During a speech yesterday at Turning Point Action's Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida, former President Trump declared that it will not be necessary for Christians to vote after the 2024 election:
I don't care how, but you have to get out and vote. Christians get out and vote. Just this time. You won't have to do it anymore.
In four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed. It’ll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. We'll have it fixed so good. You're not going to have to vote.
What exactly does this mean?
If Christians won't have to vote in four years' time, does Trump mean that for people of all faiths?
If yes, does this mean there will be no elections after 2024 should Trump be re-elected?
Does that make Trump President for Life?
And what is exactly that will be fixed? The border? A national abortion ban? The abolition of gay marriage? The termination of the U.S. Constitution?
Of course, the Trump campaign is minimizing the former President's comments. Spokesman Steven Cheung issued a statement:
President Trump was talking about the importance of faith, uniting this country and bringing prosperity to every American, as opposed to the divisive political environment that has sowed so much division and even resulted in an assassination attempt.
No, Trump was speaking of the importance of sending him back to the White House. Talk of faith, unity and prosperity much less the assassination attempt doesn't explain why Trump would tell his audience they wouldn't ever have to vote again.
If Kamala Harris entertained the idea that people would not have to vote again after this year, Trump and MAGA nation would go ballistic and not without justification.
Of course, Trump's authoritarian talk of not having to vote, of being "dictator for a day" and "terminating the Constitution" will persist. Yet the question remains if Americans want our democratic experiment to carry on.
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