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More court evangelical responses to the first presidential debate

John Fea   |  September 30, 2020

See my earlier post here. Here is the latest:

For reasons that are unclear to me, James Robison felt moved to tweet the First Amendment during the debate:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble & to petition government for a redress of grievances. 1st Amendment

— James Robison (@revjamesrobison) September 30, 2020

James Dobson on his Facebook page: “Consider this as you watch tonight’s debate.” The “this” is this.

Jack Graham spoke at an event sponsored by Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition. Does this mean that last night Trump was fighting a battle for the Lord?

"God raised up this man to fight some battles for us: The Supreme Court, the sanctity of life, and our religious freedom. @realDonaldTrump has done this, and there's more to come." – @jackngraham, Pastor of @Prestonwood at #RTM2020

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) September 30, 2020

Graham said these words at a Faith and Freedom event that included Mike Pence:

Thank you @ralphreed and thank you @FaithandFreedom! We’re 34 days away from a great victory for Faith, Family, and Freedom all across America! ?? pic.twitter.com/gE5KC4AkJR

— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) September 30, 2020

"I leave here today with renewed confidence that if we work like it depends all on us and pray like it depends all on God, we're going to make America more prosperous than ever before. With God's grace, we're going to make America great again. Again!" –@VP @Mike_Pence #RTM2020 pic.twitter.com/x26ODP50aJ

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) September 30, 2020

"For all he's done for faith and freedom, we need four more years of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump in the White House!" –@VP @Mike_Pence at #RTM2020

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) September 30, 2020

“Whether America remains America.” What does this mean?:

“I think the choice in this election is whether America remains America. The stakes have never been higher.” –@VP @Mike_Pence at #RTM2020

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) September 30, 2020

On the day after the debate, Pence is standing alongside Trump. Of course he is:

"I couldn't be more proud to serve alongside @POTUS @realDonaldTrump who stands without apology for human lives." – @VP @Mike_Pence at #rtm2020 pic.twitter.com/D45TJPrD2D

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) September 30, 2020

Biden does not want to defund the police. But if the lie works, why not keep suggested that he will:

"The women and men of law enforcement are some of the best people in this country. @realDonaldTrump and I are going to back the blue. And we're not going to defund the police– not now, not ever." – @VP @Mike_Pence at #RTM2020 pic.twitter.com/OlP2lZyogV

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) September 30, 2020

Actually, I think you can work for criminal justice reform and still be a racist. Last night is a perfect example.

"President Trump is not a racist. He has been branded as a racist, but what he’s done is criminal justice reform. He has created opportunity zones bringing jobs back to the hood. I know he’s not a racist, because racists don’t do that." –@BishopHarry at #RTM2020 pic.twitter.com/V5uSP1dX44

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) September 30, 2020

Yes Jentezen, it just may be the most important election of our lifetime:

"I’ve come today to beg the body of Christ that this election is the most important of our lifetime. I’m begging on behalf of this nation and our children’s children, to vote." – Pastor of Free Chapel @Jentezen at #RTM2020 pic.twitter.com/XB8AxG80vi

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) September 30, 2020

John Hagee is ready for the fight:

We must unite to preserve our form of government and our way of life. We must understand exactly what is at stake when we step into a voting booth. We will only have as much freedom as we are willing to fight for. We must unite and we must fight, because our future depends on it.

— Pastor John Hagee (@PastorJohnHagee) October 1, 2020

Gary “Character is Destiny” Bauer had a long statement on his Facebook page. Here it is:

I’m not at all surprised that the president was a little “hot” last night. I suspect that any of us would be eager to defend ourselves and set the record straight if we had been subjected to similar treatment. We would also be furious over what had been done to us.

My friends, don’t forget what President Trump has had to endure the last four years.

Many leftists refused to accept the results of the 2016 election.

The “resistance” rioted during his inauguration.

The Deep State spied on his campaign and undermined his presidency.

His friends and supporters have suffered all kinds of harassment, investigations and prosecutions.

Democrats impeached him over a phone call, and they are threatening to impeach him again.

The left has viciously smeared him time and again. (More on that below.)

Anyone so upset about the president’s style that they are thinking about not voting or voting third party needs to seriously think about whether their frustration with Trump outweighs their love for our country and our values.

Joe Biden is no moderate. And you don’t have to take my word for it. He is running on a platform written by Bernie Sanders and well to the left of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Quick response:

  1. Whatever Trump has had to “endure” was of his own making.
  2. Bauer seems to be supporting Trump’s claim that he will not accept the election results if he loses.
  3. The Deep State is a useful conspiracy theory for people like Bauer.
  4. Trump did nothing wrong with his “perfect call” to the Ukraine
  5. Joe Biden is not a socialist or a man of the left and he made that clear multiple times last night in the debate.
  6. Nothing here about Trump’s refusal to condemn white supremacy.

This is a perfect example of how the Christian Right uses Twitter to spread misleading information without any larger context. This is why contextual thinking is absolutely essential if we want to restore democracy. Social media is destroying us and Charlie Kirk is contributing to this.

Facts:

Chris Wallace interrupted Donald Trump 76 times last night.

He only interrupted Joe Biden 15 times.

Trump shouldn’t have to debate two opponents at once, but he did—and he STILL won.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 30, 2020

Jenna Ellis loves Rudy:

.@RudyGiuliani: “On that debate last night: Trump first, Wallace second, and Biden is still trying to catch up.”

??

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) October 1, 2020

Unlike other conservatives, Jenna just can’t admit Trump blew it. Nope, this evangelical Christian and fellow at the Liberty University Falkirk Center is defending Trump:

People are missing that when Wallace asked if Trump would condemn white supremacists HE SPECIFICALLY ASKED Trump to tell them to “stand down.”

Trump said “sure” 3x and then used Wallace’s OWN WORDS to tell Proud Boys to “stand down.”

WATCH THE CLIP ⬇️pic.twitter.com/E8wRrpJaDX

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) September 30, 2020

She also retweeted Trump’s racist tweet about blacks coming into the suburbs:

Biden REFUSED to use the term, LAW & ORDER! There go the Suburbs.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2020

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Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: #ageoftrump, Charlie Kirk, Christian Right, court evangelicals, democracy, Donald Trump, evangelicals and politics, Falkirk Center (Liberty University), Gary Bauer, Jack Graham, James Robison, Joe Biden, John Hagee, Joseph Ellis

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