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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOMG. Just watched Elise Stefanik on CNN.
This Catholic "lifelong sister in faith" is very disappointed with the Pope and wants him to stay out of Trump's business. They actually voted for this in NY? Hey Elise, Trump's cheeto encrusted ass needs another tongue bath.
magicarpet
(18,785 posts)OGBuzz
(395 posts)on the WH lawn Elise would have his back.
Ocelot II
(130,802 posts)Vance just told the Pope he should be "more careful about theology."
OGBuzz
(395 posts)about becoming a Catholic.
niyad
(132,978 posts)underpants
(196,802 posts)Baitball Blogger
(52,473 posts)And I'm glad Leo is the one fighting our side. American Christianity has drifted so far from Jesus's teaching that someone had to make a stand and call them on it.
patphil
(9,126 posts)Trump is a mean, angry, hate filled, violent man. He's morally depraved, and spiritually bankrupt. He's directly or indirectly responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths (USAID included).
No Catholic should be defending Trump in any way.
charliea
(339 posts)Intellectually deficient.
That's just one more and the list continues. Simply put he's lacking in any quality that makes a good human...
Sibelius Fan
(24,832 posts)Takket
(23,741 posts)Freaking incredible how absolutely spineless these people are without a scrap of dignity or self respect.
Ray Bruns
(6,481 posts)BattleRow
(2,539 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,010 posts)maxsolomon
(38,899 posts)A Liberal Pope is not legitimate. They're Ratzinger Catholics.
Moostache
(11,225 posts)Soooooo.... break out the excommunication stick and start beating some reticent politically motivated American cafeteria Catholic ass!!!!
H2O Man
(79,116 posts)Stefanik was in a very republican district. She is from a "family" business, tied to construction. She was their princess.
At the beginning of his first term, she opposed the felon on several issues. But in an attempt to promote her career, she soon became a maga cult member. Keep in mind that the felon had planned to put her in an administration position .... but that was before he saw that she had gained significant weight. He made extremely rude comments and decided to pass over her, saying they needed her vote in the House. Wounded, she announced she would run for governor, before recognizing she would be humiliated and dropping out.
Why anyone would care what she says, much less interview her, is beyond me.
NBachers
(19,484 posts)H2O Man
(79,116 posts)My associates & I were in touch with the party to offer our services if she was going to run again, but she announced she wasn't running again. (I think she initially beat Aaron Woolf.)
niyad
(132,978 posts)was the Dem candidate.
vapor2
(4,635 posts)LymphocyteLover
(9,937 posts)aggiesal
(10,843 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 15, 2026, 01:45 PM - Edit history (1)
Since Mierda47 has no business with Peace.
Now, if Mierda47 really wants that Nobel Peace Prize ...
Oh forget it
Irish_Dem
(81,736 posts)His primary goal in life.
multigraincracker
(37,782 posts)Confession?
NBachers
(19,484 posts)calimary
(90,302 posts)Raven123
(7,857 posts)A new Rite of Catholics.
For those unfamiliar there are many rites of Catholicism, some in Communion with the Pope, and others independent.
Clearly there is a very specific American Rite. Trump is their bishop and they are not aligned with Pope Leo. This started with Pope Francis, and is now fully manifest. Call it what it is.
Tanuki
(16,469 posts)"SCHISMATIC
According to Church law, a schismatic is a person who, after receiving baptism and while keeping the name of Christian, pertinaciously refuses to submit to the Supreme Pontiff or refuses to associate with those who are subject to him. The two factors, submission to the Pope and association with persons subject to him, are to be taken disjunctively. Either resisting papal authority or refusing to participate in Catholic life and worship induces schism, even without further affiliation with another religious body. Like heresy, schism is formal and culpable only when the obligations are fully realized."
lostincalifornia
(5,427 posts)Safe as Milk
(258 posts)Diddling Donny staying out of the Pope's business? Have the bright boys inside the White House thought of that?
Mblaze
(1,083 posts)The teaching of Jesus seems political simply because what Trump is doing and wants to do is antithetical to the teaching of Jesus.
oasis
(53,774 posts)AloeVera
(4,317 posts)Wiki:
Known for her pro-Israel beliefs, Stefanik gained national attention in December 2023 for her aggressive questioning of university presidents during a widely televised U.S. congressional hearing on antisemitism, which contributed to the resignation of Liz Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania. Stefanik was awarded the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel Award by the Zionist Organization of America. She has supported the view that Israel has a "biblical right" to the occupied West Bank.[1]
She may be a "lifelong sister" but I'm not sure it's of Catholicism or true Christianity. She's vile.
Hassler
(4,933 posts)Traildogbob
(13,070 posts)Catholics give us a glimpse of how their
priest pedi abuse stays silent until it just cant any more. They support the child abuse to protect the power. The Stefaniks, JDs And Mumbles the neck Penis czar would watch child rape from a priest and cheer him on.
johnnyfins
(3,839 posts)They would eat out of TSFs dirty diaper, live on tv, if he commanded them to.
CULT
SergeStorms
(20,672 posts)very rural, mostly uneducated, and the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum is near. New York State, if not for NYC, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, would probably tip red. Rural areas are almost entirely red.
Believe me, she's thought of as a waste of space by Blue New Yorkers.
redwitch
(15,267 posts)Awful woman who has done nothing to earn her paycheck. Grr!
SergeStorms
(20,672 posts)Rhiannon, for one. I know what it's like living among republicans. I grew up in a rural, red district in western New York. I gradually migrated to a blue college town in NY after retirement just to save my sanity.
Give her hell, OK?
senseandsensibility
(25,137 posts)The second block was to sell her book. Almost half the program devoted to Elise with minimal pushback.
OGBuzz
(395 posts)she couldn't overcome the b.s. Wolf just sat there and took it all. Sad.
senseandsensibility
(25,137 posts)Welcome to DU, OGBuzz!