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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTo all the Catholics and MAGA "Christians" upset with Trump right now:
A MEME upset you?
Not Trump's having 5 kids with 3 different wives, paying off a porn star, conviction of sexual assault, stealing from numerous charities; not inciting violence to overthrow the government, numerous Epstein connections, or having an ICE Goon squads murdering peaceful protestors on the streets of America, but a Meme?
Right...
Irish_Dem
(81,688 posts)documents didn't bother them. Now they are upset at a cartoon he posted.
BlueKota
(5,404 posts)The mem was just the latest in a long line of disgusting immoral acts. It's also more than just a mem. It makes the fact that he's so narcissistic and demented that he sees himself as Jesus, perfectly clear, and this deranged being in charge of this country .
malaise
(296,726 posts)If you had done all the vile things he did from childhood to today and still managed to be president twice, wouldnt you think youre gawd?
Blame the assholes and the system that facilitated his rise to power.
Just not good people.
hamsterjill
(17,640 posts)Many of us have spoken out about him since he first came on the political scene, and have also been astonished at the way some people have followed and defended him under the guise of their religion.
We have been witness to an escalation in his demented acts, and this meme is (as you said) the latest in a long line. In my belief, it is complete and utter blasphemy. Taking it down or trying to explain it away did not erase the fact that he felt confident enough and egotistical enough to put it up in the first place. That is what the real issue is.
Shame on him and anyone who makes excuses for him doing this.
AZ8theist
(7,435 posts)He lied, of course, trying to sane-wash his vile behaviour by claiming he was portraying a "doctor".
Because ALL "doctors" dress like this:

Latest sneak preview of the hit show "The Pitt" !!!!
OC375
(1,066 posts)Now, lets get to work.
purr-rat beauty
(1,284 posts)....money taken away for child cancer research didn't disgust you?
AIDS meds?
FOOD?
Helping the Homeless?
Religion has failed.
efhmc
(16,780 posts)FakeNoose
(41,870 posts)It's just that it's a great way to play the MAGA-cult because it rings all of their bells. To put it another way, it's another one of Chump's dog whistles, and he has so many that he gets confused.
Are American Catholics really that stupid? REALLY?
BlueKota
(5,404 posts)Mariana
(15,629 posts)59% of Catholic voters in the US cast their ballots for Trump in 2024, according to the exit polls.
Wonder Why
(7,118 posts)or against a candidate because of one issue, independent of whatever else the candidate does or says and even if those things go against everything they believe in.
For those Catholics, the issue was, and is, abortion.
If Adolf announced he was returning to take over, he would lose but if he also said, he was against abortion, those Catholics would vote for him, provided his opponent held the opposite view.
OhioBack2Blue
(141 posts)...and like every other issue, when and if you can have a calm rational discussion that fills in the whole picture, they realize they actually want privacy between a doctor and patient and support abortion for reproductive emergencies, reproductive unsustainability, incest and rape!
I asked one Catholic woman voter about why in the heck did she vote for Chump when she knows all this. She said, she believed all the propaganda from the other side.
Zackzzzz
(373 posts)You a're not marrying the candidate.
lindysalsagal
(22,957 posts)even easier to believe in.
Gullible is gullible.
Wonder Why
(7,118 posts)believe but how you act. Biden believes in that same "stone-age invisible god" as you call it, but his acts show he thinks about what is right and wrong.
BlueKota
(5,404 posts)Not every person of a race, creed, sex, or nation is a carbon copy of the others. Stereotyping is part of why we are in the mess we are in. Not every Catholic or person of faith is a tsf supporter or one issue voter. Just like not all citizens of the U.S. voted for tsf.
calimary
(90,271 posts)NEVER found anything appealing about him.
I still dont quite understand what anybody ever saw in him.
keep_left
(3,213 posts)...created by reactionary Catholic billionaires (Tom Monaghan et al.), e.g. EWTN, Relevant Radio, Ave Maria Radio/Ave Maria anything, National Catholic Register (not to be confused with the National Catholic Reporter). Those media organizations push hard-line reactionary "thought" 24/7, and appeal to the paranoid, brittle psychology of those who wish to "escape from freedom" and become slaves to a theocracy.
https://democraticunderground.com/100221163255#post57
JoseBalow
(9,558 posts)blue_jay
(274 posts)And therefore, wondered how many ex-Catholics there are in total so l checked (it might be 13% of adult US but that was an AI search) and they don't track how the ex-religious people vote.
Your question got me thinking though so I also searched on how all the other religious voters voted and found this.
https://prri.org/spotlight/religion-and-the-2024-presidential-election/
Wednesdays
(22,771 posts)Not stupid, but misinformed. Glued to Fox News.
BlueKota
(5,404 posts)The stereotyping pile on is going a little too far these past few days.
Moostache
(11,220 posts)There are more than one root cause for the abomination that is Trump.
Religion failed, but it was joined by the traditional press, the media/TV outlets, the entirety of the GOP, Congress abdicating its role, and many more entities.
In short, we are in this mess because of the systemic failure of our entire government and can't get back to level without a MASSIVE correction and shift. We have one last chance in November to mimic the Hungary election results and stop this insanity.
Bluetus
(2,921 posts)"I am the Lord thy God. Thou shall not have strange gods before Me."
But we hear nothing about:
* Thou shall not kill.
* Thou shall not commit adultery.
* Thou shall not steal.
* Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
* Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife.
* Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's goods.
malaise
(296,726 posts)That is all
BlueKota
(5,404 posts)He's broken all ten.
dalton99a
(94,554 posts)

AllaN01Bear
(29,634 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,522 posts)But I've actually been upset at Trump even before he went down the Golden Escalator in 2015.
So that's the status quo.
BlueKota
(5,404 posts)I remember thinking what a self aggrandizing man child, he was when he lost out on buying the Buffalo Bills in 2014.
Towlie
(5,578 posts)Martin68
(27,854 posts)WestMichRad
(3,302 posts)Hes such a solid, trustworthy character otherwise
BlueWavePsych
(3,374 posts)
TexLaProgressive
(12,746 posts)I recognized him as a con man when he first got into national news with some interview a long long time ago.
I am numb, I must admit, to the things he does. It doesnt increase my outrage. That limit was reached the 1st time he ran for president.
anamnua
(1,518 posts)the answer is his anti-Catholic comments AND all of the above my Catholic moral formation being an important factor here.
kerry-is-my-prez
(10,300 posts)And despite all the disgusting thing he said on that tape all these Christians adored him and followed him like he was the new Jesus. There was no logical explanation on how these Christians were so enamored by him.
GopherGal
(2,921 posts)And I don't think that's as huge of a leap asI would like it to be.
B.See
(8,580 posts)long before this.
...just sayin.
Chasstev365
(7,907 posts)BigmanPigman
(55,293 posts)MW67
(195 posts)They are the symbol minded among us