Cruz and the Founding Fathers

According to the journal article, "The Dissonance of “Civil” Religion in Religious-Political Memetic Discourse During the 2016 Presidential Elections", this meme juxtaposes a quote from Ted Cruz—“our rights come from God, not the constitution”—against an image of the Founding Fathers responding, “Pardon us while we roll over in our graves.” In such memes as this, it is important to consider the possible motive behind such God Talk by considering the specific strategy used and its potential implications. It is believed that such candidates frequently incorporated God Talk into their campaigns as a rhetorical strategy in order to gain support for certain political policies; statements to that effect were often featured in memes studied.