I once lived in a state where the commitment to a particular version of Christianity was so strong, that just being an adherent to it was enough to win elective office over someone who wasn’t.
This purity test was so strong that once, when one candidate was dealing with issues while the other was floundering through political vacuous platitudes, the only defense the latter had was to accuse the former of being the wrong type of Christian and this was enough to decide the election.
I have always been led to believe by the people themselves who tell me that I must believe it, that deeply held religious beliefs took precedence over all else and this would make them practically inviolable.
So, this Walker/abortion wiggling strikes me as odd.
Perhaps?
Ronna McDaniel, the Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman was thrilled when the Trump Court killed a woman’s right to choose.
“Millions of Americans are celebrating today’s ruling and a pro-life movement that has worked tirelessly for decades.”
Abortions are bad.
With the senate in the balance, however, and with Georgia a deciding vote, pro-life as a principle gives way to votes for Herschel Walker in spite of how greatly he goes against those principles.
When speaking of Herschel Walker’s revealed acceptance of abortion when convenient, McDaniel found a way to skirt the abortion part and just give it all away for votes.
“Georgia could decide the Senate majority, so desperate Democrats and liberal media have turned to anonymous sources and character assassination. This is an attempt to distract from Warnock’s record of failure resulting in rising costs and out of control crime.”
“Herschel Walker will deliver a safer and more prosperous Georgia, and the RNC will continue to invest in the Senate race.”
It is conveniently acceptable now not to be a pure candidate like it is in regular times or where the vote is not as important.
Although he now says,
“I think he’s the most important Senate candidate in the country because he’ll do more to change the Senate just by the sheer presence, by his confidence, by his deep commitment to Christ,” about Herschel Walker, Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House who is openly proud of his “consistent pro-life voting record throughout his twenty years in Congress” having boasted of this while running for presidential nomination in 2011.
I get confused when a person who claims to be extremely religious, but who has his own less principled skeletons in his closet, touts someone who is a walking source of scandal and the worst example of a Christian to be committed to Christ so people will feel a religious compulsion to vote a certain way.
The party of commitment.
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