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William M. Briggs The Farcical Evangelical ‘Betrayal’ Argument Against Trump.."answer to an article by Ed Feser"

William M. Briggs

The Farcical Evangelical ‘Betrayal’ Argument Against Trump...

You’ll recall last week we gave arguments why Christians could vote for Trump (blog/Substack), in answer to an article by Ed Feser. Here, from a thread I did on Twitter, is an amplification of why the idea of only voting for Trump in swing states is suboptimal.


William M. Briggs

The Farcical Evangelical ‘Betrayal’ Argument Against Trump

Potential difficulties of voting for a write-in candidate in Blue states and barely voting for Trump in Swing states. We all take it as granted that no Reality-loving person can vote for the left.

1) Blue state rulers will go more blue, encouraged that Trump, who espouses some right-wing ideas, is more unliked than he actually is. Unless write-in candidates get an overwhelming number of votes (they won’t), rulers will ignore the numbers.

2) A bare Trump victory in Swing states will have to be more than bare, given how common the left cheats (“fortifies”). And this election there are more potential swing states than typical.

3) A bare popular vote victory in Swing states again encourages the left, or leads them to dispute the election (“Russian interference!”, “Days of rage”, etc.).

4) Voting for a write-in might cause Trump to lose the overall popular vote, which though he wins the Electoral College, again encourages the left in ways we have already seen.

5) A “landslide” Trump win discourages the left, and the many GOP members who wish they could be Democrats, or are in spirit. A landslide can drive them somewhat right, at least for a time.

6) The right sitting out, or protest voting, in the hope it will punish the GOP and cause them to reform their ways won’t work. Many in the GOP are Never Trumpers. Leaders will see they lost some on the right, but will conclude that they (a) the lost were Never-Trumpers themselves, or that (b) the lost will have no choice but to vote them in future, even with the flawed platform. They will say “We will fix the platform after you elect us.” Which, of course, they will not.

(7; There was no 7. I forgot 7. Math is hard.)

8) A better idea is to reject as forcefully as possible the left’s candidates, and then encourage Trump to see the light (he has become more right through time), or to create a new party.

9) Besides the other obvious reasons for Trump over the others, do not forget that Trump, for no sane or good reason, drives the left mad. The more their madness is exposed, the better it is for us.

10) The more real votes Trump gets, the harder the left has to cheat, if it is determined to fortify the election to completion. And the harder it cheats, the more it is obvious it has cheated, which weaknes their authority.

And here is Ed’s response.

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