“Oh dear, I hadn’t thought of that,” says the Christian Right, and promptly disappears in a puff of logic

There are likely consequences of the Trump/Bush tape. And then there’s the opposite.

That said, it’d be a shame if the tape were used merely to delegitimate Trump. After all, Trump really has nothing to answer for here; we’ve known all along that he speaks and acts like this. The real crew that needs to answer for this tape is the Christian Right.

Throughout the campaign, white evangelicals have overwhelmingly supported Trump—often with higher majorities than Romney got from them. Despite Trump’s obvious flouting of the sexual puritanism they claim as their brand. And as of last night, their leadership was still firmly behind Trump.

Rather than discredit Trump, this tape should destroy that movement, its leaders, and the cottage industry of enabling journalists and academics who’ve told us for decades that we need to take “people of faith”—by which they mean white evangelicals—more seriously.

Telling everyone else Do who I say, not who I do, is one of the joys of membership in the (Christian Right [White Evangelical Church, Inc.]). If the open displays of hypocrisy by its leaders haven’t had the same effect on it/them as a sprinkling of salt on a slug, voting for Trump after still more proof that he’s a misogynist thug is not going to do it.