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Posted on 07/16/2023 8:39:59 AM PDT by Reno89519
Going into the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines on Friday, the big story was whether Donald Trump’s contemptuous decision to skip the presumably obligatory cattle call for Republican presidential candidates before a large and influential crowd of conservative evangelicals would damage his candidacy. Trump aside, however, the big question was whether one of the dark horse candidates stalking the former president and Florida governor Ron DeSantis would have a breakout moment at the day-long event. Former vice president Mike Pence, whose intimate ties with the Christian Right go back decades, and Senator Tim Scott, who has been delivering a decidedly religious pitch to voters in Iowa, were thought to have a real opportunity to shine in this very churchy venue.
But the star wasn’t Scott or Pence or anyone else thumping a Bible, and Trump’s snub was all but forgotten. For that matter, the traditional culture-war concerns of the Christian Right got short shrift. Instead, designated candidate interviewer Tucker Carlson and his personal obsessions were the center of attention, as the Des Moines Register’s Brianne Pfannenstiel reported:
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a six-week abortion ban at one of Iowa’s largest gatherings of conservative Christians Friday, but issues of life and faith largely took a backseat in interviews with 2024 Republican presidential candidates. Former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson grilled a half-dozen White House hopefuls on Russia’s war with Ukraine, immigration policy and election security — at times exposing the candidates as being out of step with many in the crowd who cheered on the former Fox News commentator’s tough questioning.
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Interesting tidbit, all of the candidates, including Trump, are anticipated at Iowa's Lincoln Day event on July 28th.
Pence's relationship to Christianity is the same as Judas's relationship to Christianity.
They are both cut from the same cloth.
“at times exposing the candidates as being out of step with many in the crowd “
IOW Tucker didn’t “hijack” the event, he was the only one on the stage who was actually in tune with the event.
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“contemptuous decision, obligatory cattle call, Christian Right, thumping a Bible,”
This is your opinion of a good analysis?
Mssr. Pence shows to me the Sunday morning visit in an election year politician.
Mssr. Pence said all that needed to be sId in his one line response to Tucker Carlson’s question about America.
Every time Pence’s name is mentioned, one .ore ‘hawk’ for the spittoon!
Pence needs to pick up where Jimmy Carter left off and focus is future on doing good deed, being a good Christian. He’s already started that with Samaritan Purse, maybe he could visit with Carter and continue down that path. He has no political future, but he can still contribute.
I hope Donald Trump can put his pride aside for just one day and participate.
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“Highjacks?”
Sounds like he asked Pence a question on his loyalties - and Pence crapped the Bed, erroneously thinking he was at a Book Signing.
They want Tucker Carlson to pay for demonstrating the Deep State Candidates can’t handle basic questions once you get away from media tongue baths and phone sex.
Pence should tell his benefactors to keep sending the money, but I’m not leaving the Mansion and Beach House any more. A tiny bit of honesty would be nice.
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