More than a quarter of Democrats in a new poll said America would be better off if former President Donald Trump had been killed in Sunday’s assassination attempt.
That’s according to the poll of registered voters taken after authorities on Sunday spotted a man armed with an assault-style rifle and scope hiding in bushes near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club while the former president played a round of golf.
28%?
How have we fallen to this?
Be informed, not misled.
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Most Americans and most of the world know that Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was able to hide for several hours just outside the course. Authorities say Routh pointed the barrel of his rifle through a chain-link fence toward the golf course and was spotted by a Secret Service agent, who fired at Routh. The suspect was soon arrested after fleeing the scene.
What many may not know is to what depth our culture has fallen.
A seared conscience.
The poll from Scott Rasmussen’s Napolitan News Service asked 1,000 registered voters this week: “While it is always difficult to wish ill of another human being, would America be better off if Donald Trump had been killed last weekend?”
- Overall, 17% of Americans responded “yes,” 69% said “no,” and the remaining 14% said they were not sure.
- Among Democrats surveyed, 28% responded “yes.”
The desensitization of some Americans following the second assassination attempt of former President Trump is alarming. Seventeen percent (17%) of voters believe America would have been better off if former President Trump had been killed in last week’s attempted assassination.
- That figure includes 28% of Democrats who say that America would have been better off if Trump had been assassinated. Another 24% of Democrats were not sure. Fewer than half (48%) of Democrats could bring themselves to say that America would not be better off if the opposing party’s candidate for president had been assassinated.
Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG Research, said, “It is hard to imagine a greater threat to democracy than expressing a desire to have your political opponent murdered.”
- Despite two assassination attempts in two months, just over half of all Democrats (51%) don’t see a need to increase Trump’s security detail. Among all voters, 62% think Trump’s security should be increased and 32% disagree.
- Forty-nine percent (49%) of Democrats think it’s at least somewhat likely that Trump himself or the Trump campaign was involved in the assassination attempt, with 21% saying it was very likely. Fifty-two percent (52%) of Republicans think it’s at least somewhat likely that the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign was involved, with 28% saying it’s very likely.
These results are the latest evidence of how polarized the electorate has become this election season. Voters for both Trump and Harris overwhelmingly say they can’t understand how a reasonable person could vote for Trump or Harris.
Upon reviewing the data, Rasmussen noted, “I continue to believe that America’s best days are still to come. However, for years I’ve been saying that things will get worse before they get better. These numbers suggest that the phase of getting worse is clearly upon us.”
1 Timothy 4:1-2 tells us, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"
The picture given by the apostle Paul is one in which a person's conscience or convictions have been desensitized. Through repeated exposure to evil, a person's sense of right and wrong can become numb to the point that a person can no longer easily distinguish between good and evil.
The Prophet Isaiah condemned this type of spiritual insensitivity, saying, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!" (Isaiah 5:20). In Isaiah's case, this way of life would result in judgment to God's people (Isaiah 5:26-30).
In 1 Timothy 4, we see that "some will depart from the faith." This indicates that those who call themselves Christians or claim to be associated with "Christianity" will leave it. Instead, they will be devoted to demonic and deceitful teachings that will come through insincere liars with a warped sense of morality.
A vibrant Christian faith is one that is both growing in God's grace and defending against false teachings.
Our institutions, particularly public education, have warped America's sense of morality by baptizing our children in LGBTQIA+ indoctrination while blocking parents from knowing what was happening in the classroom.
A divided house cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln publicly called out the spiritual issue of his time; slavery.
He said, quoting from the teaching of Jesus, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided."
In his “House Divided” speech, Lincoln countered that the Dred Scott decision the previous year had already opened the doors for slavery to be legal in the North, as well as all territories that the U.S. expanded into. He argued that if the U.S. wanted to be a free country, it had to act now before it was too late.
Wise words.
I personally believe we stand at a point not unlike that of Lincoln's America.
Biblical Christians know that God has spoken to us through the prophets concerning the end times. What to expect, remembering that He is in control.
Yet our calling is to be "salt and light"—influencers of righteousness in a crumbling culture.
Having done all, "stand."
Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Sober. Be Vigilant. Be Bold. Be Engaged. Be Prayerful.