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Fresh off an Emmy nomination for Best Informational Series or Special for her show Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, actress Leah Remini is not anywhere close to done dropping bombshells about the twisted Church’s inner workings. After learning of her nomination, Remini told TheWrap that the Church of Scientology would hold meetings in which they decided which way the group would vote when it came to presidential elections.
“I know when I was in the organization, there were meetings amongst Scientologists on which ways to vote, and it was anyone who was pro-Scientology and its policies,” she said. It makes sense, then, that the Church would collectively vote for Donald Trump, who vowed to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment during his campaign. The Amendment prohibits religious organizations and nonprofit groups from endorsing or opposing candidates, so its destruction would allow the Church a lot more freedom when it comes to getting involved in politics.
In the 2016 election, a Scientology-dominant neighborhood in Los Angeles was one of the only precincts in the area to predominately vote for Trump. When asked if it made sense that the Church would support him, Remini wasn’t 100% certain, but didn’t seem all that surprised: “I don’t know, other than there’s a Scientology policy that speaks derogatorily about democracy. And, certainly, Scientology doesn’t represent what a democracy is.”
“It is a dictatorship, it’s everything at its worst,” said Remini. “L. Ron Hubbard’s words are to be followed to the T. Scientologists follow policy.” Despite Remini’s claims, Hubbard’s texts actually praise the system of democracy, but she’s not convinced. Does it seem feasible to her that Trump would support the Church of Scientology?
“I’m taking a stab, I don’t know the man or his stance on cults, but it seems as though he might support Scientology and cults and they support him.”
Trump has not gone on the record speaking about the Church, but that hasn’t stopped people from drawing parallels between the president and controversial Church leader David Miscavige.
