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In reply to the discussion: Why do Evangelicals support Trump? [View all]saltpoint
(50,986 posts)8. There is this piece from last May:
https://newrepublic.com/article/133488/evangelicals-like-trump
Posters here have covered this ground very well. Some very sure-footed (and well-founded) replies to the OP.
The article is a concise examination, and for each of its salient points, a longer discussion could be undertaken.
Very useful for considering what motivates many Trump supporters.
Posters here have covered this ground very well. Some very sure-footed (and well-founded) replies to the OP.
The article is a concise examination, and for each of its salient points, a longer discussion could be undertaken.
Very useful for considering what motivates many Trump supporters.
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They envy him. He does all the things in the open that they have to do in secret.
Kablooie
Sep 2016
#3
Look at him. Do you think they will be able to control him. He may talk to Ivanka and change his
The Wielding Truth
Sep 2016
#33
Buckeye - Are you seeing Ohio moving towards Hillary? We really need the open hearts of that
The Wielding Truth
Sep 2016
#36
Thanks. That seems like a fairly positive assessment. I believe Hillary will win them over.
The Wielding Truth
Sep 2016
#39
Why do they support members that commit adulterly, incest, sex with children?
LiberalFighter
Sep 2016
#13
They probably consider it murder of the "soul" before it had a chance to be "saved."
Buckeye_Democrat
Sep 2016
#29
Because Trump reviews porn "tapes" for them. Red states are biggest consumers of porn. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2016
#31