Article 6NRXR ‘Jesus is my saviour, Trump is my president.’ Why the religious right is rooting for a convicted conman | Arwa Mahdawi

‘Jesus is my saviour, Trump is my president.’ Why the religious right is rooting for a convicted conman | Arwa Mahdawi

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Arwa Mahdawi
from US news | The Guardian on (#6NRXR)

From selling Bibles to extolling the Ten Commandments, Trump has been courting evangelicals all year. And despite his shortcomings, it is working as well as ever

What were you doing at 1.22am on Friday morning? I was engaged in my favourite hobby: sleeping. Donald Trump, it seems, was also busy with his favourite pastime: being unhinged on social media. In the early hours of Friday, Trump hit the well-worn caps lock key on his digital device and started truthing" on his Truth Social platform.

I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES, FOR THAT MATTER," he wrote. READ IT - HOW CAN WE, AS A NATION, GO WRONG??? THIS MAY BE, IN FACT, THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, IN OUR COUNTRY. BRING BACK TTC!!! MAGA2024"

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