{"id":2083477,"date":"2023-10-30T02:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T06:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-carson-endorsement-biblical-themes-mark-trump-campaigning-in-sioux-city\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T02:31:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T06:31:37","slug":"ben-carson-endorsement-biblical-themes-mark-trump-campaigning-in-sioux-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-carson-endorsement-biblical-themes-mark-trump-campaigning-in-sioux-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Carson backs Trump, biblical themes dominate Sioux City campaign."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-carson-endorsement-biblical-themes-mark-trump-campaigning-in-sioux-city%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2083477&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Before\u2064 former President Donald Trump\u200b took the stage,\u2064 a familiar face\u200b appeared before the crowd at \u2063the Sioux City Orpheum.\u2064 It was Dr.\u200d Ben Carson.<\/p>\n<p>The softspoken brain surgeon endorsed \u200cPresident Trump to cheers and applause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re trying to throw God out of our country,\u201d said Dr. Carson, who served as \u2062Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-to-testify-in-ny-fraud-case-on-nov-6-post-5519054?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>Trump to Testify in \u200cNY Fraud\u2062 Case on Nov. 6<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/trump-surfaces-pence-suspends-at-republican-jewish-coalition-5518837?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>Trump Surfaces, Pence Suspends at Republican Jewish Coalition<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Carson\u2062 wasn\u2019t the only speaker who invoked Biblical themes at the Oct. 29 \u201cCommit to Caucus\u201d event, the president\u2019s\u2062 latest\u200b event in the Hawkeye State as the Jan. 15 Iowa GOP caucus nears.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The focus on\u200c the \u2063universal values in Christianity was no \u2063great surprise. An email blast from the campaign after President Trump spoke touted new endorsements \u2062from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/restoring-cornerstone-values-a-solution-to-americas-decline-ben-carson-3714235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Carson<\/a> \u200bbut also from \u201cover 100 Iowa faith leaders\u201d: pastors, ministry leaders, elders, and others throughout the key early\u200b state.<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>  Dr. Ben Carson, former U.S.\u200c Secretary of \u2064Housing and Urban Development, in Virginia on Dec. 7,\u2062 2021. (York Du\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Faith could tip the scales here. In some \u200crecent Iowa GOP caucuses, candidates who\u200d cultivated a conservative, \u2062religious image\u2014former\u2064 Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee\u2014have won. Of course, all of that was\u200c before the Trump presidency scrambled many of the formulas for \u2064American politics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">With his former\u2063 vice president, Mike Pence, now an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/mike-pence-suspends-presidential-bid-this-is-not-my-time-5518770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also-ran<\/a>,\u2063 President Trump no longer faces a competitor that some imagined would draw the \u200dvotes of religious conservatives in the Hawkeye State. Yet, against\u2062 the backdrop of a hot war in \u2064the Holy Land, Florida Gov. Ron\u2062 DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley are both bidding for evangelical voters who \u2063support Israel more strongly than almost anyone. So despite strong polling ahead of the Iowa \u200ccaucus, President Trump can\u2019t afford to rest on \u2063his laurels.<\/div>\n<p>Iowa \u2064State Sen. \u200cLynn Evans, a Republican, began his remarks \u200dby quoting Ephesians 6:12: \u201cFor we wrestle not against flesh\u2063 and blood, but against principalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way we do this is with God\u2019s help and God\u2019s blessing,\u201d said Matt Whitaker, who \u200dwas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-lin-wood-defends-ag-bill-barr-after-announces-he-is-stepping-down-trump-voters-respond\/\" title=\"Attorney Lin Wood Defends AG Bill Barr After Announces He Is Stepping Down \u2014 Trump Voters Respond\">acting attorney general<\/a> during \u200dthe Trump administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>  Acting Attorney General Matthew G. \u200cWhitaker, gives brief remarks to state\u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> on efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">combat violent crime<\/a> and the opioid crisis at the U.S. Courthouse Annex, on November\u200c 14, 2018 in \u200bDes Moines, Iowa. (Steve Pope\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>And in \u2063the\u2062 middle of his own speech,\u200b President Trump \u2064drew attention to \u200dthe \u200dday of the week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\u201cWe can\u200c go a little longer today \u2018cause it\u2019s \u200ba \u2064Sunday,\u201d\u2062 he \u2062said. \u2064\u201cGod said we \u200dcan take some extra time, because it\u2019s a Sunday.\u201d<\/div>\n<h2>Courting the Evangelical<\/h2>\n<p>Indeed, the former commander-in-chief seemed particularly relaxed at the Orpheum, an ornate space\u2062 first built for vaudeville performances.<\/p>\n<p>On the fringes of\u2063 the real American West, in\u200d an \u2063old Orpheum circuit theater,\u2064 President\u2064 Trump balanced talk of war, peace, and \u2063the eternal \u200bwith earthy, irreverent \u200dhumor\u2014a feat few can\u2063 manage under the easiest circumstances, and even fewer while successfully \u200ccourting the evangelical bloc that can make or break Republican candidates.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized \u200dPresident Joe Biden\u2019s foreign policy, focusing on what he \u2064described as an \u201cinept withdrawal\u201d from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>President \u2063Trump also riffed on the Biden administration\u2019s plans for \u200belectrifying the military fleet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou \u200cobliterate something, but you do it in an environmentally friendly \u200bway,\u201d he said, drawing laughter.