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The Christian Right's War on Empathy

IHIP News

Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan

Politics, News, Talk Radio, Default

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Trump is a textbook cult leader. Pre-order our new book, join our Patreon Cult, and more by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/ivehaditpodcast.

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0:00.0

Convicted felon, Donald Trump, ascended to be president of the United States, and the autopsy on this is going to be very, very important.

0:13.1

And what people need to realize is that this man uses cult-like practices, and he has built a MAGA cult.

0:21.6

Don't take my word for it.

0:23.6

Let's look at these posts from cult leader on Instagram.

0:27.6

How Trump turns accountability into conspiracy.

0:31.6

Next slide.

0:32.6

By labeling investigations and legal scrutiny as a witch hunt or deep state plot, Trump convinces

0:40.3

his followers that any challenge to his power is corrupt. And let's leave that up for a second.

0:46.5

Donald Trump has demeaned and diminished the Justice Department by using these tactics. And he he witch hunt, witch hunt, witch hunt,

0:57.5

and then these people start believing it and they don't realize that these witch hunts

1:02.4

are actually forces of transparency and forces of accountability that keep democracy

1:09.2

in check that make sure that this man is accountable to somebody.

1:13.6

Next slide.

1:14.6

Trump positioned intelligence agencies, the FBI, and even election officials as enemies of the people.

1:22.6

When institutions designed to uphold democracy become villains, it becomes easier to reject their findings.

1:29.8

So let's think about this for a second. Donald Trump riled up all of his supporters to go commit

1:36.4

crimes to attempt an insurrection. And then after that, he tells them all the FBI is doing this to me. You can't trust law enforcement.

1:47.2

You can't trust these institutions, these institutions that keep them safe. He has dismantled

1:54.2

all of these things, and there's never been a better time to be a white-collar criminal than

1:58.8

right now, because all of these people now have gotten

2:02.9

pardons you have a lot of corporate criminals that are giving trump money full-blown quid pro quos to get

2:10.9

pardons and this is what cults do they dismantle any aspect of being accountable so that you can only worship the cult leader.

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