What Christian Democrats Believe

by Robert McCarty

September 15, 2025: Believe it or Leave it

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Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid

Recent Republican legislation has cut funding for the SNAP and Medicaid programs. But consider this: to qualify for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) you must have a gross annual income of less than $20,000 per year. To be eligible for Medicaid medical insurance, your gross annual income must be less than $21,600 per year.

These people are at the bottom of the economic ladder and have no recourse once these vital social programs are cut. How Christian is that? Amos 8:4 and 7 says, “Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land…the Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: ‘I will never forget anything they have done.’”

The Proscription of DEI

President Trump is a notorious, life-long racist. Note the Central Park Five case (1989), the Birther movement against Barak Obama (2008), the “very fine people” at the Charlottesville, VA protests in 2017. Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss (2020). The 2025 firings of Lisa Cook and Robert Primus. The accusation that Barak Obama a traitor in 2025. This is but a sampling of Donald Trump’s infamous racist behaviors. It therefore staggers the imagination that the Trump administration has rebranded Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs as unlawful discriminatory practices, and the administration threatens to defund universities over this issue. If you want to attack something good (DEI), you can rebrand it as something bad. Malachi 2:17 says, You have wearied the Lord… by saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them.’

70% of white Christians voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. It is curious that more white Christians haven’t questioned President Trump’s eligibility to hold high office based on his overt bigotry. Doesn’t Revelation 7:9 say, “…there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne…(?)” If St. Peter, standing at the Pearly Gates, believes in racial equality, then Christian Democrats believe in racial equality and in DEI.


Decommissioning FEMA

The Trump administration wants out of the emergency management business, by decommissioning FEMA. Since the purpose of federal intervention is to assist the States when they are overwhelmed by large natural disasters, the idea of letting the States manage it simply makes no sense. The Trump administration’s idea to defund FEMA demonstrates gross indifference to human life without the slightest coherent explanation. When asked why he was healing on the Sabbath, Jesus answered in Luke 6:9, I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?Let’s direct this same question to those who wish to abolish FEMA. Which is better for the federal government, to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? Christian Democrats believe in protecting our citizen’s lives through effective federal emergency services.

The Firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired former CDC Director Susan Monarez. Monarez's attorneys, Mark Zaid and Abbe Lowell, said in a statement, Kennedy and the HHS are weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk. Director Monarez was targeted because she refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts1.

Once again, Trump and Kennedy are demonstrating calloused indifference to the health and safety of the citizens they are tasked with representing. So, let’s again paraphrase the words of Jesus from Luke 6:9, Which is better for the CDC, to do good or to do evil, to save lives or to destroy them? Christian Democrats believe that federal politicians and health officials should demonstrate appropriate concern for the health of US citizens.

Calling Out the National Guard

We want to keep this in mind about President Trump calling out the National Guard: the Posse Comitatus Act (1878) Prohibits the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic laws unless expressly authorized by an act of Congress or when the National Guard is invited by that state's governor2. President Trump is observing no such precautions.

When asked if she believes Trump is a dictator, Kim Lane Scheppele, a professor of sociology at Princeton University, answered, Yes, of course.She added, If I was hesitating to use the term ‘dictatorship’ before, it’s this mobilization of the national guard and the indication that he plans to overtake resistance by force that now means we’re in it.3

Is President Trump trying to overthrow the government by coup? The answer is yes, with three supporting points. The first is from House Speaker Mike Johnson who said, Yield, man! Let the troops come into your city…4 The second, is the Trump administration’s avid support for Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro. The fraternal affection between Trump and Bolsonaro, two fellow insurrectionists, coup plotters and election deniers is touching and revealing.

The third point is from President Trump himself, who said, Anytime you have mail-in voting, you have corrupt elections. Very simple5.

Since there’s no evidence of significant fraud with mail-in ballots6, this statement telegraphs President Trump’s disdain for democracy. Christian Democrats believe in democracy, the United States Constitution, and the rule of law.