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BlueWavePsych

(3,104 posts)
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:17 AM May 9

MAGA melts down over 'WOKE MARXIST POPE' who is a 'Never Trumper liberal'

It didn’t take long for right-wing media figures and MAGA provocateurs to cry out in rage over the election of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV after it was revealed that he’d publicly criticized Vice President JD Vance and expressed sympathy for immigrants and George Floyd.

Despite feeling national pride over the fact that the Chicago-born Prevost has become the first American pope in history, conservative pundits and Trump loyalists fumed over the “WOKE MARXIST POPE” and complained that he is “worse than Francis,” referencing the previous pontiff known for his progressive values.

Pro-Trump social media personality Joey Mannarino groused that “the new Pope has recently attacked JD Vance, shown solidarity with Kilmar Abrego-Garcia and begged Trump to open the borders like Biden had them,” adding that “this guy is worse than Francis.” In a separate tweet, he went even further, calling him a “liberal piece of s***” and insisting that “we’re f***ed.” Mannarino’s spouse Ada Lluch, who credits Trump for the couple getting married (they’ve since separated), complained that the “new pope suffers from the woke mind virus.”

“In case you're wondering why they picked an American to be a Pope for the first time in history,” MAGA influencer Vince Langman, sharing a 2015 tweet of Prevost criticizing Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric, whined. “He's a WOKE Never Trumper liberal. That's why!”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/maga-woke-american-pope-leo-xiv-b2747600.html




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johnnyfins

(2,122 posts)
4. A woke never Trumper
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:35 AM
May 9

Or just a priest following and living the teachings of Jesus. You know that pesky New Testament.

Shows alot that he is already being called a POS.

sop

(14,427 posts)
8. 'Pope Leo XIV voted in 2024 U.S. general election -- here's which primaries he's voted in'
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:59 AM
May 9

(CBS) "The Chicago-born pope — formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost — is registered to vote in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Ill., and has a mixed voting history of participating in primaries for both parties, according to voting records shared with CBS News and data from the Illinois State Board of Elections."

"There is no party registration in Illinois, but to vote in a primary you have to choose a party's ballot to vote on. Prevost has voted in more Republican primaries than Democratic, and the last primary election he voted in was the 2016 Republican presidential primary."

"He last voted in the 2024 general election, though it is not known what party he voted for."

"This is according to records, shared with CBS News by GOP consultant Jared Small, of Prevost's files from 'L2 Data,' a paid service used by political campaigns that has access to individual voter files provided by each state. CBS News has reached out to the Will County Clerk's Office for copies of this data as well."

"He voted in the Republican primaries in 2012, 2014 & 2016, including the presidential primaries in 2012 and 2016."

"L2 Data records show he last voted in a Democratic primary in 2010. He had also voted in the party's presidential primary in 2008."

"He has voted in at least nine general elections, including in five presidential election cycles: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024. There's no record of him voting in the 2016 or 2020 general election."

"Records show he also voted in a 'consolidated general election' in April 2001, when local Illinois offices were on the ballot."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-robert-prevost-voting-records-republican-democratic-primaries/

phylny

(8,742 posts)
7. What exactly do they think that the pope is going to do
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:54 AM
May 9

that will ruin their life forever? Unhinged idiots.

sop

(14,427 posts)
11. Scold and shame them, make them feel guilty, expose their moral failings.
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:51 AM
May 9

They can't stand it when anyone tells them to behave. They're spoiled children.

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