Do you think that all these affairs and pay-offs will topple the President?

[Anonymous]

I think Evangelicals have shown that this is not about morality. It's about nationalism. I'm a Christian, and find this disturbing. Jesus Christ didn't each nationalism. It's basically bigotry wrapped up in Christian Nationalism.

To measure Christian nationalism we combined responses to six separate questions that ask whether respondents agree or disagree with these statements:

“The federal government should declare the United States a Christian nation”
“The federal government should advocate Christian values”
“The federal government should enforce strict separation of church and state” (reverse coded) [I find this one confusing since these folks seem to want church and state to be connected]
“The federal government should allow the display of religious symbols in public spaces”
“The success of the United States is part of God’s plan”
“The federal government should allow prayer in public schools”

We also examined many other common explanations of support for Trump, including economic dissatisfaction, an index of attitudes on gender, an index of anti-black prejudice, a measure of respondents’ attitudes toward illegal immigrants and an index of views toward Muslims.

Hence many white Christians believe Trump may be an effective instrument in God’s plan for America, even if he is not particularly religious himself [and don't follow any of Christ's teachings himself].

In the upcoming midterm elections, Trump and other politicians will keep emphasizing Christian nationalism. After all, it works.

White Christian America is unquestionably in demographic decline. But one of its primary cultural creations — Christian nationalism — will continue influencing U.S. politics and society for decades to come, particularly in response to waning demographic and social dominance. It’s a worldview that can’t be undermined, even by porn stars and Playboy models.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/26/despite-porn-stars-and-playboy-models-white-evangelicals-arent-rejecting-trump-this-is-why/?utm_term=.a7a437eaa9d0

[Anonymous]

1932 law. This won't end well for Trump.

https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/978409649589374978

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So one woman was apparently paid in an illegal way.

The rest fits the narrative that:
1. Trump is the disgusting man we knew he was, for those who don't like affairs.
2. Trump is the macho man who makes conquests, for all the pathetic people who are titillated by this.

Could any of this shorten the presidency? Honestly, I don't know think so.

Only if he does it as President in the Oval Office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Evangelicals have shown that this is not about morality. It's about nationalism. I'm a Christian, and find this disturbing. Jesus Christ didn't each nationalism. It's basically bigotry wrapped up in Christian Nationalism.

Jesus didn’t teach nationalism? You did not say this. Just no.

Democrats are the ones trying to beat all Republicans - Christian or not - with the cross while screaming, “victim” when we rhetorically defend our positions.

Regroup.

[Anonymous]

Eh. Clinton was much worse - sexual assaults as well as pay-offs - and liberals said it was just about sex and didn't matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Clinton was much worse - sexual assaults as well as pay-offs - and liberals said it was just about sex and didn't matter.

Trump has assaults, payoffs and underage sex. Plus money laundering and business fraud.

Whataboutsim fail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Clinton was much worse - sexual assaults as well as pay-offs - and liberals said it was just about sex and didn't matter.

Lot's of allegations, no proof of any of that after an extensive four year investigation. For Trump, we have him bragging about sexual assault, a dozen women claiming they were assaulted and Trump's attorney admitting he made a payoff to protect Trump, which could be an illegal campaign contribution. Also we have a contract that Trump claims he was not a party to, nonetheless he joined a lawsuit to enforce it. Plus we have really weird and disgusting behavior like comparing porn stars to his own daughter.

The only thing liberals admitted to was infidelity. Once it was proven he was in fact unfaithful, they never defended it, they just said it wasn't illegal. You can contrast that with Trump's defenders, who give him "mulligans" for everything he does.

[Anonymous]

Lets be real. The "Christians" who are supporting Trump are simply pseudo Christians, with NO morals. That includes Falwell and Graham, whose fathers would be embarrassed by their sons. Hard to have any respect for the "Christian" right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Evangelicals have shown that this is not about morality. It's about nationalism. I'm a Christian, and find this disturbing. Jesus Christ didn't each nationalism. It's basically bigotry wrapped up in Christian Nationalism.

To measure Christian nationalism we combined responses to six separate questions that ask whether respondents agree or disagree with these statements:

“The federal government should declare the United States a Christian nation”
“The federal government should advocate Christian values”
“The federal government should enforce strict separation of church and state” (reverse coded) [I find this one confusing since these folks seem to want church and state to be connected]
“The federal government should allow the display of religious symbols in public spaces”
“The success of the United States is part of God’s plan”
“The federal government should allow prayer in public schools”

We also examined many other common explanations of support for Trump, including economic dissatisfaction, an index of attitudes on gender, an index of anti-black prejudice, a measure of respondents’ attitudes toward illegal immigrants and an index of views toward Muslims.

Hence many white Christians believe Trump may be an effective instrument in God’s plan for America, even if he is not particularly religious himself [and don't follow any of Christ's teachings himself].

In the upcoming midterm elections, Trump and other politicians will keep emphasizing Christian nationalism. After all, it works.

White Christian America is unquestionably in demographic decline. But one of its primary cultural creations — Christian nationalism — will continue influencing U.S. politics and society for decades to come, particularly in response to waning demographic and social dominance. It’s a worldview that can’t be undermined, even by porn stars and Playboy models.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/26/despite-porn-stars-and-playboy-models-white-evangelicals-arent-rejecting-trump-this-is-why/?utm_term=.a7a437eaa9d0

I'm guessing the respondents answered these questions on a Likert scale where 1 = Strongly Disagree and 5 = Strongly Agree (or something similar). Reverse coding means that a 1 on that question is treated the same as a 5 on the other questions. Reverse coding is a way to measure the internal validity of a questionnaire (i.e., how consistent each respondent is being in their answers).

This is pretty interesting. As a Catholic from the Northeast I just can't understand this mentality at all. It is certainly not the version of Christianity I was raised with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Clinton was much worse - sexual assaults as well as pay-offs - and liberals said it was just about sex and didn't matter.

And Clinton was tried in Congress and almost impeached. So there's that.
And, he didn't collude with a foreign power to win the election. So there's that too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Clinton was much worse - sexual assaults as well as pay-offs - and liberals said it was just about sex and didn't matter.

And Clinton was tried in Congress and almost impeached. So there's that.
And, he didn't collude with a foreign power to win the election. So there's that too.

Clinton was almost impeached.
Trump hasn’t colluded with anyone except voters to win the presidency. So there’s that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lets be real. The "Christians" who are supporting Trump are simply pseudo Christians, with NO morals. That includes Falwell and Graham, whose fathers would be embarrassed by their sons. Hard to have any respect for the "Christian" right.

Party over piety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Clinton was much worse - sexual assaults as well as pay-offs - and liberals said it was just about sex and didn't matter.

And Clinton was tried in Congress and almost impeached. So there's that.
And, he didn't collude with a foreign power to win the election. So there's that too.

Clinton was almost impeached.
Trump hasn’t colluded with anyone except voters to win the presidency. So there’s that.

Trump's team did, and Trump is still in denial about it. So, there's that.