In this episde, Lindsay and I talk about our impressions of Trump and the evangelical reponse. This is an informal conversation filled with impressions, obersavations and feeling and thus is not to be listened to as a “record of what happened,” rather, it’s more appropriate to think of it as being included in one of our post dinner or early morning conversations, as we tend to do. I have tried to include relevant links that you can click through as topics come up in the conversation to give more color (and more importantly, accuracy) to our conversation.

Editorial Corrections

• The shooting mentioned was in Charleston (June 2015, not Charlotte) and the event mentioned in question was in Charlottesville (August, 2017) regarding our house church prayer.
• I (Robert) was wrong, the Bible was right side up: Did Trump Hold the Bible Upside Down?

Digging DeeperIntro

• The year was 2015 YouTube Link
• Make Like a Tree and Get Outta Here! YouTube Link
• Trump launches 2015 presidential bid atop the Trump Tower escalator YouTube Link

Character Matters

• The Deeper Reason Trump’s Taco Tweet Is Offensive NPR.org Link
• The Real Record of the Reagans on Gays and AIDS Slate.com Link
• How Trump talks about women - and does it matter? BBC.com Link
• National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey PDF
• Donald Trump criticised for mocking reporter with disability BBC.com Link
• Donald Trump: I could “shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters” CBS News Link
• Peanuts? YouTube Link
• How Trump talks about his faith: ‘God is the ultimate’ YouTube Link

Was America Great?

• The Newsroom Speech by Jeff Daniels YouTube Link
• Jim Crow Laws end in 1954 Britannica.com Link
• The Equal Credit Opportunity Act Department of Justice Link (When women could apply for a credit card.)
• List of things prohibited to women in the US USAToday.com Link
• Marital rape in the United States Wikipedia.org Link
• Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2020 Vox.com Link
• Fidel Castro Britannica.com Link
• Trickle-down economics Wikipedia.org Link

Women’s Issues

• Single women were given the right to birth control 50 years ago today (Mar 22, 2022) TheHill.com Link
• 7 in 10 Women Who Have Had an Abortion Identify as a Christian LifeWay Research Link
• Percentage distribution of U.S. women obtaining abortions in nonhospital settings and of all U.S. women aged 15-44, and abortion index, by selected characteristics, 2014 and 2008 Guttmacher Institute PDF
• Can Endometriosis Increase Your Risk for Miscarriage? Endofound.org Link
• Did Trump Claim Credit for Overturning Roe v. Wade? Snopes.com Link

Guns, Violence

• Civil War (2024) IMDb.com Link
• Gun Laws in Florida Pensacola News Journal
• Inside the Capitol Riot: An Exclusive Video Investigation NYTimes.com Link

Community Connection:

How about you? What was your first impression of Trump? Did you have similar experiences? As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.