Church Campaign Intervention: A Classroom Exhibit

Last month, President Trump gave an hour long speech at Fervent Calvary Chapel over on North Rancho Drive.  It was all pretty standard stump stuff, according to media coverage:

A rigged election system and stolen presidency were common themes throughout Trump’s hour-long speech at Fervent Calvary Chapel, on North Rancho Drive near North Torrey Pines Drive. Another topic focused on attacking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, also a 2024 Republican presidential candidate. Trump told the crowd, numbering in the hundreds, that he felt Nevada was a Republican state. “I endorsed your governor,” Trump said referencing former Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo’s 2022 campaign. “Your governor won.” Trump said he also can win Nevada with the help of voters. “They can be dishonest,” the former president said about Democrats. “They can lie. They can cheat. They can do whatever they want. The one thing they can’t do, if we get massive numbers of votes, they can only go so far.”

But its not what Trump said that has Twitter all aflutter.  Its what the preacher had to say introducing Trump:

Jimmy Morales, the senior pastor at Fervent Cavalry, delivered opening remarks saying the 2024 election would be the most important the country has ever faced. “We are in a battle for the unborn,” Morales said. “We are in a battle for the church.” He called upon pastors to unite in support of Trump. “Donald J. Trump did more for the church and more for the unborn than any other president in history,” Morales said.

Campaign intervention, much?  One Twitter user posted Form 13909 and encouraged his fellow Twitter users to file complaints.  Lots of good that will do though.  That’s right, you know where I am going.  I’ve said it before and I am gonna say it one more damn time.  Churches can do whatever they want with their tax exemption.  You can’t jump on stage, grab the microphone and wrestle the preacher to the ground and you sure can’t revoke the church’s tax exemption.  Still, the story and brief video make for good talking points when teaching campaign intervention.

darryll k. jones