JD Vance Tells Christian Activists "They Will Still Have a Seat at the Table"


I can see already; JD Vance does not understand right wing Christians. He told them they will have a "seat at the table" in a Trump Administration. Right wing Christians and Forced Birthers do not want one seat at the table, they want all the seats at the table. Anyone else who gets one needs to leave the room. Right now they are angry the Republican Platform does not conform precisely their views of a government enforcing the only correct religious dogma. 

Trump and Vance have wisely avoided the concept of a nation-wide ban on all abortions. They know they will be defeated and so will most Republicans who go after this. The Republican Platform does not call gay marriage a sin with punishment in hell as right-wing Christians insist is the case. If Vance says right wing Christians have a "seat at the table," he is referring to the table in the adjoining room. There is no place for them in successful politics.

Why on earth would the right-wing religious operatives think they are in the driver's seat of the Republican Party or any other party? Their numbers are declining rapidly. Their influence must inevitably follow the number of votes they can deliver. The seven times abortion has been on state ballots have resulted in seven losses. But the losers think they deserve "a seat at the table." They don't. If they had won half, or even one, of these ballots they might represent something worth listening to.

One constant trait of Forced Birth and the religious right is they overestimate their influence and importance. They are successful in some things, like getting Vance to at least say they will have a seat at the table even when he did not mean it. But as a driving force for getting important things done they are in decline. 

The road ahead will have bumps for liberal policies. U.S. history has nearly always moved aside loss of rights and provided rights. The right has always resisted but nearly always lost.

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