Talked to my cousin back in SC for far too long last night and the bizarre hero worship of this prick is off the charts. My family's already a bunch of devout Red Hats but holeeeee shit. I asked if she considered him a political or religious leader and it went waaaaay towards the latter. I don't even know what to call this form of religiosity. "Republican Jesus" has been around for a while and boy was it on display. The fervor, I couldn't believe it. This was like listening to someone talk about Mother Theresa, a saint if not another messiah.
Like, we knew this already but we're all in big fuckin' trouble. Pair this with the poll from a couple of days ago where Americans view more religion in society and governance as a good thing, and I'm starting to think I'll be an old, old man before it starts turning around again.