It all began with a tweet.
On August 22nd, 2018 Reverend Hillman Thoreau of the First Saints Church of Gainsborough, West Virginia was introduced by one of his parishioners to the twitter feed of Donald Trump. Up until then, the Reverend was not much of a social media participant. He was vaguely aware that an online community of comments and counter-comments had become a part of the national political discourse but was never, until then, inclined toward examining any of the prominent platforms in depth.
The tweet in question was about Donald Trump's former fixer and personal lawyer Michael Cohen. It was a disparaging tweet, one that puzzled the conservative Republican pastor. Why, he wondered, would the president disparage his attorney so publicly? Here was someone who had sacrificed his integrity in order to protect the president. Here was someone about to go to jail for the crime of paying hush money to an actress in the pornography industry in order to purchase her discretion.
As he connected the dots, it soon became apparent that Thoreau's Christian beliefs were in stark conflict with the flagrant sexual transgressions of President Trump. In the spirit of Jesus, Reverend Hillman was prepared to forgive Trump for his boastful predilection for grabbing the "pussies" of attractive women. But when he betrayed Mr. Cohen, it finally became clear that Donald J. Trump was not exactly a 'man of God.'
Reverend Thoreau has subsequently become rather adept in the mechanics of online political organization. Together with a network of like minded clergymen he has founded a faith-based advocacy group called Evangelicals for Justice. They have courageously put themselves on the front lines of the impeachment process. The group claims over 200,000 active members from across the country and interest in their movement is growing.
"We thought our parishioners would chafe at the idea of abandoning the President," Thoreau said, "but instead it seems as if a huge burden has finally been lifted from their conscience."
