He's referring to Jesus, not Trump. This is standard Evangelical phrasing I've heard a million times in my life.https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/813071563834748928 …
@DavidAFrench @jonathanchait I just spoke with a man versed in theology who said the suspect part is *this* Christmas. It's every Christmas.
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@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench Plus "the good news" rather than "the birth" of a -new- king. This is so disingenuous of the RNC. -
@sinksterbelle@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench You realize "good news" is a relevant biblical expression, right?
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@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench Agree. Big diff between saying "*a* new king" (DJT) vs "*the* new king" (Jesus). -
@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench actually that's pedantry not theology you are welcome. -
@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench Don't have to be versed in theology to key into that; it's poor rhetoric. -
@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench Some agree. 1st, if so, get evangelical OUT of politics. 2nd, regardless, wording implies otherwise. -
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@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench This is the key: liturgy collapses time; there is only one Christmas and every year you step into it. -
@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench It's such a vital theological principle and standard liturgical form that it bleeds into most speech. -
@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench The result sounds out of tune to a churchgoer but it's probably just sloppiness. -
@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench It's also the only instance I've ever seen of calling the Christ "a king" and not "the king."
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@AlexMLeo@DavidAFrench@jonathanchait if it's every Christmas then it's definitely this Christmas -
@AlexMLeo@DavidAFrench@jonathanchait Sure. We aren't in every year, we are in this year, aren't we? -
@AlexMLeo@DavidAFrench@jonathanchait I thought the $99 gold finish ornament in his souvenir shop looks like a king's crown with a billpic.twitter.com/R1rM1eFbAp
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@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench Similar to standard Xmas line but I've never heard "this" Xmas compared to "that" night in this way -
@AlexMLeo@jonathanchait@DavidAFrench Sounds like@Reince needs some English language reeducation. To the Lions! -
@AlexMLeo@DavidAFrench@jonathanchait by King Herod -
@AlexMLeo@DavidAFrench@jonathanchait Well, jesus was herald as the new king, Reason why all the born on that day were killed as a decree
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