Golden Statue of Trump Is Perfect Metaphor for GOP

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Golden Statue of Trump Is Perfect Metaphor for GOP

February 26, 2021 at 12:30 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 159 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/26/golden-statue-of-trump-is-perfect-metaphor-for-gop/

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Vox: “The Golden Calf is one of the most famous stories in the Old Testament. The Israelites, newly freed from Egyptian slavery, have a crisis of faith while God is speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai. They melt down the golden jewelry to construct a physical god — a statue in the shape of a calf — to worship in place of their abstract, invisible deity. It’s a story about the allure of idolatry, how easy it is to abandon one’s commitments to principle in favor of shiny, easy falsehoods.”

“This biblical tale trended on Twitter in the US Friday morning because of the following video, filmed on the first day of the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference. Someone involved in the conference constructed a golden statue — not of a calf, but of Trump — and wheeled it out to cheers from conference attendees.”

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[Hassler]

1. Golden ass idolatry.

[Salviati]

2. Hey, Moses just yelled at people for worshiping a golden calf...

He didn't say anything about a golden ass!

[leftieNanner]

3. If I were T****, I would be pissed

The statue is hideous! (Not that he isn't........)

But it's short and squat - thoroughly unattractive.

He likes that image of himself as Rocky or Superman.

[Lunabell]

4. Looks like a Bob's Big Boy statue. Lol

[rickyhall]

8. They had good burgers.

[movingviolation]

11. They made a very small comeback in California for a while a couple years back.

A spot in Northridge Ca that used to be a record store (music+, and then a wine store) was later, and is now still currently a big boy.
There is still a 1950's era Bob's big boy restaurant, complete with car hop service, in Toluca Lake near Burbank.
Big boy combo, root-beer float, and hot fudge cake. yummy!

[CanonRay]

12. Mrs Canon used to work at one in Cleveland

[The Blue Flower]

5. A Gilded Swine

These fools have no idea what they're doing to themselves.

[movingviolation]

13. They have lost all sense.

They abide in Trance-like states of white-superiority-hate and greed.

[Croney]

6. Maybe it's a fountain! When do the golden showers start?

[applegrove]

7. LOL!

[Deuxcents]

9. There is no bottom

With this cult. When I saw this, my first thought was these Evangelicals have forgotten their Biblical lessons.

[Yonnie3]

10. My brother sent me a text with an image of the statue

I assumed it was a joke or satire.

I was astounded to learn the truth. I believed the MAGAs were a cult and now I'm proved correct.

[3catwoman3]

14. How could anyone think this is anything...

...but mockery?

Talk about blind worship -

[applegrove]

15. Wait! Is it people trolling Trump? Please say yes.