The longstanding tradition of taking the oath with one hand on a Bible stretches back to George Washington and was observed by Donald Trump in 2017. But doing so is not a requirement.
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He probably thinks the oath doesn't count now, not that he has any intention of upholding it. Did he cross his fingers also? That would be a righteous 6 year old's move.
Imagine the outrage, the complete melt down, if Biden did not place his hand on the Bible! Or Obama? They'd still be ranting. The double standard and hypocrisy is sickening.
The reason he didn’t put his hand on the Bible is because he can claim later that he never took an oath to uphold the constitution. If a Democrat had done this we all know that Republicans and the New York Times would’ve had a complete fit.
He is a closet atheist? I hope this eliminates the tradition… unless he becomes such a diabolical president that people will remember this small detail and say: “aha, I get it now!
Well what should we have expected from such an example of Christian values and piety, chosen by God they say. I am sure the next time he decides to use the Bible as a political prop he will find it acceptable to touch it. Jon Stewarts take was good. Something about spontaeneous combustion.
Interesting early indication of the forgetfulness which will plague his administration. I don't think it's kind to speculate it was because his hand would've smoked, head revolved twice and bile spewed forth like in the movie.
Let's play a game. Barack Obama is being sworn in and doesn't put his hand on the Bible.
What happens next?
Yet an atheist, who sold Chinese-made Bibles with founding documents included, so he could pay off legal fees, doesn't do it and it's crickets from the god people.
OK. Not a cult.
Right, but he’s been practically ordained by right-wing Christians/Evangelicals as some God-sanctioned politician who is here to do the Lord’s work and “save”the country (from diversity and equity and acceptance.)
So, what gives, people?
No hand on the Bible—Is THIS your… savior?!
The dems and the world need to wake up to the fact that traditional norms of government are over.
Following the rules and being polite no longer applies!
You can’t take a pool noodle to a gun fight! It is time to fight back by trumps rules if we want to save this democracy.
This might be the only time I agree with trump. The Bible is just a book, meaningless if you don’t believe in it. It doesn’t make a person any more truthful or honest by swearing on it. Maybe we should start swearing on our family’s lives. But then that would only work if you like your family.
Blah, NYT who said it was? Much more important things are in play besides the PINO hand on a Bible. Remember that interview clip about what his says he does to woman using a hand to grab them by the p***y, and that's before his sex crime conviction too!!!
Can one even imagine how Fox News and R’s would have melted down over this if a D president didn’t put their hand on a Bible? The hypocrisy is staggering
Yeah! Like they melted down over Michelle Obama not showing up at the inauguration of a president who didn't show up at the swearing in of his successor. The hypocrisy is staggering.
You had to defend his action by saying “doing so is not a requirement” in the abstract, huh.
We are starting to get used to the craziness of this whole fiasco and normalizing all the outrageous things he does. This is how we passively submit to oppression and lose our liberty.
Trump fails to put his hand on the Bible during the oath. Understandable that the devil would not touch the Bible unless it was one of his own made in China.
If we ever have another Democratic president again and if they don't put their hand on the bible... will you have this sort of post about it again? Or it will go back to unbridled criticism?
Actually, the last 8 years have shown how little of our “institutions” are actually enforceable. It appears that the ruling class can just break these laws and traditions without consequence. So I guess what’s one more?
There's no reason for him to keep faking it now. He got the votes, he's in, and he's bent on destroying this country. Let the Christian Right fret all they want. He never cared and never will.
If Obama hadn’t put his hand on the Bible, Republicans would’ve been rioting in the streets. But whatever Trump does (or doesn’t do) gets a massive shrug. The hypocrisy is staggering.
Because he knows he's going to Hell if he swears an oath he has no intention of keeping. But too late Don. Karma will get you at some point and we will all rejoice.
Of course it’s not a requirement due to our constitutionally protected religious plurality laws. But, not doing so for someone who has so deeply politicized his supposed Christian faith, kinda makes you look like a big fat fake, don’t it?
He can’t swear an oath. He has no respect for the words. He has no shame. He has no morals. An oath means nothing to someone who believes in only himself.
If he did forget to put his hand on the Bible, his wife is holding the Bible, why didn’t she signal to him?. Are you telling me they both forgot? It’s literally the reason she is standing there.
It’s the usual: republicans do whatever they want and suffer no consequences; democrats miss one step or get one toe out of line in an arcane and unspecified ritual and they take fire from the left and right for weeks.
Wearing a tan suit IS to the republicans the equivalent of fomenting an insurrection against the United States. Because the guy doing it was black and a Democrat. And because to republicans, EVERYTHING that Democrats do is an insurrection against the United States government.
Get the religion out of politics. All of it! One of the big reasons this festering pile of orange dog feces is in office is because of fake Christians acting like he is the second coming of Christ. This man couldn’t be any less
Christ like and neither ate his followers. The end! #taxthechurch
He would have burst into flames. Being the antichrist and all! Donald Trump and MAGA, they aren't Christians. They are the opposite of Jesus Christ and any Christian who follows them and supports them, is a charlatan themselves. Period. It's a fake Christian, real cult!
He is Trump, he is required to do nothing and YOU, the venerated Gray Lady, will hold him accountable for the same, nothing.
Thanks for all the news that is fit to line my birdcage.
I'm old enough to remember when Obama flubbed a word, sending Republicans to declare he wasn't president, making Justice Roberts go to the White House to make him take the oath again.
Roberts flubbed it first, creating the issue. To my ear, it seemed like Obama had rehearsed the oath and was surprised by Roberts changing up the wording.
I do take your larger point. There are no actual standards for Trump.
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Then it makes sense. He thinks that he himself is a God. So his left hand touching his hip/leg was his way of doing just that. 😂
NYT
Your headlines are a type of capitulation. News, but not stinging. Do not upset the FOTUS too much.
Democracy Docket, Media Matters, Propublica, are just a few of many sites reporting news and not capitulating.
Melania is holding a first edition of Peg Bracken’s “I Hate To Cook” book and a copy of “English For Dummies”…
What happens next?
Yet an atheist, who sold Chinese-made Bibles with founding documents included, so he could pay off legal fees, doesn't do it and it's crickets from the god people.
OK. Not a cult.
So, what gives, people?
No hand on the Bible—Is THIS your… savior?!
"We asked voters at a diner in Staten Island if this tradition is still really necessary."
Following the rules and being polite no longer applies!
You can’t take a pool noodle to a gun fight! It is time to fight back by trumps rules if we want to save this democracy.
It’s ok if you write that in your headline.
You had no issue writing headlines about Biden’s age. 🤔
Throughout Trump 1.0, the media we rely upon made five-alarm fires out of every meaningless stupid thing Trump did.
When you make big deals out of small things, the big deals seem like small things. This is his strategy and you keep falling for it.
But this is Trump, the man that bases all his speaches on righteousness and uses religion to amass votes and sheep followers.
His message was arrogance, being above all.
We are starting to get used to the craziness of this whole fiasco and normalizing all the outrageous things he does. This is how we passively submit to oppression and lose our liberty.
"... no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
the US should not be a medieval 3rd world country (even though it is)
Christ like and neither ate his followers. The end! #taxthechurch
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The reason he chose not to do it this time, is that he has no intention of keeping his oath.
Thanks for all the news that is fit to line my birdcage.
I do take your larger point. There are no actual standards for Trump.
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