How Far Can Religious Demonization Against Liberals Take a Republican

Posting of these blogs has been irregular because I've been on a marathon car trip. Now we're back from driving to (Godless) Rhode Island. We saw lots of signs in Ohio featuring God and Trump on the same message. 


Painting Democrats as Godless liberals and Republicans as cross and flag carrying Christian nationalists is a political program that may propel the next politician to be the Republican Party's Presidential candidate. If Trump does not run the door is open for another crazy  feast on Republican primary voters.

Trump appeared at an event very near to us on our trip to Rhode Island. Commenters have been critiquing his performance. They think he has lost his ability to hold a crowd for his 90 plus minutes of grievances. Of course his supporters beg to differ. One of the most telling aspects of this performance was that Fox News did not carry the Trump speech. Pundits made much of this. 

What we are seeing among Republican hopefuls is a doubling down on their religious creds. There is more speechifying than ever, or so it seems, about Christian nationalism. 

As the public in general become less enthusiastic about ritual like attending church or even belonging to a church or identifying with a denomination Republicans are treating it like a growth industry. It's hard to figure out this plan. 

The Trump claim the election "was stolen" needs to have some evidence in order to stay alive. We should recall that Trump kept up a steady drum beat years ago claiming Obama was not a U. S. citizen. A lot of Obama haters believed this. Trump stayed on that message until it did not suit his purposes. His fans had to decide for themselves if Obama was or was not a citizen. Trump was no help. My guess is we can expect that to be the same pattern with the claim of a stolen election. It will not help Trump's perceived level of truthfulness if he is found to have lied on his tax returns.

Nevertheless, demonizing liberals will continue because there are people who do not want to make an honest living.

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