Trump Has a Base in Lebanon County?

This is real life in Lebanon County, PA. Meet Eric Phelps:

While he insists he isn’t hateful, Phelps is a proud and active advocate of racial separation and anti-Catholicism — and he has big plans for Lebanon County. His goal: a community that secedes from the United States and Pennsylvania, is devoid of Hispanics, African-Americans and Catholics, institutes the death penalty for “doing dope,” and forbids homosexuality and adultery.

“These Hispanics and these blacks that commit crime everywhere - they have reduced Lebanon to nothing but a savage war zone, for the most part. That’s all done by the Pope — he brought them in here,” Phelps said. “If I can’t have (racial separation) in Lebanon, I’ll move to another county where we can do it, but we have to go to a white county that’s historically Protestant.”

Phelps isn’t idle while waiting for the consummation of that dream. He pastors his church, which meets in his home to study the Bible and eat fellowship meals of “white Protestant cuisine,” like meat and potatoes. Attendees include his family and a few others, but his personal invitation is required to join.

He also broadcasts an Internet radio program with followers around the world and hosts “private citizenship” classes in Myerstown that have been attended by as many as 25 paying customers, he said, preaching an anti-Catholic gospel message wherever he goes.

Not crazy enough for you?

In the 1970s, he spent five years in the Air Force before dropping out after becoming convinced that it “was no place for a white man” because African-Americans were allowed to cut in line and take over the basketball court. Four years in Bible college from 1977 to 1981 helped him appreciate the Reformation, and he gradually developed the conviction that Jesuits and secret societies like the Freemasons are behind many of the world’s sinister schemes.

Phelps now believes the Jesuits control presidents and presidential candidates, from Franklin Roosevelt to Donald Trump. The Jesuits murdered fellow Catholic John F. Kennedy for resisting their plans and more recently poisoned Antonin Scalia for supporting gun rights, he said. They gave Phelps himself metallic poison about 15 years ago, but he survived symptoms of a high temperature and a rapid heartbeat, he said.

I'm guessing Donald Trump will do really well with this crowd.