An eye-opening, troubling op-ed by the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin; and I'm sure the book she bases it on is much more of that.
How white supremacy infected Christianity and the Republican Party
Just two quotes to spur my tiny readership to click the link:1.
"Most tellingly, Trump’s ascendancy has snuffed out the White Christian character and virtue industry, at least as these ideals apply to our political leaders. One jaw-dropping statistic: In 2011, only 3 in 10 White evangelicals said that it was possible for a political leader to commit immoral acts in his or her private life and still be able to fulfill their duties in their public life; by 2016, with Trump at the top of the ticket, 72 percent of White evangelicals had decided this was no longer a problem."
2.
"The one enduring, animating issue that fueled white flight from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party has been civil rights for African Americans. This was the issue that originally pulled Jerry Falwell Sr. out from behind the pulpit and into organizing the Christian right political movement. This white-supremacist undercurrent, tied to White Christian identity, is the key to understanding our current political polarization and the transformation of our two political parties over the last few decades."
Maybe, just maybe, this November will turn the country in a new direction, because the direction that Trump has been steering us is the wrong road to take.
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