Religious Right hypocrites cheer Trump at summit

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One thing I wonder is that the excuse frequently given for the extremely hypocritical and morally bankrupt behavior of the religious right with Trump, that "they are trying to accomplish bigger goals and don't have to like/approve of Trump to support him in supporting their goals," if they are really only tolerating him to essentially milk what they can policy-wise, why are they going out of their way to be so supportive? It's one thing to put up with his absurdity, but they don't have to like it nor pretend to. I guess you could say that they have to pretend to love Trump in order to get him to do what they want, but it seems a lot like they have completely lost their way and that religion is really only 2nd (or 3rd...or 4th..etc) place to their #1 goal of gaining power and influence. You don't get to march around all pious like, telling people what they should or should not being doing, or what is right or wrong, judging them, when you don't even stick to your own principles yourself and sell out entirely when you think someone - anyone can deliver on your political agenda.

I think what Jacobin said sounds about right. Religion is just being used and abused by these kinds of people. It's really about power and wealth. At this point, we've all seen what comes first.