In the spiritual realm, the downfall of the president’s most forceful evangelical promoter fit the pattern of the big scam. But in this case, the tie to Trump’s world is telling: Becki Falwell, wife of the disgraced evangelical, was on the advisory board of Women for Trump. Let’s look away from that tawdry spectacle to a pair of bigger grifts, the border wall and the gun lobby. Over at the gun lobby, another insider is telling all in a forthcoming book. “We only knew one speed and one direction: sell the fear.”Ah yes, sell the fear: the message of this convention.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2020 09:00 UTC