{"id":2212737,"date":"2024-04-04T06:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T10:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-brings-faith-to-the-fore-as-he-looks-to-shore-up-evangelical-support\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T06:14:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T10:14:28","slug":"trump-brings-faith-to-the-fore-as-he-looks-to-shore-up-evangelical-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-brings-faith-to-the-fore-as-he-looks-to-shore-up-evangelical-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump prioritizes faith to strengthen evangelical backing"},"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\">14<\/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%2Ftrump-brings-faith-to-the-fore-as-he-looks-to-shore-up-evangelical-support%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=2212737&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--><p>Former President Donald Trump faces \u200ccriminal \u200callegations \u200cregarding \u200ca payment to\u200b a porn \u2062star pre-2016 election. \u2062White evangelical Protestant Christians&#8217; support played\u200c a significant role in his 2020 election. Trump&#8217;s strategy to engage \u200cthis demographic and his \u200dfocus on Christian identity could\u2062 impact the 2024 cycle against \u2062President Joe Biden, highlighting the importance of\u200b Christian voters in political\u2063 landscapes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> is about to go to trial over criminal allegations he paid off a porn star before the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of being deterred, support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/evangelicals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>white evangelical Protestant Christians<\/a> could win him the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 cycle<\/a> over President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, white evangelicals accounted for roughly 1 in 5 general election voters and one-third of the people who cast a ballot for Trump. Without their support, Biden would have won that contest by more than 20 percentage points, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2021\/06\/30\/behind-bidens-2020-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pew Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But although Trump grew his margin of victory with the demographic in 2020 against Biden, compared to four years earlier against then-Democratic presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hillary Clinton<\/a>, the former president appears to be mindful of the group\u2019s importance eight months before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNov. 5 is going to be called something else. You know what it\u2019s going to be called? Christian Visibility Day, when Christians turn out in numbers that nobody has ever seen before,\u201d Trump told a crowd this week during a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin. \u201cLet\u2019s call it Christian Visibility Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White evangelicals are a key component of Trump\u2019s coalition, according to Northeastern University political science Chairman Costas Panagopoulos, as the former president promises to establish a federal task force to counter what he describes as anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Christian<\/a> bias within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>federal government<\/a>, particularly within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FBI<\/a>, and to restrict federal funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>public schools<\/a> that promote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sexual content<\/a> to children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s rhetoric is trying to tap into their social identities as Christians and to reinforce their support for his candidacy by appealing to their in-group preferences as Christians and as Trump supporters,\u201d Panagopoulos told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That is partly how Trump increased his share of the white evangelical vote from 77% in 2016 to 84% four years later, though he was criticized for selling country singer Lee Greenwood-themed \u201cGod Bless the USA Bible\u201d bibles for $59.99 last month during Holy Week, specifically by black Protestants, who predominantly support Biden. During his last campaign against Biden, Trump was also scrutinized for posing outside the parish house of St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church with a Bible amid widespread protests after the death of George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, Trump has sought to undercut Biden for his connection with people of his own faith as the country\u2019s second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Catholic<\/a> president, underscoring his endorsement from the nation\u2019s largest Catholic advocacy organization,\u00a0CatholicVote, and Biden\u2019s low approval ratings among Catholics of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/latinos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Latino<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hispanics\/\">Hispanic<\/a> descent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder crooked Joe Biden, Christians and Americans of faith are being persecuted like nothing this nation has ever seen before,\u201d Trump says in a video on his campaign Agenda 47 website. \u201cCatholics, you can not vote for the Democrats. You can not even think about voting for Biden, what they\u2019re doing to you is shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who attends church services in Washington, D.C., or Delaware almost every weekend, emphasizes his faith in public life, especially when he has to be \u201cconsoler in chief,\u201d but it has also created problems for him as he and other Democrats campaign on expanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion access<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Liberal Democrats, for example, complain when Biden does not use the word \u201cabortion,\u201d and he attracted critics during the 2020 Democratic primary for his previous support of the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funds from being spent on the procedure. At the same time, Biden won in 2020 because he outperformed Clinton with atheists and agnostics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a practicing Catholic,\u201d Biden told donors during a February fundraiser. \u201cI don\u2019t want\u00a0abortion\u00a0on demand, but I thought <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/em>  had it right. The three trimesters, a doc should be part of it, and then a woman should have her choice early on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s faith was put in the political spotlight last weekend after Republicans accused the White House of not permitting children to submit religious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/easter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Easter<\/a> egg designs, though nondiscrimination rules have applied for decades, in addition to \u201cproclaiming\u201d Easter Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trans<\/a> Visibility Day. The transgender community has been commemorated on March 31 since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, these are just two more examples of the Biden administration\u2019s yearslong assault on the Christian faith,\u201d Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters last weekend. \u201cWe call on Joe\u00a0Biden\u2019s failing campaign and White House to issue an apology to the millions of Catholics and Christians across America who believe tomorrow is for one celebration only \u2014 the resurrection of Jesus Christ.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a Christian who celebrates Easter with family, President Biden stands for bringing people together and upholding the dignity and freedoms of every American,\u201d White House spokesman Andrew Bates told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cSadly, it\u2019s unsurprising politicians are seeking to divide and weaken our country with cruel, hateful, and dishonest rhetoric. President Biden will never abuse his\u00a0faith\u00a0for political purposes or for profit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump leads Biden nationally, on average, by less than a point, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>RealClearPolitics<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump faces trial for alleged payment to a porn star before the 2016 election. Despite this, the backing of white evangelical Protestant Christians may secure his 2024 victory against President Joe Biden. 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