FL]

21. I for one look forward to the rapture.

Earth will be free from a lot of annoying people.

[Traildogbob]

63. Earth will win

One day, maybe soon, earth will shake off the fat, encouraged parasitic ticks that IS the human species. Of all species, this one is solely a consumer and destroys all others for it's greed. Of all the beauty and balance of earth's many ecosystems, Homo sapiens add nothing. Only take. God gotta be proud of that big mistake. Kinda shows a major flaw in his brilliance and that he planned all this. One sick bastard. Enjoys kids dying and diseases created by greedy billionaires.

[NBachers]

23. Maybe they can goose it along a little bit

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[luvtheGWN]

26. Strange how they cling to the Book of Revelation and ignore the Jesus parts.

"Revelation" is no more than a series of John's dreams, and it's highly doubtful he actually wrote it. And yet those super dumb evangelicals and Dominionists believe it wholeheartedly. I'd say "Heaven help us" but since I do not believe there is a heaven, then I guess I'd have to change it to "Please, please, Democrats, get rid of these monsters among you".

[TSheehan]

50. More like the Book of Trump's Bloviating Bullshit, to be honest.

[jayschool2013]

24. A doomsday cult

A doomsday cult has taken over our government.

[pdsimdars]

25. Shouldn't the media be asking every Republican about things like this until they get the message

that we are paying attention and that they are looney?

[frogmarch]

27. haha, of course they will.

[FiveGoodMen]

62. Laughed my ass off the first time I saw that!

[Heartstrings]

90. Love, love Six Feet Under!

Anyone know if it's in syndication anywhere?

[BlueJac]

28. Unhinged fools in the cabinet!

WTF????

[Grasswire2]

31. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't know Pompeo was a Dominionist.

Pompeo and Pence. If Pence became president by ascension, Pompeo could be appointed VP and confirmed by Senate. UG UGH UGH!!

[GulfCoast66]

94. Incorrect.

A VP must be confirmed by both houses.

Chances are it would remain in filled with The Speaker of the House the next in line.

[Grasswire2]

96. Nixon appointed Ford.

Ford was then confirmed by Congress.

Pence could appoint Pompeo. Nothing stopping that. Would Congress confirm? Possible.

[GulfCoast66]

97. You are correct. Congress confirms.

I can’t see a Nancy Pelosi led house confirming him. Or any of Trumps sycophants.

[ffr]

35. And to think that people didin't vote for HRC because she was said to be polarizing.

Rubes!

[TSheehan]

45. Well, you know...SHE was polarizing. Somehow, HE wasn't...

[ffr]

60. That's what we were told to think. And just enough bought into it.

Sadly.

Rubes!

[unitedwethrive]

36. So.....at least we have an exit plan.

And here I thought they were just winging it.

[Pepsidog]

39. Sorry Pompeo but the Rapture is gonna have to wait. Dumb ass is pulling the troops. What's the

chance Trump even knows what the Rapture is?

[MyOwnPeace]

40. "Isn't that the thing.........

where you have to wear a special belt and can't lift anything heavy?"

[TSheehan]

44. Nah, Rapture is the name of a rare bird that the Dumb Trump Sons hunt.

[Generic Other]

41. God, please make them disappear

Put the twinkle in my eye!

[Just a Weirdo]

46. He is to be immediately fired

Church and state still do not mix.

[dem in texas]

51. Pompus wants to be President

He's throwing meat to the Evangelicals. He backs Trumps on everything, because the Evangelicals support Trumps. My guess is that he figures Trump will not make to run again, so he wants to be ready to jump in.

[Chalco]

52. Whatever happened to separation of church and state!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Crowman2009]

53. I think their rapture is probably going to involve health problems caused by their....

...rabid consumerism & greed.

[JDC]

55. Another Xtian Jihadist. WTF.

[tiptonic]

56. Try to forget

As much as I try to forget, all the bible bs, the nuns pounded into our brains, it just won't go away. Wasn't there something about 144, ooo, who will go to heaven? He must be one of them. At least he thinks, god told him so.

[luvtheGWN]

70. Yes, I think Jehovah's Witnesses believe in the

144,000 myth. And since there are several million more JW's in the world, I guess it'll be a fight to the finish......

[Ccarmona]

57. Being Jewish, I'll Say Good Bye Now to Avoid the Rush to Judgement

These people are so evil, I think they’ll change the locks on the Pearly Gates before those heathens get there. (Being Jewish, I do t even know if I got the story right).

[left-of-center2012]

59. Only 1/3 of pastors beieve in the "rapture'

Secretary of State is Mike Pompeo is expressing the viewpoint of a minority of Christian pastors.

"A third of America’s Protestant pastors expect Christians to be raptured—or taken up in the sky to meet Jesus—as the end times begin."

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2016/april/sorry-left-behind-pastors-end-times-rapture-antichrist.html

[FiveGoodMen]

64. And 1/3 of Americans approve of Trump

Coincidence?

[TlalocW]

65. The rapture makes total sense

Especially the part about the beasts followers wearing his mark on their foreheads.

MAGA hats?

TlalocW

[OMGWTF]

66. The Rapture 2,000 Years of Any Day Now.

[BadgerMom]

68. He did well at West Point.

(First in his class, maybe?). He knows armaments, has a god problem and a major superiority complex. He’s a nightmare. If he wants to preach, he should resign and do that. If he wants to sit in the Cabinet, he should keep his religion to himself. My gosh, I want to be rid of this horror show.

