Buttigieg says ‘reckoning’ coming over GOP and Christianity

Speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Thursday, Buttigieg kicked off a day of television appearances in which he highlighted his Christian faith.

Republicans, he asserted, are “known for beating people on the head” with their faith while following a policy agenda aimed at reducing assistance for the poor and other policies he said were at odds with that message.

Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said “there’s going to be a reckoning over that.”

I rather like Pete, though I don’t agree with him about everything. In particular, I think he wastes energy trying to win over Trumpites, where I have just written them off to concentrate on unity, and getting out the vote. Even so, I think he could actually beat Trump and by a pretty good margin. Such an election would become a national referendum on homophobia, since the GOP has monopolized the bigot vote and will not be able to restrain themselves from attacking him on that basis. Indeed, it might turn into a referendum on evangelical power in general.