What the hell is wrong with people?

You’d think Christ was a jingoistic, screw you, I’ve got mine, homophobe.

I believe many of my Evangelical friends believe he is.

I am a lucky girl. I have a hand full of courageous liberal friends in my ward and Stake. It helps a ton.

Just musing:

Shouldn’t Christians prioritize helping save people from “shit holes”.

(as much as I dislike and am repulsed by the use of that term in a case like this)

Or they just like the guy. There’s always that.

I am not sure. I agree they think they like him, but what they like is something different than he is. I say that because I have family who are Trump Supporters. Trump comes behind Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Robert Jeffress, etc.

Voters have been trained to see Trump as the fulfillment of the talk radio, and evangelical pastor’s salesmanship (Sarah Palin, too). Trump actually couldn’t care less. His ego just needed to be President. He found a group that he could sell oil to and it worked.

The voters can’t see that.

Off my soapbox now.

I’m a bit surprised at the alleged support among members as well. Like Mom, I live in a more liberal state albeit with a higher population and fewer Mormons. I honestly only know one member in my ward who is really a Trump supporter and some even openly admit they are registered Democrats. I count myself lucky to be in a ward where political talk is minimal. The same can’t be said for some of the wards I visit.

That said, I live in a very red part of my blue state (in reality only NYC and Ithaca – which is part of my stake – are true blue). Most city folk would probably consider my neighbors (and probably me) rednecks. You know what I hear on the street? “Hell yeah, Trump’s sayin’ like it is. Why the hell are we takin’ people from those shitholes? They’re just taking our jobs or gettin’ welfare.” These types of people are his base, and they’re the ones who don’t regret voting for him. My theory is that CNN actually got Trump elected because every stupid word he said while campaigning and every stupid thing he says (or Tweets) now is all over CNN all day – and the people at the doughnut shop are eating it all up and agreeing with every word he says.

Frankly, I think they polled intentionally to include Mormons, which probably meant they focused on an area where they knew they would get Mormons: Utah.

I also think I think they probably polled an older sampling, in general, which would have skewed the results significantly.

Finally, they probably divided up the pool of potential Mormons into rural and urban areas (for “diversity”), but that ended up meaning they over-polled rural Mormons in Utah – and those are exactly the Mormons who would be most likely to approve of him and his performance, not because they are Mormon but because they are relatively poorer, relatively less-educated, relatively older, white, rural voters.

I grew up in that sort of area, and MANY of my friends never left it. The large majority of them are hardcore Republicans, while the large majority of my friends who left the area (even only for a few years before returning) are not hardcore Republicans.

I might be completely wrong in those assumptions, but I know enough about national polling to think it probably is accurate.

I find comfort in telling myself that 1) He will likely only be a one term president 2) This country has survived bad and even corrupt presidents before 3) much of what he has done has been through presidential order that can be reversed by the next president 4) I believe that Mr. Trump will grow very wealthy – however lots of people make money through cheating the system. It is not fair but it is nothing new.

In short, this too shall pass.