New House Speaker Mike Johnson is both a diehard Trump supporter and a radical Christian fundamentalist. In this 🧵, I examine how Trump synchs up with Johnson’s 10 Commandments. (I used a Baptist version of the commandments since Johnson is Baptist). Please follow along.
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Money is Trump’s god. “The beauty of me is that I’m very rich,” he once said.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
Golden statue of Trump at right-wing CPAC meeting in 2021.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Politico: "‘Using the Lord’s name in vain’: Evangelicals chafe at Trump’s blasphemy"
politico.com/story/2019/08/…
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
Trump wins this one. His father, who was once arrested at a Klan rally, gave his son $400 million so he could pretend to be a self-made man.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
Trump lied about a deadly pandemic.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Washington Post: “Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years” washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
10. Thou shalt not covet.
"I moved on her actually, she was down in Palm Beach and I failed. I’ll admit it. I did try to fuck her, she was married ... and I moved on her very heavily.”
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