Article 6KX2Z Christian nationalists embrace Trump as their savior – will they be his?

Christian nationalists embrace Trump as their savior – will they be his?

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Adam Gabbatt
from US news | The Guardian on (#6KX2Z)

Christians opposed to infidelity and immorality have embraced a thrice-married man who can't name a single Bible verse

A thrice-married man who refers to the Eucharist as a little cracker", was apparently unable to name a single Bible verse and says he has never asked God for forgiveness was always an unlikely hero for the most conservative Christians in the US.

But in both 2016 and 2020, Donald Trump resoundingly won the vote of white evangelicals. Now, with Trump having almost certainly secured the Republican nomination for 2024 and eyeing a return to the White House, his campaign is doubling down on religious imagery, securing the evangelical base and signaling sympathies with Christian nationalism.

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