Trump gets heros welcome at Christian summit

[left-of-center2012]

President Trump received a rock star reception at a gathering of religious conservatives in Washington, D.C. on Friday, where he vowed to protect Christian values and be an anti-abortion champion for the right.

Trump received multiple standing ovations as the first-ever sitting president to address the Values Voter Summit, a yearly gathering of social conservatives at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington. The summit was standing room only while the president spoke, the room packed to the gills with cheering conservatives snapping photos of the president.

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The president brought the crowd to its feet as he dipped into the culture wars and blamed “politically correct” liberals of warring against American traditions, like the celebration of Christmas.

“We’re saying Merry Christmas again,” Trump said.

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The room also exploded with excitement when Trump mentioned his respect for the American flag. The president has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with NFL players who have been kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial inequality and police brutality.

read more at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355314-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-christian-summit

[C_U_L8R]

1. Religious, my ass

Money is their god and hate is their gospel. Fuckers.

[bdamomma]

2. oh oh,

he is placing blame on the liberals, look at yourself you sick fuck. More division huh Mr Rump, no wonder you are not saying anything about California. He is a despicable man.

Blame everyone but yourself huh you fake POS!!!

read or watch this from Democracy Now with David Cay Johnston.

https://www.democracynow.org/2016/8/10/donald_doesnt_know_anything_author_david

Read this passage:
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON: I did not appreciate, until I worked on the book, that while Donald holds himself out as a devout Christian—”No one reads the Bible more than me”—while he has all these pastors embracing him as a good Christian man, Donald aggressively, thoroughly and at great length, in many forums, denounces Christianity. His personal motto is “always get revenge,” whereas the message of Jesus Christ was “turn the other cheek.” And these ministers, some of whom I’ve written to and haven’t—they haven’t responded at all—continue to embrace him. And I find it very troubling. Donald has beguiled them with flattery. If they continue, now that my book is out, if they know about it, to do this, they are then deceiving their flocks, and that’s evil. But Donald himself doesn’t care about these things. He will tell you any lie. He can’t quote a single line from the Bible. Not one. And yet he says, “No one reads the Bible more than Donald Trump.” If you ask him, “Well, what do you like in the Bible?” “Oh, there’s so many. There’s so many. I just—there are so many, I can’t choose.”

[spanone]

12. mr. johnston, the 'ministers' are hucksters just like trump....grifters.

[get the red out]

3. Evil, wretched, hate-filled people

Easy to see why Trump is their "savior".

[Girard442]

4. Fortunately, history tells us that leaders who obsess over flags, ceremony & adulation never go bad.

[Doodley]

5. Christian values: take healthcare from the poor and "grab them by the p**sy."

[MineralMan]

6. That is not a Christian Summit at all.

It is a right wing dominionist summit. It is Christian in name only, but has nothing to do with Christianity. It is a purely political gathering. Period.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. VALUES VOTER SUMMIT: WHOSE VALUES?

The Family Research Council (FRC) is hosting its annual Values Voter Summit Oct. 13-15, a rogues' gallery of the radical right, this year keynoted by President Trump himself.

The FRC is an organization that has relentlessly vilified LGBT people – portraying them as sick, vile, incestuous, violent, perverted, and a danger to children and the nation. Because of its demonizing lies about the LGBT community, it has been named as a hate group by the SPLC.

https://www.splcenter.org/values-voter-summit-whose-values

I don't mean to shout. Thread title was all caps at link.

[CatMor]

8. He's back with....

saying Merry Christmas again. I'm a atheist and I always say Merry Christmas. Also, I was under the impression that Christians always went to church. When does that idiot ever see the inside of a church.

[spanone]

9. they cheered when he said he was taking their healthcare away....they are sooo christian

[Turbineguy]

10. Pathetic really,

to be that desperate for no reason.

[ck4829]

11. I'm not very religious, but I'm not irreligious...

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I believe very strongly that there is a genuine mystical, spiritual element to our reality. And then I see these charlatans who turn religion into a machine that is about supporting the dominant narrative and "give me some money or else God will call me up to Heaven", and I honestly think they are destroying our link to that element; turning supporters into sheep and opponents into cynics.

Cold hard profits and prophets of that status quo - Now we see why they see Trump as a hero.