Republican candidate, Donald trump, is trying to convince the republican voters of his faith. He was seen Saturday making new efforts to show his support within the faith communities. At a press conference he was joined by several dozen Evangelical and African American church leaders. Robert Jeffress, a pastor with the First baptist Dallas in Texas said, "some Evangelical leaders believe that that Christians are abandoning their values if they support trump" but he believes this is too harsh a judgement. With his new support of religious leaders he hopes to gain the support of more Republicans.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/10/trump-reaches-out-to-religious-leaders-tries-to-convince-voters-has-faith/
I don't think that Trump's approach to gain support from religious leaders will gain him support among more Republicans as it easy to see that it was not sincere. He just did it to make himself look better and to get more media coverage which I think the other Republicans will see and make them realize that he does not stand for what they believe in.
ReplyDeleteAny article published about Trump never fails to make me laugh, but an article published by Fox News? Oh please. Trump has been struggling recently, despite the overwhelming support he garnered when he first announced his candidacy. After estranging many groups of voters through his crass statements, he is disliked by many, especially those on the GOP side. The Democrats ironically love him, because he's providing such a bad name to the Republicans. However, Trump's new bid at gaining support from the religious groups may work, or it may not. If he says something senseless to the media, it probably won't. Those Republicans in the rural South especially believe that politics should be directly involved with faith. We'll see how it turns out, because doubtlessly, another article about Trump will be written in the next 48 hours, because the media won''t be able to leave this landmine of crass remarks and foot-in-mouth statements alone. In the meantime, enjoy this video about how the people of Mississippi view politics: http://cawed.co/post/130604948155/white-ppl-m-e-s-s (an excerpt from a documentary by HBO)
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm not sure whether by declaring that he has "faith," he will be able to gain more support from the Republicans, but I find it interesting that "Bishop George Bloomer, from Durham, N.C., suggested Saturday that his connection to Trump and his firebrand campaign rhetoric is “a spiritual thing.”" What I found most confusing is why do evangelical leaders think that Trump is the "leader who will solve problems" and where do their assumptions come from that think that Trump maybe able to be that leader?
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ReplyDeleteJust a friendly reminder - you have to include your opinion on the article in your post. You won't get full credit for just summarizing the article!
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