By Mark Tooley
There are several Trumpist episodes that are special warnings that he’s unsuited to be the successor of even Nixon, much less Reagan, FDR or Washington. His longtime questioning of Obama’s birth certificate, his more recent brief allusion to Justice Scalia’s possible murder, his allegation that political opponents don’t qualify for the presidency because of their parentage, and his embrace of the “Bush lied” Iraq narrative all imply either a belief in or, likelier, a willingness to exploitatively peddle poisonous and absurd conspiracy myths that are un-American and more resemble dark political discourse in the Mideast, Russia, and what once were called banana republics. His original insistence, later kind of retracted, that America should torture its enemies as punishment and murder the families of terrorists in defiance of law more ominously indicate distaste for constitutional and treaty obligations.
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I’m leaning seriously toward a third-party option if Trump becomes the standard-bearer for the Republicans–which is all the more reason to vote for the only GOP candidate who can beat him: Ted Cruz.
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?
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