Anti-Trump Christians' Criticisms of Pro-Trump Christians are Important but Self-Absolving
Donald Trump's recent efforts to extinguish all remaining doubt about whether he is a fascist have, of course, led to an outpouring of criticism and alarm. The Atlantic published one high-profile critique last week: "Have You Listened Lately to What Trump Is Saying?" That piece, by Peter Wehner, carries the sub-headline: "He is becoming frighteningly clear about what he wants." Wehner is a former George W. Bush speechwriter and a fellow at a right-wing political shop run by writers who link their policy views to their Christian beliefs. He emerged in 2016 as a forceful voice against Trump (for example, here ), decrying the embrace by Wehner's fellow religious conservatives of that most ungodly of politicians. I will return to Wehner's Atlantic piece in a moment, but I first want to focus on a comment that he made during an interview on Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." The segment , titled "Some Christians are enthusiastically