Message for Evangelical Voters
Everyone seems to have written off the evangelicals as a lost cause. We hear from many directions that they regard Trump as chosen by God to lead the country from infamy to some kind of evangelical paradise. That’s despite a personal history that is anything but Godly.
However personal history is not the issue. The message to the evangelicals has got to be something much more to the point. Despite the rhetoric, the fact is that Trump is NOT THEIR GUY. He’s a con man doing what he’s has always done: make money off people who have the misfortune to trust him. He and his hacks are the ones telling them he’s chosen by God. He’s not leading them to paradise. He has grabbed hold of an issue that means nothing to him, so that he can pick their pockets and run the country for himself and his ilk.
Yes he’s delivered on abortion. No money in that. What is money is tax breaks to big business donors and Trump himself. He did that last time, and he has said he is going to do it again. Already last time the massive tax cuts in good times went mostly to Wall Street and left the country with a record increase in debt. Further custs would be felt in medical care costs, education costs, the environment, and Social Security. There won’t be any “winning for his people”.
He has also said that he is opposed to democracy and is going to rule accordingly. For evangelicals that does NOT mean he is going to run the country for you. It means that he is going to run the country for HIM, and there won’t be a single thing you can do about it.
This will not be the idealized American past of peace, friendship, and family values. It will be an unChristian paradise where anything goes for the rich and powerful, with nothing for the well-being of anyone else. Unafordable healthcare, no labor or environmental protections, no future for anyone’s children outside the rich.
Trump is NOT the unGodly warrior for Christ. He has always been a con man, and God is his latest con. In all his bankruptcies Trump sucked out money for himself and screwed the contractors and vendors who trusted him. The worst disasters are stories too good to be true.
You have issues with Biden, but he is not threatening your practice of religion or anything else about how you live. And he regards himself as President responsible for the well-being of the whole country, including you. If you check you will find that much of what he has proposed is in fact relevant to you. There is also no threat to your continued voice in the running of the country.
Trump is offering a kind of theological dictatorship. That’s thrilling, but it’s only his foot in the door. After that there’s the lesson repeated over and over in history: enemies of democracy are no one’s friend.
Originally published at http://ontheoutside.blog on March 30, 2024.
