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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey call themselves "values voters'.
And one inference, of course, is that all others voters are not values voters.
And these self-named values voters voted for a serial adulterer currently married to a former porn model.
And these self-named values voters voted for a businessman who has been sued for non-payment of bills over 4,000 times.
And these self-named values voters voted for an open racist who openly attacks non-whites at his rallies.
And these self-named values voters voted for a man who openly solicits campaign help for favors.
And these self-named values voters voted for a man who financially profits from the Presidency every time he can.
And these self-named values voters voted for a man who refuses to release his tax forms, falsely claiming he cannot.
And these self-named values voters voted for a man who has made grossly inappropriate comments about the sexual desirability of his own daughter, and bragged about entering a locker room where young teen models were undressing.
So what values do these voters hold that can excuse voting for a man like Trump?
Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)He could only betray them by becoming a decent person and a good president. They are safe from that.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And while they call themselves pro-life, they are only pro-birth in many cases.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And they can insist that every fetus is sacred, and look away when babies are put in cages on the border.
BigMin28
(1,176 posts)what the "value voters" would say about any woman candidate that had been married 3 times and had 5 children with 3 different husbands. We would never hear the end of their vile names, and criticisms for and of her.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Paka
(2,760 posts)I'm female in my late 70s and all my life men can do as they chose, but women have to stick to rigidly defined standards, most of which have nothing to do with values.
ck4829
(35,069 posts)proud patriot
(100,705 posts)not just campaign help but Foreign campaign help
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Daring the country to do something about it.
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)or is that arms twisting
RainCaster
(10,870 posts)Oh yeah.
That isn't true either.
Never mind.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)The GOP only focuses on that when they are not in charge.
world wide wally
(21,742 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)self-promotion, self-protection, and stealing money.
world wide wally
(21,742 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)The moment they boarded the Trump train is the day they signed away their rights to be called "values voters". Though I suspect they signed them away earlier.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)They never quit. And Donald Trump has empowered MANY of them, real power given to bigots in exchange for blind loyalty.
I know now that I'll be voting against these people until the day I die.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The moral majority is neither.
malaise
(268,968 posts)he used at that rally or on Twitter. They have abandoned everything they pretended to embrace for racism.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I would never say that every GOP voter is racist, but I would speculate that every racist who votes chooses a GOP candidate.
ck4829
(35,069 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)that ALONE is reason enough
And why 2016 was NOT a choice between the lesser of 2 evils to begin with
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But along with forgiveness, Jesus counselled sinners to go and sin no more.
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)They want to bring on Armageddon.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)These Dominionists do not care about the Jews.