I am outraged today by what I read in the newspaper about a person who is in some way connected to the Hillary campaign. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said the comments were "staggering".
Read it again, it's hard to really understand the "staggering"-ness of it all the first time round (although I do actually agree with most of the points they made). It goes well beyond the constitutionally protected locker room talk we've heard so much about in the LMSM.
So there you've heard it folks, from the Man himself.
The messages detail a conversation between Ms Palmieri and John Halpin, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank with White House links.
Mr Halpin, who is himself Catholic, wrote: "Friggin' (Rupert) Murdoch baptised his kids in Jordan where John the Baptist baptised Jesus."
He adds that "the most powerful elements of the conservative movement are all Catholic".
Mr Halpin also described their positions as "an amazing bastardisation of the faith".
"They must be attracted to the systematic thought and severely backwards gender relations and must be totally unaware of Christian democracy," he added.
Ms Palmieri, who was at the think tank at the time, responded that Catholicism "is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion".
"Their rich friends wouldn't understand if they became evangelicals," she said.
Mr Halpin, who is himself Catholic, wrote: "Friggin' (Rupert) Murdoch baptised his kids in Jordan where John the Baptist baptised Jesus."
He adds that "the most powerful elements of the conservative movement are all Catholic".
Mr Halpin also described their positions as "an amazing bastardisation of the faith".
"They must be attracted to the systematic thought and severely backwards gender relations and must be totally unaware of Christian democracy," he added.
Ms Palmieri, who was at the think tank at the time, responded that Catholicism "is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion".
"Their rich friends wouldn't understand if they became evangelicals," she said.
Campaigning on Wednesday in the battleground state of Florida, Mr Trump said Mrs Clinton's team had been "viciously attacking Catholics and evangelicals".
The Republican nominee added: "Anybody of religion, I really think you have to vote for Donald Trump."
The Republican nominee added: "Anybody of religion, I really think you have to vote for Donald Trump."
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