They don't care about norms — they care about the result
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Evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress went on Fox and said Trump has a better understanding of the Bible than Pope Leo XIV. Trump amplified it on Truth Social. Mike's angle: he's not here to litigate theology. But notice what the same media that lectured you about January 6th and 'norms' does when a pastor says this about a liberal pope versus what they do when that same pope calls Trump a warmonger. The pope called for peace with Iran and Trump called him aligned with the 'radical left.' Mike's a church-going Catholic-adjacent guy who respects the office of the pope. He doesn't have to agree with everything the pope says. But the selective outrage machine only runs one direction. Button: they don't care about norms. They care about the result.
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I'm not here to referee a theology debate between an evangelical pastor and the Vatican. That's above my pay grade and honestly above most of ours.
But I'll tell you what I noticed. Robert Jeffress goes on Fox and says Trump understands the Bible better than Pope Leo XIV — the first American-born pope in history, a man who studied at Villanova and in Rome and now leads 1.4 billion Catholics — and Trump amplifies it on Truth Social. The same outlets that spent four years writing about norms and the dignity of institutions treated that story one way. Then the same pope calls for a peaceful resolution and Trump calls him aligned with the radical left and weak on crime. The same outlets treat that a completely different way. I go to church. I respect the office of the pope. I don't have to agree with everything Leo XIV says about foreign policy to know that Jeffress calling Roman Catholicism a counterfeit religion is not exactly a neutral character witness. And I don't have to be naive about why Trump amplified that particular clip.
The selective outrage machine only runs in one direction. It runs toward the result they want. They don't care about norms. They care about the result. Take note.
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The norm-defenders are very selective about which norms they're defending. As usual. #politics #mediabias #americafirst #catholic
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