\u200c He went on to \u200bargue that electric vehicles increase the United States\u2019s reliance on China and still don\u2019t stay charged long enough\u200c to be practical in many settings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the Trump administration, I \u2063kept America\u2063 safe, I kept Israel safe, and I\u200d kept \u200bthe world safe,\u201d President Trump \u200bsaid before being drowned out by applause\u2063 and chants of \u201cUSA!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in\u2063 the Upper Midwest, traditionally less pro-war than some other parts of the\u2063 country, he leaned on a record of avoiding wars as president.<\/p>\n<p>He also praised the leader of Hungary, Viktor Orb\u00e1n, for keeping illegal immigrants\u200d out at a time when\u2064 the United \u200dStates and many other European countries face a flood of migrants and asylum seekers, many arriving illegally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a news conference after the\u2064 parliamentary election in\u2062 Budapest, \u2064Hungary, on April 6, \u200d2022. (Bernadett Szabo\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI will not give one penny to any school that has \u200ca vaccine mandate or a mask mandate,\u201d President\u2063 Trump vowed.<\/p>\n<p>Yet for Mr. DeSantis\u2019s backers, the former president\u2019s record on vaccines, masks, and other facets of COVID-19 may still\u200d look like a vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>From the bowels of the Orpheum, an anonymous \u2064heckler posed a tough question for President Trump, who has \u2063maintained that the 2020\u200b election was rigged against him. \u2063He asked how the president could stop cheating in the 2024 election in light of that past\u200b outcome.<\/p>\n<p>The heckler \u2064was escorted to the door, and the show went on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has President\u2063 Trump\u200c emphasized his commitment to religious freedom and\u2062 the protection of Christian values during his presidency?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Political opponents and\u2064 touted his administration&#8217;s accomplishments, including the creation of a strong economy and the appointment of\u2063 conservative judges. But he\u2064 also spoke about \u2064the importance of faith and religion in the United\u200c States, declaring that &#8220;we will never remove God from the public square.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s ability to connect with evangelical voters\u200d has been a key factor in his political\u2063 success. Throughout his presidency, he\u200d consistently emphasized his commitment\u200d to religious \u2063freedom and\u200d the\u200d protection of \u2062Christian values. This resonated with many \u200dconservative Christians who felt that their beliefs\u2062 were under attack in an increasingly secular society.<\/p>\n<p>The support of evangelical voters is especially crucial in states\u2062 like \u2063Iowa, where they make\u200d up a \u2064significant portion of the electorate. Previous Republican candidates who were able \u200dto court this\u2063 demographic have found success in the Iowa caucuses.\u2064 However, the political landscape has shifted since then, and President Trump is \u200dfacing\u2062 new challengers who are\u200c also vying for \u2064the\u200b support of evangelical voters.<\/p>\n<p>With former Vice President Mike\u200c Pence no longer \u2064in\u2064 the race, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley have \u200cstepped\u200c up their efforts to \u2064appeal to evangelical voters. Both candidates have positioned themselves as strong supporters of Israel, an issue that resonates with many conservative Christians. President Trump cannot afford to underestimate the \u200dcompetition and must continue to work hard \u2064to maintain his strong connection with evangelical\u2064 voters.<\/p>\n<p>The event at the \u2062Sioux City Orpheum \u200dhighlighted the importance of \u2063faith\u200d and spirituality in American politics. Dr. Ben Carson, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-why-do-successful-black-conservatives-drive-liberals-crazy\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Why Do Successful Black Conservatives Drive Liberals Crazy?\">renowned brain surgeon<\/a> and former Secretary of\u200d Housing and\u2062 Urban Development, endorsed President Trump and \u200dspoke \u200dabout the need to protect \u200breligious freedom. Other speakers, including Iowa State Senator\u200b Lynn Evans and Acting Attorney General\u200c Matt\u2063 Whitaker, \u200calso emphasized \u2063the role of\u2062 faith in their \u200bremarks.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump himself\u2064 drew attention \u200dto the significance of the\u200d day, declaring that because \u200cit was\u2062 Sunday, they could go a\u200b little longer. This\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-carson-endorsement-biblical-themes-mark-trump-campaigning-in-sioux-city\/\" title=\"Ben Carson backs Trump, biblical themes dominate Sioux City campaign.\">lighthearted remark \u200dshowcased<\/a> his ability to\u2063 connect with his audience and find common ground through\u200d shared values and experiences.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the\u2063 Commit to Caucus event in Iowa showcased President Trump&#8217;s \u2062ability \u200dto connect with evangelical voters\u200b and emphasize the importance \u2063of \u200dfaith in American politics. While\u200b he faces new competition from other candidates, he cannot afford to rest on his laurels \u200cand must continue \u200bto work hard to maintain his strong support from evangelical voters. The outcome of the Iowa caucus will serve as \u2062an important indicator of the level of support he still \u200ccommands within\u2063 this demographic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Donald Trump&#8217;s appearance, Dr. Ben Carson, the renowned brain surgeon, took the stage at Sioux City Orpheum. Endorsing Trump, he spoke against the removal of God from the nation. 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