Frank Schaeffer: Evangelicals Have Become the ‘Instigators of Evil’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT He embraced ░░░░░░░░ and the most conservative ░░░░░░░░ platform ever and yes ░░░░░░░░ conservatives gave him a ░░░░░░░░ They let him have ░░░░░░░░ do over They said ░░░░░░░░ ll give you a ░░░░░░░░ chance This week we ░░░░░░░░ that white conservative evangelical ░░░░░░░░ supposed stewards of American ░░░░░░░░ havav discovered a new ░░░░░░░░ doctrine which apparently only ░░░░░░░░ to Republican men the ░░░░░░░░ Joining me Frank Schaffer ░░░░░░░░ reform activist Frank it ░░░░░░░░ an interesting sort of ░░░░░░░░ This is a little ░░░░░░░░ more of what Tony ░░░░░░░░ had to say about ░░░░░░░░ evangelicals give Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ pass on so many ░░░░░░░░ the things that he ░░░░░░░░ done Conservatis and even ░░░░░░░░ with no strong ideology ░░░░░░░░ tired tired of being ░░░░░░░░ around by Barack Obama ░░░░░░░░ his leftists And I ░░░░░░░░ they re finally glad ░░░░░░░░ there s somebody on ░░░░░░░░ playground willing to punch ░░░░░░░░ bully Is that what ░░░░░░░░ re seeing people onn ░░░░░░░░ religious right want someone ░░░░░░░░ punch the Billy the ░░░░░░░░ being Barack Obama apparently ░░░░░░░░ guess Barack Obama was ░░░░░░░░ bully because he was ░░░░░░░░ You have to remember ░░░░░░░░ everything that has happened ░░░░░░░░ his presidency is a ░░░░░░░░ by a core group ░░░░░░░░ white voters Let s ░░░░░░░░ when W W talk ░░░░░░░░ evangelicals in 1958 rry ░░░░░░░░ senior was denouncing integration ░░░░░░░░ started a white private ░░░░░░░░ academy to get around ░░░░░░░░ new rulings from the ░░░░░░░░ So if you fast ░░░░░░░░ right now it isn ░░░░░░░░ that this history doesn ░░░░░░░░ have a contntt The ░░░░░░░░ is American racism So ░░░░░░░░ now when Tony Perkins ░░░░░░░░ by the way I ░░░░░░░░ up with these ys ░░░░░░░░ knew Tony He got ░░░░░░░░ politics because of my ░░░░░░░░ father Francis Schaeffer who ░░░░░░░░ him to take a ░░░░░░░░ against these issues He ░░░░░░░░ to have forgotten the ░░░░░░░░ of Christian T tologog ░░░░░░░░ is to be forgiven ░░░░░░░░ this tradition you need ░░░░░░░░ confess first Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ confesses to anything The ░░░░░░░░ time he apologized for ░░░░░░░░ a woman in a ░░░░░░░░ assault which was caught ░░░░░░░░ tape he tried take ░░░░░░░░ tape back said he ░░░░░░░░ sue the women who ░░░░░░░░ he assaulted them and ░░░░░░░░ them all liars This ░░░░░░░░ not a confession Tony ░░░░░░░░ forgot his own theology ░░░░░░░░ replaced it with a ░░░░░░░░ of revenge on people ░░░░░░░░ disagrees with politically That ░░░░░░░░ what s going on ░░░░░░░░ Revenge of white American ░░░░░░░░ right wingers and who ░░░░░░░░ want to punch in ░░░░░░░░ mouth is not just ░░░░░░░░ Americans to put it ░░░░░░░░ the president of the ░░░░░░░░ States words W W ░░░░░░░░ in shit hole countries ░░░░░░░░ they re willing to ░░░░░░░░ up with anything when ░░░░░░░░ comes to moral degradation ░░░░░░░░ see those ends achieved ░░░░░░░░ m glad he put ░░░░░░░░ in terms of revenge ░░░░░░░░ least he misspoke from ░░░░░░░░ point of view but ░░░░░░░░ the truth I want ░░░░░░░░ talk not just about ░░░░░░░░ words and things Donald ░░░░░░░░ has S ne but ░░░░░░░░ policies as well The ░░░░░░░░ polling outfit asked whether ░░░░░░░░ Trump is a good ░░░░░░░░ model for children Everyone ░░░░░░░░ Republicans said absolutely not ░░░░░░░░ ofemocrats said no 67 ░░░░░░░░ Americans said no 71 ░░░░░░░░ independents said no 72 ░░░░░░░░ Americans said yes Donald ░░░░░░░░ is a good role ░░░░░░░░ for children He still ░░░░░░░░ a 61 approval rating ░░░░░░░░ evangelicals That is down ░░░░░░░░ was 78 last spring ░░░░░░░░ do you cut all ░░░░░░░░ that down to this ░░░░░░░░ issue andnd immigration or ░░░░░░░░ there some other reason ░░░░░░░░ re clinging to him ░░░░░░░░ s kind of like ░░░░░░░░ frog that gets boiled ░░░░░░░░ death and never realizes ░░░░░░░░ s going to die ░░░░░░░░ is more like the ░░░░░░░░ ISIS than a political ░░░░░░░░ It started with reaction ░░░░░░░░ what they felt is ░░░░░░░░ pain of exclusion in ░░░░░░░░ the culture war on ░░░░░░░░ like abortions and gay ░░░░░░░░ and so forth Now ░░░░░░░░ veimply become addicted to ░░░░░░░░ angry and vicious lashing ░░░░░░░░ and reaction At this ░░░░░░░░ they can t kick ░░░░░░░░ habit of the they ░░░░░░░░ in deeper than they ░░░░░░░░ magined When Tony Perkins ░░░░░░░░ something like what he ░░░░░░░░ if you ran the ░░░░░░░░ back 20 years ago ░░░░░░░░ would be aghast at ░░░░░░░░ saying it It s ░░░░░░░░ up on him.