Posted on 10/23/2015 10:07:48 AM PDT by xzins
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledges that if elected, he restore the phrase “Merry Christmas” in every U.S. store. While the presidential candidate has not unveiled how he would do this, his declaration was met with cheers among evangelical supporters. Video below.
Trump touted his Christian beliefs at an Oct. 21 campaign rally in Burlington, Iowa, CNN reports.
“I will tell you I’m a good Christian,” says Trump. “I guarantee, if I become president, we’re gonna [sic] be saying Merry Christmas in every store… you can leave happy holidays at the corner.”
The business mogul was met with rapturous applause from Iowa voters. Trump added that it’s not a matter of excluding other religions, according to CNN.
“That’s not to knock anybody else, other religions can do what they want,” says Trump. “There’s room for everybody.”
One of the biggest anxieties among Christian conservatives around the country has been the nationwide toning down of religious undertones during Christmas festivities. Trump’s supporters say that they are attracted to Trump’s bullish refusal to be politically correct, CNN reports.
"He actually says what I want to hear and he's not worried about telling somebody or saying it in a way that doesn't sound real," Cynthia Forth, an Iowa voter, tells CNN. "I want to hear (it) straight. He'll give it to you straight."
Trump has been emphasizing his Christian values on the Iowa campaign trail this past week. A Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll shows retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson having overtaken Trump in the pivotal state. Carson currently has 28 percent of Iowa voters while Trump is lagging behind at 19 percent, The New York Times reports.
The survey shows that only 32 percent of Iowa voters are convinced that Trump is a good Christian while 62 percent believe that Carson is attractively a true believer. Trump has now taken to bringing a copy of the Bible to campaign events, according to The New York Times.
Seventh Day Adventist
Do you mean Kwanza - the african american holiday dreamed up in the 70s and 80s and now be trumpted as a real holiday
He can’t make people say what he wants. No President has the power to do that. Our founding fathers went to great lengths to make sure no president has the power to do that.
He can, however, work to remove the stigma around Christmas created by runaway PC. Then stores won’t be so afraid to say Christmas.
So than I will say Frohliche Wienachten (German), Gladig Jul (swedish)or Joyeux Noel (french) that will knock the socks off the nearest liberal.
Just don't say the N word....or gays are predators....or ho.......but wmf is no problem.
And celebrated mainly by young white elementary school teachers.
I agree with Trump. The US is a Christian nation, and has been since its very founding. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. I could care less what the leftists think about Christmas. They’re outnumbered by Christians, and we are getting tired of a minority dicating to the rest of us Americans about what they are or not offended about.
If it wasn’t for our Christian founding fathers, the cult of the professionally offended wouldn’t even be able to protest anything without being crushed under the boot of their godless masters.
If these people are really seeking freedom from religion, maybe they should move to europe, or communist china.
Not directly. PC speak is a byproduct of the mandatory acceptance of diversity. We get back to the notion of immigration assimilating to American values, which Trump can influence, and PC speak will begin to evaporate.
And that’s the big deal behind “Merry Christmas” - recognizing the Christian foundations of our society.
PC, obviously, seeks to remove that foundation.
Linguistic Kill Shot. SDA’s don’t celebrate Christmas.
Pow.
He’ll be the first during primary season. :>)
What amazes me is the accuracy of Trump’s kill shots. Incredible.
Hillary will be destroyed.
Trump supporters are very very PC
I mean why do they beat down and suspend or ban conservatives who out the fact that Trump is not a conservative.
That is PC
I can't remember being in a store where they wished me a "Happy Ramadan".
Sounds like that's the plan.
Has anyone ever tried?
When a liberal says “happy holidays” (and they are the only ones who say it voluntarily and not because some store owner forces them to) that’s code for “I am so, so beyond Christianity and I hope you are, too.”
If you are a Christian, hearing that is like being hit in the face.
The is a CHRISTIAN NATION. Let’s start acting like one again!
Sounds like you're running with the wrong crowd.
Merry Christmas!
And a very Merry Christmas to you as well.
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