Rick Joyner: 'If You Look At The Disciples That Jesus Chose, They Were All Donald Trump'

Right Wing Watch reports on the extreme rhetoric and activities of key right-wing figures and organizations by showing their views in their own words. In this video, Rick Joyner claims that Donald Trump is a deeply compassionate and religious man ... just like the disciples of Jesus.

[adman]

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians don't behave like Christ."
Gandhi.

[MetaphorInVain]

It's kind of strange when us atheists have to defend the character of Jesus against christians.

[JackJack-zozt]

I can see Jesus choosing disciples who make fun of crippled people, or treat women like cattle. The portrayal isn't false. They literally show clips of the things he says.

[usul]

The media just played back his exact words.

[deepashtray]

Once again Joyner demonstrates the cognitive dissonance required to be a Christian nationalist.

[TheMisterGriswold]

Con men have always had the greatest respect for one another.

[RobertBolduc]

I missed the part about Jesus groping women, after putting mint leaves in his mouth. I missed the part about Jesus kicking the poor out of their tents, so that the Pharos could build huge castles & temples. I missed the part about Jesus asking people to help him, & then refusing to pay them with fish, bread, & wine because "they didn't do a good enough job".

[scottplumer]

He must be talking about a different Donald Trump than the one that everyone else on the planet knows. Trump is the exact opposite of Jesus., and I'm not a Christian.

[Char]

Now somebody needs to Photoshop the Last Supper to make everyone Donald Trump.

[andytaylor]

He would never pass a lie detector! What bullshit. Sickening

[whipsplash]

"He's very different than what the media portrayed him as being."
I'm so tired of the media being the scapegoat for trumps behavior. All the media does is quote the stupid things trump says every day.
Mr. Joyner is clueless...

[meddlinglibs]

"He's very different than the media portrayed him to be" - you mean when they directly quoted him?

[beholdthedarkhorse]

Oh man.. American christianity has turned into a joke

[moofushu]

We'll see if he and his voters still feel this way after three years of cutting social security and privatizing the VA.

[rloomis]

"I have communicated with _he_ and his campaign." Who the hell talks like that? Learn some basic English, Joyner -- you've only been speaking it your whole life.

[aido]

How is this not blasphemy, Christians?

[jmiles]

*projectile vomits on screen* Blasphemy. What a freak. It's people like this who have made legitimate, honest Christians the laughing stock of the world. Thanks for that.

[Bishka]

I'm sure Rick Joyner's belly gets bigger by the day....It must be all the bull shit he is storing up !

[connecticutcasual]

Next time any Christian or pastor cries out wondering why people are becoming so Godless and losing religion all anyone has to do is show them ANY clip of ANY pastor praising Trump. Or Republicans in general (something they need not be doing)!

[trajan]

Trump fears the Lord as much as I do. Humble before the clergy: HE EXPLOITED YOU.