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| Franklin Graham stoops to new low in support of Trump |
Last week, according to
NBC News, Trump held a conference call with evangelicals and other religious leaders who have supported him. The purpose was to implore them to convince their supporters and followers to vote for him. You can read the article if you would like. For me, however, one part stood out in a terrible fashion:
Trump praised one of those leaders, evangelical leader Franklin Graham, for the work his group Samaritan Purse's work setting up a field hospital in Central Park.Graham has said previously that COVID-19 is happening because of sin and because mankind "turned its back on God." On the call Wednesday, he praised Trump and Pence for their handling of the crisis.
"Mr. President, we want to thank you and the vice president for your leadership, our country would be in trouble," Graham said. "If you were not the president, I just shudder to think where we would be."
Bear in mind that while Graham made that statement, many other individuals have the opposite opinion. Trump has been almost universally
blasted for his behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. From
taking over press briefings about the pandemic with
lies and conspiracy theories, to
attacking governors trying to deal with it in their states, to downplaying the crisis for weeks and then
lying about it by claiming he always knew how serious it was, this entire situation is the disaster we were warned about during the 2016 election. The Russian investigation and the impeachment were only the preludes; the cocktails before the main dish, if you will.
And that's not even taking into account:
the way he
brazenly attacks reporters who ask him perfectly legitimate questions about his handling of the pandemic,
the
accusations that he is showing unfair preference to GOP governors in giving out needed medical equipment,
hinting that he wants to "reopen" America, ie. putting a halt to lockdown procedures which have helped stave off COVID-19 even though our country now leads the world in coronavirus deaths with over 20,000.
Graham said he shudders to think where the country would be if Trump wasn't president during this pandemic. It's fair to say that the rest of us shudder to realize how many mistakes he made which helped to further the chaos and death. Willful mistakes, too. Mistakes of someone who lacks the intellectual, emotional, and moral maturity to even lead an old lady across the street.
Someone should ask Graham a simple question. We know why he has supported Trump these past three years and continues to support him even now. But really, are conservative judges worth the lives of over 20,000 Americans?
