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| Elizabeth Dias |
They walked to the sanctuary in the frozen silence before dawn, footsteps crunching over the snow. Soon, hundreds joined in line. It was January 2016, and the unlikely Republican front-runner, Donald J. Trump, had come to town.
He was the boastful, thrice-married, foul-mouthed star of “The Apprentice.” They were one of the most conservative Christian communities in the nation, with 19 churches in a town of about 7,500 people.
Many were skeptical, and came to witness the spectacle for themselves. A handful stood in silent protest ...
... The 67-minute speech Mr. Trump gave that day at Dordt University, a Christian college in Sioux Center, would become infamous ...
But the line that gained notoriety — the promise that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and “wouldn’t lose any voters” — overshadowed another message that morning.
“I will tell you, Christianity is under tremendous siege, whether we want to talk about it or we don’t want to talk about it ... Christianity will have power.”
“I will tell you, Christianity is under tremendous siege, whether we want to talk about it or we don’t want to talk about it ... Christianity will have power.”
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When Trump says that "Christianity Will Have Power" he means thaT White Christian nationlsim will haave ower.
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Make no mistake, havinf been gived the go-aheade by the Supreme Court's eviscderation of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, Republicnss at state and county level nhave been usinhg all the tricks in the voter suppression playbook from gefrrymandering of districts to requersts for multiple ID documents to prove voter entitlement to dissuading early voting or postal voting by Africn-Amereicans and Latinos wnho have difficiulty voting on Election Day due to work commitmdents.
For all of these reasons, I fear it may be still all to play for these nextnine days.