112 Republicans Voted to Keep Santos

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Ivan G Thompson

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The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP

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This book is the third volume in “The Making of a Great America” series. The first book in the series, “The Making of a Great America Where the Founding Fathers and the Church Fell Short,” is more of a historical account of the handling of racism by political and religious leaders from the Founding Fathers to the present. The second book, “The Making of a Great America Uprooting the Spirit of Racism,” explores more of racism's spiritual aspects and ties racism in America to specific manifestations and faces. It has a heavy emphasis on the roots of racism within America’s system of policing. This book primarily targets the evangelical community and its direct and indirect support of racism. In it, I share what it’s like as a born-again Christian and life-long black Republican voter to be forced to reconcile support of my party, my faith, and their tolerance of racism directed at people of color. This book will also help the reader understand that the divide that exists between black and white evangelicals is historical, persistent, and very much centered on issues of race. This book, as did the books before it, asserts that unless the leaders of the evangelical body of Christ, currently white evangelicals, do not shift their attitudes and stance on matters of race that they will lose their mantle of leadership in America. As the mantle shifts to other leaders in the body of Christ, a spiritual vacuum will be created that will harm the Christian witness in America and around the world.

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Ivan is a seasoned author with over 35 published titles. His books are available on Amazon.com, and many are available as audiobooks on Audible.com. Ivan’s Christian books give Scriptural advice on such topics as being a Christian in the workplace, being a better father, discovering your purpose, finding the “Next” step in your purpose, God’s healing power, growing in confidence, recovering from brokenness and increasing your skills and abilities in any area. Several of these books and audiobooks are also available in Spanish.
Ivan’s three exceptional books about diversity in the Air Force books have garnered rave reviews and are available on Amazon (one also on Audible). Ivan has over 25 years of experience consulting, conducting senior leadership off-sites, and strategic planning sessions. He served as Deputy Director of the Defense Business Practice Implementation Board. As the Deputy, he helped facilitate Task Groups for the Secretary of Defense comprised of senior DoD civilians and retired and active Fortune 500 CEOs.
Ivan is also a singer/songwriter, actor, business consultant, and inventor. He is a retired Air Force officer with five adult children and resides in New York City. He graduated with military distinction and as the Outstanding Cadet in Organizational Behavior from the United States Air Force Academy in 1986 and earned his Master’s in Management from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1995.

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112 Republicans Voted to Keep Santos

The New York Times had the headline “House Expels George Santos From Congress in Historic Vote.” The article begins by saying Santos “is the sixth member of the House to be expelled in the body’s history.” You would think this was a good thing as Santos’ “tapestry of lies and schemes made him a figure of national ridicule and the subject of a 23-count federal indictment.” (NYT) A closer look shows that while 105 Republicans voted to expel him, 112 Republicans voted against expulsion. I have written in several books that the Republican Party has lost its moral compass. The party of the “Religious Right” no longer prioritizes character. The Republicans' support of Santos makes it easier to understand how twice impeached, oft-indicted, insurrectionist former President Donald Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/01/nyregion/george-santos-expulsion-vote

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The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP

This is an excerpt from the chapter entitled "The Church Shares the Blame":

The Church Shares the Blame

“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.” (Brainy Quote, n.d.)
Billy Graham

“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” (Washington, n.d.)
George Washington

"With all the power that a President has, the most important thing to bear in mind is this: You must not give power to a man unless, above everything else, he has character. Character is the most important qualification the President of the United States can have." (PBS, n.d.)
Richard Nixon

As I look back on 2016, I would have voted for Mike Pence, Jeb Bush, or Chris Christie, but the Republican party chose the candidate whose first campaign homerun was the vilification of Mexicans. The candidate whose morality and character were suspect long before he became a candidate. They chose the person least qualified to represent Christian family values, the least qualified to talk about running a successful business, the least qualified to govern with no political governing track record, the least qualified to represent integrity, etc.
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Ivan G Thompson

The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP

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The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP

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