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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry if this has been answered already! But why do you think this photo of Trump with the bible in front of the church seems to have made such an impression? It seems to be a sort of tipping point even for Trump supporters. Why is that?[/quote]

Christian, but not a Trump supporter, so I'm inferring a bit from my reading of people more conservative than myself, but I think it was so transparently a photo op with no content at all. He didn't mention God, he didn't pray, or even reference any vaguely religious talking points. He didn't tour the church, he didn't mention the fire, he didn't talk to the rector. He held the Bible in a profoundly weird way (one conservative guy I usually clash with on a religious forum said it looked like "he'd never held a book before"). It wasn't even as much substance as the usual red meat to this religious base (my gloss, not theirs). Add in the fact that he pushed aside a peaceful protest to do it? It's hard to justify. There's plenty of moderate conservatives who care about order who'll excuse police using force against protests when they're threatening order, but the video makes it obvious that wasn't happening. Moving against them for such a trivial reason makes it something of a tipping point.[/quote]

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