Yet they hear the train a comin’, since they remain worried about all those familiar issues linked to the First Amendment, abortion, the U.S. There’s an evangelical left? Appears so! And the question for the Democrats and religion is this – how did the Dems go from “three-quarters of voters/supporters have some kind of religious belief” to the ‘rise of the Nones’ wing dominating the party, and what (if anything) are they going to do about it?Īs for me, I keep thinking about all the church-goin’ people that I know who really, really, really do not want to vote for Trump. Most voted for Clinton and may have yearned for Bernie Sanders. (6) Folks on the evangelical left simply say, “No Trump, ever.” Anything he touches is bad and must be rejected. However, they are willing to admit that Trump has done some good, even if in their heart of hearts they’d rather be working with President Mike Pence. They welcome seeing what will happen when Trump team people are put under oath and asked hard questions (and ditto for FBI officials). (5) There are evangelicals who never backed Trump and they never will. They think religious conservatives must be willing to criticize Trump – in public. They believe Trump’s team has done some good, mixed with quite a bit of bad, especially on race and immigration. (4) Then there are the lesser-of-two-evils Trump evangelicals who went his way in the general election, because they could not back Hillary Clinton under any circumstances. They think he is flawed, but they trust him to – at least – protect their interests, primarily on First Amendment issues. (3) There are evangelicals who moved into Trump’s tent when it became obvious he would win the GOP nomination. They see him as complicated and evolving and are willing to keep their criticisms PRIVATE. (2) Other evangelicals may have supported Trump early on, but they have always seen him as a flawed leader – but the best available. For them, Trump is great and everything is going GREAT. (1) Many evangelicals supported Trump from the get-go. Glad you asked, David! Turns out there are some journalists/religion beat reporters who have done a bit of work on that question: The relentless drumbeat of claims against Trump–combined with the clear moral declarations of the past–have caused millions of Americans to look at their evangelical fellow citizens and ask, simply: Why? Why have you abandoned your previous commitment to political character to embrace Donald Trump? It’s Sunday, so let’s fight about religion and politics!įirst up, there is this TIME story by David French about Evangelicals and Trump – why oh why did they support him? (Answer: they’re just dumb ignorant scared rednecks acting out of irrational fear):
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