Paul Waldman on why Trump's bible grift may be comical, but it's not funny:
"We had been led to believe that what evangelicals wanted was a candidate who was like them, who knew the hymns, could quote scripture, and held Jesus in his heart. But that turned out not to be true. What they wanted — and they may not have known it themselves until Trump came along —was someone who would validate their hatreds and promise them power."
"As Sarah Posner, author of Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump told me not long ago, Trump has effectively sidelined religious right leaders because he’s the leader of the religious right now, and the fact that he knows nothing about the Bible or evangelical culture is irrelevant.
They see him as their ally in a battle against demonic forces; Trump is essentially their weapon in a holy war."
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