Will US evangelicalism survive a second Trump term?
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Chine McDonald2023-08-25T08:21:00
As Donald Trump is arrested on charges of plotting to overturn the result of the last US election, Chine McDonald says his evangelical supporters are turning young people off the faith
As an unashamed scaredy-cat, I don’t watch horror movies, but if I did, the best way to be kind to my nerves would be to assume the worst is going to happen; that there is no escape; that the baddies are going to win.
Which leads me to Donald Trump.
The US presidential debates have kicked off and so begins the long, slow, tortuous campaign trail towards the White House next November. At the time of writing, polls show that among Republicans, Trump is 20 points ahead of his nearest rival, Ron DeSantis. Despite his misdemeanours – including allegedly making hush-money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels – it looks like he will be competing against Joe Biden to be the next president of the United States. Unless he’s in prison. And who has stuck by Trump through the insurrections, criminal charges and cover-ups? Evangelical Christians.
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