In his clever letter “Jesus wouldn’t have a shot for president” (Jan. 12, TribLIVE), James Cataldi asserts that Christ’s opposition to abortion and “acknowledging and depending on (shudder) God” would make it impossible for him to win the Democratic nomination. The writer does a fine job of looking at but one side of the coin.
Could Jesus win the Republican nomination in the Trump era? Donald Trump has taken the GOP away from any viable assertion that it is the party of family and moral values as it has embraced coarseness and intolerance.
The current titular head of the party is a thrice-married adulterer and vulgarian with no respect for the law or ethics, one who is anathema to the tenets of a savior who would look unfavorably upon inveterate lying, worshipping material possessions and boasting of them, enriching oneself at the expense of others, savaging and destroying those who disagree with you, maligning and slamming the door on the stranger and refugee, and demonstrating no level of compassion or basic human decency.
I would postulate that Jesus would be far less welcome in the Republican Party of today than in the Democratic camp.
Oren Spiegler
Peters Township