Homo-hater and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson knows a good Christian when he sees one, and Donald Trump apparently fits the profile, reports NYT:
Has Donald J. Trump become a born-again Christian?
That is the suggestion of James C. Dobson, one of America’s leading evangelicals, who said Mr. Trump had recently come “to accept a relationship with Christ” and was now “a baby Christian.” [...] Dr. Dobson said he knew the person who had led Mr. Trump to Christ, though he did not name him.
“I don’t know when it was, but it has not been long,” Dr. Dobson said. “I believe he really made a commitment, but he’s a baby Christian.”
Fascinating. The Donald has found Jesus, perhaps at Trump Tower or maybe on one of his golf courses. Anyway, it shows, no? Except for that very odd (non)reaction from his campaign to the decisive Supreme Court ruling Monday that resoundingly rejected the strategic push of anti-abortion activists to limit abortion access nationwide.
As of publication time, he still had not addressed Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which constitutional scholars describe as the most significant abortion ruling in a decade.
Of course, Trump did find time to tweet about—wait for it—himself.
But what about all that born-againness? Where, pray tell, are his newly converted evangelical surrogates? Shouldn't they be all over this? It's not like Trump's shied away from talking abortion in the past—most notably telling MSNBC's Chris Matthews that women who get abortions should be punished, then promptly trying to walk it back.
Anyway, if Trump's an anti-abortion true believer, no one knew it as of Monday. Either his campaign infrastructure is so weak that they weren't able to deploy talking heads, or it turns out he couldn't care less about abortion. Wow. Who could have imagined another flip-flop on a key social issue from The Donald?