The Divine Right

Studying the Holy Scriptures with the leading lights of the GOP.

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“Proverbs, the chapter ‘never bend to envy.’ I’ve had that thing all my life, where people are bending to envy.”
(NB: This line does not appear anywhere in Proverbs.)

— Then presidential candidate Donald Trump, when asked for his favorite Bible verse

“Just like Jesus said, ‘The poor will always be with us.’ There is a group of people that just don’t want health care and aren’t going to take care of themselves.”

— Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS), on his opposition to the Affordable Care Act

“The preferential option for the poor, which is one of the primary tenets of Catholic social teaching, means  . . .  don’t make people dependent on government so that they stay stuck at their station in life.”

— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), explaining why he supports cutting welfare

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