Donald Trump finally crossed a line he’s held short of until there was nobody left to offend. He went after Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission..@drmoore Russell Moore is truly a terrible representative of Evangelicals and all of the good they stand for. A nasty guy with no heart!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
May 9, 2016
Moore has consistently written of Trump’s moral failings, his lack of repentance, humility or Godly character as disqualifications for office. At least for Christians to support.
But now with the nomination all but in hand, Trump believes he doesn’t need conservative Christians to take on Hillary.....
http://theresurgent.com/trump-trashes-southern-baptists/
Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has mounted a Twitter war with Southern Baptist Convention’s chief ethicist, the Rev. Russell Moore.More at Religion News (http://religionnews.com/2016/05/09/holy-twitter-trump-takes-on-a-top-baptist-theologian/)
Moore punched first. Outspokenly #NeverTrump from the get-go, he ramped it up this weekend with an op-ed in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/opinion/a-white-church-no-more.html?_r=0)and an appearance on Face the Nation (http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/can-donald-trump-unite-the-republican-party/).
Moore called Trump’s campaign “reality television moral sewage” on Face the Nation. ...
That all you got? Not a thing about Southern Baptists of which I am one. Shame on you for that false witness.
I think someone posted Moore's article here, I read it and then, went on to look up who he was.
He went after Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
I'm not a southern baptist so have no clue who Moore is, but this is the normal MO for Trump, to call anyone of notoriety nasty and disgusting and a horrible human being, if they don't support him.
Yet another stupid Trump Tweet. Trump should have just ignored him rather than respond. Why do anything to jeopardize support from a group with 16 million members?
Russell Moore has a significant influence over Southern Baptist pastors. I heard his name mentioned in last week's sermon regarding his book "Onward".
I'm not a southern baptist so have no clue who Moore is, but this is the normal MO for Trump, to call anyone of notoriety nasty and disgusting and a horrible human being, if they don't support him.
IMO it's more powerful to totally ignore someone's criticism than to fire back with ad hominems. Ignoring them sends the message that they aren't important enough to be worthy of attention or their message is so lame that isn't worthy of a response. But Trump is so thin-skinned and insecure that he can't help himself.