'Evangelicals For Trump' Event In Las Vegas Draws Hundreds Despite COVID-19 Directives

[TomCADem]

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Not surprisingly, the vast bulk of Nevada's COVID-19 cases are centered in Clark County.

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A Las Vegas hotel received a civil penalty and a $250 fine this week after hosting a faith-based campaign event for President Donald Trump that violated the city’s COVID-19 social gathering restrictions.

More than 500 people attended Thursday’s “Evangelicals for Trump” event at the Ahern Hotel and Convention Center, which was headlined by the president’s pastor and spiritual adviser, Paula White.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, attendees were required to wear masks, and their temperatures were checked upon arrival. Signs urged anyone who felt ill to go home.

A short video posted to Twitter by Faith and Freedom Coalition founder Ralph Reed showed a “packed house” taking in a musical performance in the Ahern Hotel’s lobby.

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[Nevilledog]

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[TlalocW]

2. I look forward to the news article

Talking about an uptick in appointments with escorts and visits to the various ranches that coincidentally occurred while they were in town.

TlalocW

[texasfiddler]

3. Mark my words: What happens in Vegas will NOT stay in Vegas

[herding cats]

7. Sadly, true.

Peace to any extended family exposed but not indoctrinated in the cult of denial.

[RKP5637]

4. So freaky!!!!!! n/t

[Hekate]

5. Ew, that little pos Ralph Reed is still around

I’m sure whatever happens will be gawd’s will

[CurtEastPoint]

8. 3x years ago I disembarked in DC for work and that GDMFSOB was standing right there,

waiting to go to Atlanta. I was so close I could have hit him. I have never hit anyone in my life. Him? I would have had no problem. Smarmy fucking MOFO.

[Leghorn21]

6. Ah, but the MUSIC, though!!

and the carpeting!

Both *to die for*, eh, y’all?

[tanyev]

9. Gambling that they won't get Covid.

The odds are not in their favor.

[WyattKansas]

10. No offense to Las Vegas, but think about their event site and compare it to their alleged purpose.

That should give anyone a heads up moment about what they are saying they are all about.

[Blue_true]

14. I agree. There were plenty of places that they could have held the convention.

The chose the Mecca of gambling and debauchery.

They could have chosen Orlando, Florida, I am sure that Gov. DeathSantis would have bent over backward to accommodate them, or they could have chosen Fort Worth, Texas, a place still clinging to red as the area around it become more and more blue, I am sure that Abbott would have bent rules for them.

[Mopar151]

11. Lost Wages, Nv. N/t

[Golden Raisin]

12. They may be meeting Jesus sooner than they thought.

Actually some of them might be OK with being raptured sooner rather than later.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

15. it makes no sense....

that there are evangelical's for Trump. The evangelical's are are supposed to be against sin and sinners. That is pretty much Trumpco in a nutshell.

These are the people who should be protesting Every Trump event not attending them.

God, your message is not getting threw....

[Initech]

16. It's hilariously ironic that they're holding an event like this in a place called "Sin City".

[Leith]

17. Churches don't seem to mind casinos when it's convenient

I used to play bingo at one certain casino and there were meeting rooms near the bingo hall door. In front of the nearest meeting room, there was a big sign saying that a local Baptist church was meeting there for services while their church was having construction work done. The sign was up for more than 2 months.

Once a religious coworker who had lived in Vegas his whole life said that he had never even been inside a casino. Considering that restaurants, movie theaters, convention facilities, and bowling alleys are in larger casinos, I found that hard to believe.