Rick Perry thinks Donald Trump is 'the Chosen One'
Rick Perry reassured Trump that God is on his side. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Personally, I’ve heard this sort of rap so many times from Christian-right leaders and flacks that at first I didn’t think it was newsworthy. But I guess coming from a Cabinet member, the former governor of our second-largest state, and a onetime viable presidential candidate makes it different:
“I actually gave the president a little one-pager on those Old Testament kings about a month ago, and I shared it with him,” he continued. “I said, ‘Mr. President, I know there are people that say you said you were the chosen one, and I said, ‘You were.’”“I said, ‘If you’re a believing Christian, you understand God’s plan for the people who rule and judge over us on this planet in our government,’” he added.
For those who don’t know the code, this “God uses imperfect people” rationalization for conservative Evangelical support of Trump is one of several stratagems used to ease tender consciences in that segment of the population. Another, articulated by Christian-right warhorse James Dobson, is that Trump is a “baby Christian” who hasn’t quite learned the spiritual ropes just yet.
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