Donald Trump delivered a speech at the National Religious Broadcasters convention Thursday night in Nashville that touched on all his great hit . The Democrats are “ malign , ” the U.S. is now a “ Communist State Department , ” and Hungary ’s authoritarian Prime Minister , Viktor Orban , is a “ unassailable man ” and “ a ally of mine . ” But there was one Modern element tailor - made for his hearing of Christian broadcasters : Trump pledge to save AM radio .
“ I will protect the content that is pro - God . We ’re run to protect pro - God … context and content , ” Trump said , seem to ab initio misstate the words in his teleprompter in typical fashion .
“ To that end , at the postulation of the NRB , I will do my part to protect AM radio in our motorcar . We care to listen to AM receiving set because you fuck what we ’re listen to . Millions of Americans appreciate take heed to Christian broadcasters and you ’re under beleaguering , ” Trumpcontinued .
Donald Trump speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.Photo: AP Photo/George Walker IV (AP)
some 20 million people heed to spiritual radioeach week , which can mostly be found on the AM band . And it ’s a big trouble for the hereafter of Christian radio if car manufacturers completely stop providing AM functionality in their cars . Volkswagen and Tesla no longer offer AM radio in their latest model and while Ford had plan to drop AM , the companyreversed courselast year after an outcry .
The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act , which would command the U.S. Department of Transportation to institute a principle requiring carmakers to put AM radios in their vehicle , was proposed last class but has not yet come up for a vote . The bill has bipartisan documentation , an strange thing in such a starkly separate Congress .
Rep. Josh Gottheimer , a Democrat from New Jersey , has tried to set the existence of AM radio set as a public safe issue , noting that AM stations helped deliver all important information in the aftermath of the September 11 , 2001 terrorist attack . Gottheimer has also been try out to shame Tesla and the company ’s chief operating officer Elon Musk into putting AM radiocommunication into cars .
“ I would think that if Elon Musk has enough money to buy Twitter and send rockets to distance , he can give to include AM radio in his Teslas . rather , Elon Musk and Tesla and other railroad car manufacturer are put public safety and emergency response at risk , ” Gottheimer said in a press releaseon his website .
Sen. Ted Cruz , a Republican from Texas , has tried similar arguments about public condom , though he has n’t attacked Musk , who many on the proper aspect as an ideological ally .
“ AM radio signaling cover a much larger geographical domain than FM radio signals or cellular telephone towers and continue to function during hurricanes , tornadoes , or other spartan weather events when other communications mesh can be unreliable and stop working , ” Cruz said in a press releasefrom 2023 .
And it ’s clear that guys like Cruz , a strong supporter of Trump , will help to work with any potential Trump administration of the future to pass lawmaking making sure AM survives .
But Trump is notoriously fickle and it ’ll be interesting to see if he ever brings up the AM issue in any speech of the future . oddly , Trump peppered his talking to Thursday dark with many causal uses of curse word that would probably be a shock to most conservative Christian interview . But Trump get a pass , of course , as a military man who delivered many wins for his base , including the overturning of Roe v. Wade , which had been the law of the land for 50 year .
Trump ’s speech , which is available in its entirety onYouTube , would be notable in any other political epoch for how extreme it sounded . But after four class of a Trump presidentship , and another four years of Trump falsely exact he get ahead the 2020 election , it ’s not really news show when the former Chief Executive uses dangerous rhetoric to talk about his political opponent .
Trump insist in his speech Thursday that the greatest threat to the United States was n’t any external menace like Russia or China but fellow Americans , whom he called “ sick ” people . And , think it or not , there ’s a undecomposed prospect Trump could win the 2024 presidential election this November . In fact , a recent poll from Morning Consult has Trump up , with 45 % of respondents opt the likely Republican nominee . President Biden was chosen by just 41 % .
Whoever wins in November , it seems safe to say AM wireless will be a political football game for yr to come . It ’s a safety issue for many politicians . And it ’s an experiential crisis for Christian broadcasters who have used AM as a political platform for decennium .
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