After getting blown out in the debate, Donald Trump got the hat trick this weekend, with endorsements from Chris Christie, Jeff Sessions, and … David Duke. Trump not only flubbed his response to the former grand wizard of the KKK (or is that grand dragon?), he approvingly re-tweeted a quote from Mussolini. His fans must be disappointed that Trump didn’t find a suitable pithy saying from Hitler. Oh, well, the week is young!
Seriously, the endorsement by Sessions is mystifying. We’ve known for years that Christie’s main principle is self-advancement, but Ted Cruz worked with the Alabama senator to block President Obama’s end-run on immigration. I understand that a lot of Cruz’s Senate colleagues may not like him, but given the choice of Cruz or Trump and the implosion of the Republican Party and a Hillary presidency, they need to back Cruz … or Rubio.
Unless, like Trump, they, too, have no principle other than “winning.”
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About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
After getting blown out in the debate, Donald Trump got the hat trick this weekend, with endorsements from Chris Christie, Jeff Sessions, and … David Duke. Trump not only flubbed his response to the former grand wizard of the KKK (or is that grand dragon?), he approvingly re-tweeted a quote from Mussolini. His fans must be disappointed that Trump didn’t find a suitable pithy saying from Hitler. Oh, well, the week is young!
