Truth on Trump from a Speechwriter for 43

Michael Gerson had an op-ed worth reading at the Washington Post yesterday. It bears the title "Donald Trump presents evangelical Christians with a crucial choice." Some excerpts:

There is a fine line between reflecting the concerns of voters and performing a crude and offensive imitation that mocks and defiles their deepest beliefs. Okay, maybe not so fine a line.

Donald Trump — who knows something about crude and offensive imitations — has now taken to calling himself an “evangelical."

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Trumpism has a cruelty at its core — seeking enemies and exploiting differences. And it comes into conflict with evangelicalism at some very basic points: a belief in honesty and respectfulness, a commitment to religious liberty and an inclusive conception of human dignity.