Barrage of hate from far-right Trumpists to Sikh prayer at Republican convention Toxic response to prayer from pro-Trump Harmeet Dhillon, leading fig

[NakedHunterBiden]

Barrage of hate from far-right Trumpists to Sikh prayer at Republican convention

Toxic response to prayer from pro-Trump Harmeet Dhillon, leading figure on Republican national committee

www.theguardian.com

A toxic, racist, far-right response to Harmeet Dhillon’s Monday-night Sikh prayer at the Republican national convention is just one sign of the difficulties Donald Trump and Republicans have in selling a more diverse version of Trumpism to the party’s base.

Social media posts following Dhillon’s prayer indicated that some far-right Trumpists had been polarized by the sight of a non-Christian form of religious devotion on the convention stage in Milwaukee.


The barrage of hate she received from a segment of fellow Trump supporters may have been especially galling to Dhillon, whose earliest public prominence was as a civil rights lawyer defending turban-wearing Sikh men from post-9/11 racial profiling.

At the same time, Dhillon’s benediction showed how far the California lawyer and Republican national committeewoman has ascended in the Trump movement, where she is now a serious player.

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

Racism and bigotry from magats? Quelle surprise!

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Let's see...

On the far Right: OMG! The RNC held a prayer, and it wasn't Christian!

On the far Left: OMG! The DNC held a prayer!

Can you tell which group are the religious bigots?

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

Let's see...

On the far Right: OMG! The RNC held a prayer, and it wasn't Christian!

On the far Left: OMG! The DNC held a prayer!

Can you tell which group are the religious bigots?

The ones that insist that only type of prayer that should happen is Christian. So bigoted magats.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

The ones that insist that only type of prayer that should happen is Christian. So bigoted magats.

And, the ones that insist there be no prayer are equally bigoted Leftists.

 

[AProudLefty]

And, the ones that insist there be no prayer are equally bigoted Leftists.

No. Religion has no business being in politics.

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

And, the ones that insist there be no prayer are equally bigoted Leftists.

The DNC has people from all religions and have multiple represented. Unlike you sick bigots.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

No. Religion has no business being in politics.

That's entirely different from allowing religion a moment to express itself at a political gathering.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

The DNC has people from all religions and have multiple represented. Unlike you sick bigots.

Oh? How welcoming is the DNC to conservative Christians?

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

Oh? How welcoming is the DNC to conservative Christians?

Do they throw a fit when a christian prays at their convention? Nope

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Do they throw a fit when a christian prays at their convention? Nope

Who, the Democrats? They likely won't allow it. Why? Because they know it will rile much of their base.

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

Who, the Democrats? They likely won't allow it. Why? Because they know it will rile much of their base.

They have many times now.