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Exclusive: Thomas McKenzie caused a stir before Super Tuesday in 2016 when he spoke out against then-Republican candidate Donald Trump. Four years later, he's willing to support literally anyone else for the presidency.
When an evangelical Christian priest in Tennessee published a controversial blog post on his website denouncing then-Republican candidate Donald Trump ahead of Super Tuesday in 2016, he probably could have figured what would happen next.
Thomas McKenzie, priest at Church of the Redeemer in Nashville, was immediately inundated with emails and messages on social media rebuking the post, which was titled: “This Isn’t Funny Anymore: Why I’m Voting Against Donald Trump.”
The messages — many of them profanity-laced and filled with hate — were sent to the priest in such excess, he was forced to set up an automated response that read in part: “Some things I’ve received have been down-right vile. This has not done much to persuade me that Mr. Trump is not a demagogue. Fear and anger seems to be the main message I’m receiving from his supporters.”
In a follow-up story The Independent published this week about Mr McKenzie’s foray into politics, the Anglican priest revealed how he lost both friends and parishioners after speaking out against Mr Trump. But Mr McKenzie also said he does not regret his blog post, and once again plans to vote against the incumbent president — even if that means supporting someone as progressive as Bernie Sanders.
“I’ll vote for whoever the Democratic Party...