CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 22, 2022
IN NASHVILLE LAST WEEKEND, THE “FAITH AND FREEDOM COALITION,” FOUNDED BY RALPH REED, HEARD FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WHO AGAIN CLAIMED THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN. HE WAS RIGHT WHEN HE ADDRESSED ISSUES, BUT WRONG WHEN HE ONCE AGAIN TRASHED HIS LOYAL VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE.
PENCE IS A SOLID EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN WHO LIVES HIS FAITH, HAS HAD ONLY ONE WIFE AND IS FAITHFUL TO HER. TRUMP IS NONE OF THESE THINGS. I SAY THAT NOT TO JUDGE TRUMP, BUT TO STATE THE OBVIOUS AND MAKE A LARGER POINT.
THE AUDIENCE WAS MADE UP OF MOSTLY CHRISTIANS. THEY APPLAUDED WHEN THEIR BROTHER IN CHRIST WAS SHARPLY CRITICIZED. TRUMP CALLED PENCE “WEAK” AMONG OTHER THINGS, THOUGH PENCE DID HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY IN COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES.
WHAT THIS TELLS ME, AMONG OTHER THINGS, IS THAT THE AUDIENCE HAS MORE FAITH IN TRUMP THAN IN THEIR BROTHER, MIKE PENCE. IT ALSO TELLS ME TOO MANY TRUMP SUPPORTERS HAVE ALIGNED THEIR FAITH WITH THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD.MIKE PENCE IS A LONG TIME FRIEND WHOM I ADMIRE AND RESPECT. TRUMP DOESN’T NEED TO KEEP TRASHING PEOPLE WHEN HE HAS THE ISSUES ON HIS SIDE. HE NEEDS TO GET OVER IT AND FOCUS ON NOVEMBER. I’M CAL THOMAS.
