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"Last week, Donald Trump promised a Christian audience that if they voted for
him in 2024, they wouldn’t have to vote again in four years.
Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it
anymore. … You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to
vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.
Democrats pounced on this as evidence of Trump’s dictatorial ambitions. But not
all conservative Christians were thrilled about it, either.
David Lane, who leads an organisation dedicated to getting Christian leaders
elected, fretted that Trump’s comments could discourage Christians from voting
in the future.
“Evangelicals in 2028, 2032, and 2036 must raise their civics game to a new
level if America is to return to the Judeo-Christian heritage and
Biblical-based culture laid out by the founders”, Lane told the
Washington
Post.
Was Trump really promising dictatorship? Or claiming there would be no need for
Christians to vote in future elections? Or was he just repeating a joke he made
a week earlier, based on his (wildly inaccurate) belief that conservative
Christians are reluctant voters?
Even jokes can be revealing, especially when it comes to the relationship
between Trump and his supporters. Trump was not saying he would end elections,
but he was being coyly apocalyptic about what Christians could expect from this
one."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