[sprinkleeninow]

76. 👍

[hatrack]

98. Doesn't erase his now-obvious nature as a Bible-beating loon . . . .

What a steaming pile of bullshit.

[NoMoreRepugs]

69. Overt pandering to the Religious Right.

The minions are working to keep the Deplorable Coalition intact.

[czarjak]

71. "No man knows the hour"...

That includes you Moron Mike. There’s something about hastening it also, idiot.

[Richard D]

72. This video is from 2015

Doesn't make it OK, but it's not new news.

[MineralMan]

82. So what? Do you suppose he has changed his mind?

I think not. This is our Secretary of State, for Jebus' sake!

[Richard D]

85. Of course not.

Just pointing that out for accuracy. Having this clown as secretary of state is awful, though not nearly as awful as the clown in the Oval Office.

[Vinca]

74. Why don't rabid, Bible thumping, rapture-awaiting zealots off themselves? I don't get it.

Their entire life is built around a fervent desire to leave this world and go to their heaven. So leave already.

[Martin Eden]

77. You sure he didn't mean "Rupture"

The bloated orange shitgibbon is bound to explode sooner or later.

[MineralMan]

78. What Fresh Hell Is This?

Jebus!

[RVN VET71]

79. Oh, for chrissakes!

The god damned (seriously) Sec'y of State tells an audience of the deceived that America will fight the enemies of Jesus until God finally destroys the world.

Hah! In other words, he is saying that the Dominionists will not win the war, themselves. Their job is merely to fight 'til the end at which point their "God" will, out of love and compassion, take these ignorant little nose-pickers to Heaven and slaughter the rest of us -- or let His armies of Satan do the slaughtering for Him. That's the plan? Pompeo is telling his audience of duped and ignorant fools that billions of people -- men, women, children -- will die horrifically, but the true believers should be cool with that because, hey, the "good" lord will preserve and save "his" people from the evil that will ensue following this "rapture" thing.

Ignorant, brutal, ugly is the way of their "lord."

But, jesuschrist, this is the Secretary of State of a once-great nation preaching this bullpucky in public, in front of a camera!

The United States is going to have to work extremely hard to wipe out the stain on its history left there by Individual-1 and his "best people."

[sprinkleeninow]

80. Went over to the twitter to read some comments and this one:

[Paraphrased]: They're gonna get to heaven and find out Jesus isn't white.

Good call!

[guillaumeb]

101. What!!!

Not white!!!!

[sprinkleeninow]

102. Not white european caucasian looking with golden locks.

The western 'sacred' art depiction of Hm and His contemporaries were fashioned to appear as or appeal to those who saw Him in that manner at the time of that artistic period. Of course, not historical or factual.

But you already knew that, Mon frère.
Je t'adore. 😘

[dlk]

81. Pompeo is a Tea Party Zealot, Extremist, & Former Congressman from Wichita, Koch Ind. HQ

These facts should have been burning red flags.

[smirkymonkey]

83. This is just getting too bizarre.

Am I living in a nightmare or is this real?

[Blue Owl]

84. A perfectly sane deadline...

[NastyRiffraff]

86. I bet he thinks he'll be "raptured"

because he's so holy. I'm sane so I don't believe in that crap, but if I did I would think Pompeo would be among the LAST people his god would want anywhere near him.

[Laffy Kat]

87. OMG, that is hysterical.

What a laughing stock of an administration.

[Cha]

92. Fucking Brainwashed Gaslit Moron.

[GulfCoast66]

95. He no more believes that bullshit than I do.

And he believes the rubes that believe it are, well, rubes, just like I do.

But like a modern day preacher huckster, he will lie till the cows come home to gain more power.

Like Putin and the revitalized Orthodox Church. Really no different than the deal that royalty in middle age Europe had with the Catholic Church.

[Progressive dog]

99. Unreal

Scum trying to bring on "end times" and actually expects that he will be saved. Sick.

[roamer65]

100. If God raptures a POS like Pompeo, I want to stay on earth.

We really need to start the persecution of these shitbags.

[Demovictory9]

103. more

Link to tweet

[sarcasmo]

104. Flying Spaghetti Monster please rapture these assholes.

[Achilleaze]

106. With satanic determination, they are out to create a self-fulfilling disaster of epic proportions

their fixed, hateful beliefs stand as a roadblock to love, respect, tolerance, understanding, and cooperation.

[Judi Lynn]

107. It's so embarrassing to have the Sec. of State say "The Rapture."

Makes us all sound like inbred Holy Rollers. Snake Handlers.



Is that what drives these fools? Is it that they all hope to get to heaven without having a heart attack, or a lingering illness, or getting hit by a bus, if only the Rapture can get here?

















Why are so many blowing long trumpets? People are going to go deaf.

[Buns_of_Fire]

108. I wouldn't have picked Big Mike to be a Blondie fan but there it is...

...And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and it lands on the ground
And out comes the man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night eating cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subaru
And you don't stop, you keep on eating cars
Then when there's no more cars you go out at night
And eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Toe to toe, don't move too slow
Cause the man from Mars is through with cars
He's eating bars, yeah wall to wall
Door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure, take a tour
Through the sewer, don't strain your brain
Paint a train, you'll be singing in the rain
Said don't stop to the punk rock...

-Rapture, 1981

[Corvo Bianco]

109. This is in the bible that a lot of folk here read and believe in

But it's somehow surprising
One nation under God!