Just when you think that things can’t get crazier, the United States Secretary of State, while visiting Jerusalem, says on a Christian TV network that he thinks the idea that the Resolute Desk chair-warmer was sent by God to save the Jews is “possible” rather than absolutely bugfuck insane.
Watch here at RawStory or if you just can’t, here’s a transcript:
Interviewer: Today’s being Purim, a celebration of Jews worldwide, and here in Jerusalem we’re talking about the fact that Esther, 2500 years ago, saved the Jewish people, with God’s help from Haman, and now, 2500 years later, there’s a new Haman here in the Middle East, that wants to eradicate the Jewish people just like Haman did, the state of Iran (Pompeo nods knowingly). Could it be that President T***p right now, has been sort of raised for a time like this, just like Queen Esther, to help save the Jewish people from an Iranian menace?
Pompeo: As a Christian, I certainly believe that’s possible. It was remarkable, so we were down down into the tunnels, where we could see 3,000 years ago, and 2,000 years ago, if I have the history just right, to see the remarkable history of the faith in this place, and the work that our administration has done to make sure that this democracy in the Middle East of this Jewish state remains. I’m confident that the Lord is at work here.
To unpack it, these people who are so enlightened and sophisticated they think the Earth was created six thousand years ago want to turn the USA into a theocracy. Not a theocratic democracy, a theocratic dictatorship ruled by people who’d presume to tell you what God’s will is—else they wouldn’t have aligned themselves with the political party committed to voter suppression, gerrymandering, stealing elections and now maintaining the Electoral College.
The would-be theocrats, aka Dominionists, are using Trump to gain power, because he doubtless doesn’t even understand why separation of church and state is necessary, let alone care, just as they are using the Jews, protecting them for their designated role as characters destined for righteous annihilation in the Alt-Reich Christian apocalyptic fantasy of the future. His personal morality is not a concern at all here.
And Trump is using the Dominionists because they did and will guarantee him all the votes of their flocks of sheep as their end of the deal, even as he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about what they fervently believe.
For now at least there is honour among thieves.
Twitter, as always, was quick to react.
Molly again:
Much more on the trending topic here.
Seems Pompeo held a press briefing limited to faith-based media during his preparation for the trip, despite the fact that his actual job is to serve Americans of all (or no) religions. The ACLU has sent a FOIA request to find out about this.
All is not lost, however, if we can hang onto American democracy until 2024 and the demographic prediction I cited in a diary of mine from earlier this year is true: The Christian Right could be irrelevant by 2024, Exvangelicals are working to ensure it. In short, as the older right-wing Christians go to Heaven, making us safe from their votes, two few young ones are joining to replace them.
Next step, get them the heck away from national power in 2020.
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