Honestly, the current situation is beyond double standards. The Republicans have free reign to more or less break any of their own rules and suffer almost no consequences. Meanwhile, literally anything a Democrat does is spun into multiple mutually exclusive conspiracy theories that their base and the media somehow manage to spout simultaneously.

If one of Obama's friends would've done a nazi salute behind the presidential seal, the Republicans would've lynched Obama on the lawn of the white house

It's the ceremony organizers' fault for neglecting to bring a bible small enough to put his hand on.

Well you're conveniently forgetting that Obama had the fucking audacity to ~~eat dijon mustard~~ ~~wear a tan suit~~ be black.

It is absolutely not a requirement to swear an oath on a bible, or even to have a bible nearby.

It just happens to be a longstanding custom in the USA. Many politicians take the oath on a bible just for the optics. DT, of all people, is all about optics. Dude probably wasn’t paying any attention, and surely winging his swearing given the last minute changes.

In any case, shouldn't everyone be applauding a president for refusing to touch a bible, tacitly denouncing religious contexts near government?

Not to be annoying but it is in fact your business

Whoever succeeds trump, (assuming that happens, and it's not Vance), should do the same thing, so we can maybe get rid of that dumbass tradition.

Big Antichrist vibes. Would it have burned his hand? I guess will never know.

white ~~christian~~ supremacy