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Gazelka beams at Trump

Senator Paul Gazelka high-tailed it to Duluth when Donald Trump, Sr. made an appearance there in early July. The Senator was photographed, not once but twice by the Star Tribune newspaper, shaking the Donald's hand and beaming warmly at him. One of the photos was run on the front page of our local newspaper along with Gazelka's claim that he got to spend some quality time with his man.

Here are some Gazelka quotes from that Long Prairie Leader article:

"In my opinion there's more to the President than what you see on TV," Gazelka said. "In our conversations he was a refreshingly good listener. You can tell how he truly cares about how his policies are affecting Minnesotans."

A little later he said:

"Yes, President Trump has definitely reached people here in Minnesota who feel their voices haven't been heard. Something he is saying is reaching their hearts."

So, we need to understand what causes Senator Gazelka to beam at the Donald. What causes all those other people to come out and beam up, Gazelka-like, at their Commander-in-Cheif.

Gazelka is a leader in his Christian church and he has written that he respects his wife; although he says he is in charge of decision making. So, how does a Christian leader support a guy who paid off a pornography star to cover up an affair with her? Why does Gazelka want a leader who is so weak that he has to hide his violations of the 10 Christian Commandments.

A short time ago Donald Trump returned from North Korea. He said that he had asked the Koreans to return the remains of U.S. soldiers who had died in the Korean War. Within weeks he claimed that the  remains of two-hundred soldiers had been returned.

But he just made that up! His own Secretary of State, Secretary Pompeo, said to Congress, under oath, that no remains had been returned. Trump was violating the memories of those soldiers for political gain.

This is just one of many lies told by Donald Trump. Lying is another violation of the 10 Christian Commandments. Yet, once again, the Christian leader Paul Gazelka beams up at his hero.

Do you remember the Alabama judge that insisted that the 10 Christian Commandments should be posted on the court house lawn? I am reasonably certain Paul Gazelka supported this un-American idea. Who, in Paul Gazelka's mind, should these ever so important commandments apply to? If they do not apply to Donald Trump, does Paul Gazelka believe they apply to him?

How is it that a regular violator of the 10 Christian Commandments has reached into the hearts of Paul Gazelka and so many other beaming Trump supporters. If we could understand that would we know how to get them to see reason? Or would we only continue to be dumbfounded?

-- Tim



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