For reference: List of Trump supporters to make sure I don't support
Found myself wishing there was a list somewhere of all the alleged evangelicals and alleged conservatives who are supporting Donald Trump, so I can make I do not support them.
The mess we are in due the failure of supposedly conservative leaders is inexcusable. The contribution of supposedly evangelical leaders is disgraceful.
I’ll probably still go to the polls and vote just to make sure I don’t cast a single vote that helps anyone who is defending Trump.
If you can add to the list, that would be much appreciated.
To get started:
Still Defending Trump as of 10/10
- Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition (https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/prominent-evangelicals-still-backing…)
- Tony Perkins of Family Research Council (https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/prominent-evangelicals-still-backing…)
- Shawn Hannity of… Shawn Hannity (http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/10/07/hannity-gina-louden-defends-tr…)
- Jeff Sessions, Republican Senator from Alabama (http://tws.io/2dFoDmx)
Backed Trump but has—too late—seen the light:
- 2 views
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/10/10/jerry-f…
To some degree supporters can be identified by elimination. A piece in the Atlantic yesterday claims to list Republicans who don’t/no longer support Trump. But it also has quite a bit of history of backers.
Seems to be a bit out of date though, because it still has Fiorina as a Trump supporter. I suspect several of those below have quietly or not so quietly withdrawn support.
(http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/where-republicans-s…)
Supporters …. probably
Bob Dole
Trent Lott
John Boehner
Dick Cheney
Reince Priebus
Mike Huckabee
Rick Perry
Bobby Jindahl
Ben Carson
Rock Santorum
Herman Cain
Mitch McConnell
I’m afraid Paul Ryan still seems to be trying to have it both ways…
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In the Evangelicals Who Should Know Better column.
Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church of Dallas
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/2016-presidential-election/2016/10/10/da…
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Mark A Smith
Too many Christians can’t even see the obvious disaster of Hillary and her potential administration. They wring hands over the vulgarity of Trump, while ignoring Hillary’s sins.
Unfit for office is unfit for office. For conservatives, moderates—and relatively honest liberals even—Hillary’s sins are obvious. Trumps are obvious as well, but he’s supposed to be “our guy.” He’s supposed to be “better.” He is not. Hillary is consistent with what the left believes in. The alternative candidate, “our guy,” is supposed to be consistent with conservatism. He is not. The right should have never allowed him to even become a serious contender, much less nominate him. They did.
Hillary is irrelevant to the future of conservative principle and practice. “Our guy” is not.
I could go on, but this stuff is so obvious.
Some names to add to the Evangelicals Who Should Know Better:
Eric Metaxis http://www.christiantoday.com/article/trump.can.still.count.on.evangeli…
Jerry Falwell, Jr. http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/10/13/jerry-falwell-jr-vote-for…
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Yes, I know whose website this is from (and I’m no fan of hers…):
http://wutbju.tumblr.com/post/148316262080/steve-pettit-your-endorsement-of-donald-trump
Assuming this is an image of a real tweet, was this an endorsement, or an (ill-advised) endorsement of Grudem’s endorsement? Either way, what’s the difference?
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You are right, unfit for office is unfit for office.
IMHO opinion, in any normal evaluation, Hillary and Donald are both unfit for office. The problem is, in reality one of them WILL BE president.
Your vote is a choice between those two.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
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