Posted on 08/24/2015 2:08:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump looked at the crowd gathered for his rally at a 40,000-seat college football stadium in Mobile, Alabama, saying he now knows how evangelist Billy Graham felt. He also said the book he likes the most is the Bible.
"I know how Billy Graham felt," Trump, a billionaire businessman, said, apparently jokingly, as he began his speech at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
Trump also said, "What's my favorite book? The Bible! The Bible. ... We take the Bible all the way," according to The Washington Post's national political reporter Robert Costa, who tweeted the Republican candidate's remarks.
Anticipating a big turnover, Trump's campaign had to change the venue at the eleventh hour, to the football stadium. Trump was planning to hold the rally at the Mobile Civic Center arena, which seats only about 10,000 people, according to Yahoo News.
His campaign, which was expecting a crowd of about 35,000 people at the rally Friday night, also arranged for free shuttle buses, according to Mobile Press-Register.
"We have politicians that don't have a clue," Trump, who was wearing a red hat with his slogan, "Make America Great Again," written on it, said. "They're all talk, no action. What's happening to this country is disgraceful."
The Republican frontrunner added: "We're running on fumes. There's nothing here. ... We're not going to have a country left. We need to have our borders. We need to make great deals."
Talking about illegal immigration, he said, "We've gotta stop it. We're going to build a wall."
"In the case of other countries, including Mexico, you can't walk over the border and have a new citizen," he added. "We're the only place just about that's stupid enough to do it."
At the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa last month, Trump was asked about his faith.
"People are so shocked when they find out I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church and I love God and I love my church," he said.
Asked whether he has ever asked God to forgive him, Trump responded, "I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don't think so. I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't."
He further explained, "When I drink my little wine — which is about the only wine I drink — and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness, and I do that as often as possible because I feel cleansed. I think in terms of 'let's go on and let's make it right.'"
Talking to CNN later, Trump denied that his statements damaged his chances with Evangelical voters, and said his polling in Iowa is very strong. However, he added that he'd "change" his "tone" as president. "Right now I'm trying to do something to make this country great again."
He must have missed the part that a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife (1) and the two shall be as one flesh.....whatever
I laughed out loud when I heard Trump say that.
He must think we have the IQ of a gnat to believe that tripe.
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C’mon. We know he’s never talked about the Bible before. I though people liked him for, “saying what’s on his mind.” Can we ask him if he can name one book in the Bible?
His “come to Jesus” moment?
He cracked a self-effacing joke. He did NOT compare himself to Billy Graham. This headline writer needs to be taken to the woodshed.
“He must think we have the IQ of a gnat to believe that tripe.”
You could make the case that the way things are now in this country, that was a bold statement. There is not another candidate running that would say that, with the possible exception of Cruz.
I understand that all politicians pander (though, wasn’t Trump supposed to be the anti-politician, telling it how it is?). But, I’m not sure I’ve ever heard religious pandering done quite so disingenuously and transparently.
“General Patton, I see you keep a bible on the nightstand by your bed. Do you read the bible, General?”
“Every god-damned day!”
Whether you want to believe it or not, Trump is a very religious man.
You can almost hear him thinking, "OK, Donald, say something nice about the Bible, these rubes will eat it up."
You're pandering to the weakest and most ineffectual group in the nation, Trump.
Just some quick lip service to appease them is fine. They're gullible. Then quickly move on.
There’s nothing wrong with what he said.
Do you think that there’s another favorite book that he is hiding from the press?
What type of man is constantly in the news these days? The homosexual, the cross-dresser, the metrosexual girly-man. Along comes Trump, exuding confidence, masculinity and strength. A real man that people can depend on to protect us, not throw us under the muslim/thug bus. In my opinion, that’s why he has such a strong following.
He has a christian heart. The rest I could care less about.
The bible is my favorite book too and I go to church and I love God and I love my church. More reason to like Trump, thanks! :-)
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