Evangelical leader promises 'most ambitious' voter mobilization in community's history for Trump

[DonViejo]

BY JESSICA CAMPISI - 06/17/19 09:09 AM EDT

Ralph Reed, head of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, promised the “most ambitious and far-reaching voter mobilization effort” in the evangelical community’s history as it rallies in support of President Trump’s reelection campaign, The Washington Times reports.

Reed said plans are in the works to register 1 million evangelical voters, knock on 3 million doors and put literature in more than 117,000 churches in key states. He hopes to contact roughly 30 million people in the effort, the Times reports.

“It’s going to be roughly three times the level of what we did in 2016,” he said.

Roughly 80 percent of self-identified white, born-again or evangelical Christians said they voted for Trump in the 2016 election, according to the Pew Research Center.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/448852-evangelical-leader-promises-most-ambitious-voter-mobilization-in-communitys

[Frustratedlady]

1. Shaking my head in disbelief, but knowing this is no doubt true.

I know a couple of these types and they are diehards when it comes to Trump. They are also eager to see the Second Coming.

For the life of me, I cannot understand how a supposedly strong Christian can back Trump with all his sins and lying. They weren't raised that way, but something...in the last few years...has swayed them. The only thing I can come up with is forgiving his sins because they are strong Christians. I think Jesus would have thrown up his hands in disgust after all the sins that Trump has committed against His word...and, those are the few we know of.

[durablend]

6. Those so called "Christians"

Would be at the crucifixion with their cordless nail guns.

[sop]

2. That would be against IRS regulations for 501(c)(3) organizations

(IRS) "In 1954, Congress approved an amendment by Sen. Lyndon Johnson to prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations, which includes charities and churches, from engaging in any political campaign activity. To the extent Congress has revisited the ban over the years, it has in fact strengthened the ban. The most recent change came in 1987 when Congress amended the language to clarify that the prohibition also applies to statements opposing candidates.

"Currently, the law prohibits political campaign activity by charities and churches by defining a 501(c)(3) organization as one 'which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.'"

[maxrandb]

3. I'm sure attorney general Barr will get right on that

[durablend]

5. +1

[AllaN01Bear]

10. i was going to say something about citizens united, but am glad i did research.

i thought c.u was a 501 3c but it isnt. its a 4 c, meaning profit.

[sop]

11. I don't believe Reed can distribute his campaign literature in "117,000 churches in key states"

[spanone]

4. Because gawd loves a pussygrabber, right ralph?

[Achilleaze]

7. Pay your damn taxes, you freaking krisorepublican freeloading leeches

Pay your damn taxes, or shut up about politics.

[Zambero]

8. Greedy Grifter Ralph Reed

The all-time "winner" for using quasi-biblical wedge issues as a means to line his pocket.

[AllaN01Bear]

9. and yet these churches wont loose their nonprofit status . never

[Tanuki]

12. Now there's another corrupt, money laundering faux religious charlatan who ought to be in prison

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/63568/


"To recap, Ralph Reed worked for team Abramoff by mobilizing Christians opposed to gambling to shutter casinos. The only hitch: Reed was usually paid by other casinos who had a financial interest in eliminating their competitors. Therefore, Abramoff needed to find a way to make Reed comfortable, and to protect him against critics and the likely fury of his own Christian followers--who might have been upset if they had discovered that Reed was being paid by gamblers to do their bidding. The solution: Abramoff laundered the Indian casino payoffs to Reed by routing them through other organizations, including Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and a phony "think tank" in Rehoboth Beach, MD, run by a life guard and a yoga instructor who were friends of Abramoff's pal, Mike Scanlon.
........
Reed still denies that he knew that the millions of dollars paid from him came from casino profits. There are publicly available e-mails that prove that is not so. More to the point is the view of his old business partner, Jack Abramoff. On a visit to see Abramoff in prison, Jack made it clear to me that Reed knew precisely where the money was coming from. Is that credible?
.......
Reed correctly notes that he has never been charged with a crime and implies that he had been fully investigated by John McCain's Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. But the implication is deceptive. According to one very famous, disgraced former lobbyist, Reed was supposed to have been called before McCain's committee but Karl Rove intervened and pressured McCain not to call Reed. (Reed was an enormously powerful fund-raiser for the Republican Party.)......(more)

[SWBTATTReg]

14. Thanks for posting. One thing I hope we got going for us is that the separation of church...

and state has been one of the pillars of our democracy...I hope it still stands...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. This "Children of the Damned" looking motherfucker was up to

his eyeballs in Jack Abramoff's corruption. Yet there he still is worming his way through life and raking in the dough.