God and coal: Trump won on both issues in West Virginia but inspires doubt
by Chris McGreal in Buckhannon, West Virginia from on (#2HJMH)
Voters in the state elected Trump in hope he'd revive its core industry and inject more religion into American life - but many are unsure of whether he'll deliver
Pastor Jerry Morrell was not playing to his audience. "I was asked if Donald Trump is a man of God," the evangelical preacher told the congregation of The Way of Holiness church on the outskirts of Buckhannon, West Virginia. "I said: 'No, I don't see him as a man of God. Or, at this point, a godly man. I think he's a man whose heart can be touched by God. I think he may be open to that'."
A silence fell. The cries of acclamation greeting much of the Pentecostal pastor's sermon drained away.
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