This article is the perfect encapsulation of the corrupt bargain at the heart of the right wing politicians and the so-called Christians in America: they point fingers at others for their supposed moral failings, but do not hold their own accountable. When asked, “At any time during you[r] tenure as director of the Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?” her answer was “Mr Chairman I am shocked we are going down and peddling tabloid garbage today at this committee.”
Perhaps its the idea that “their own” deserve forgiveness, while others do not, but it’s not even that–members of their own faith, if not part of the Republican/MAGA regime, will face the same fire. So it becomes clearer and clearer that modern evangelical Christianity is no longer a religion, other than their fanatical, anti-intellectual bent, but a political ideology in the trappings of a religion, one of the most dangerous combinations that can be imagined. That means that there are no consequences for bad actions by politicians, because they are all waved away, like this obvious adultery, because it’s not the action that matters, but what ideology they ascribe to. And that means that any action is ignorable or forgivable, even child rape. And the politicians know this, because they know they will never be voted out no matter what they do, and so they have no reason to be better.