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"Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new low this month, but there’s one group that still staunchly stands by him.
According to a recent Pew poll, 69 percent of white evangelical Christians approve of his job performance. That number has dropped slightly from last year, but the investment Trump made in winning over religious conservatives continues to pay dividends."
~ Stephen Robinson
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"The question is what any self-proclaimed religious person gets out of the deal. … Religious conservatives had long sought someone who’d help them justify their own selfishness and cruelty. This makes Trump their ideal leader. He wields religion as a blunt instrument, one that can only injure and never heal."
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"He’s incapable of even trying to seek grace through his faith, as that would require admitting his sins and working toward genuine redemption.
The reason Trump’s unhinged, hateful remarks at this year’s prayer breakfast don’t disgust his far-right evangelical supporters is that they share his seething cultural resentment and endless persecution complex."
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