{"id":2275340,"date":"2024-06-21T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-praised-at-christian-conference-despite-election-year-pivot-on-abortion\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T16:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:41:50","slug":"trump-praised-at-christian-conference-despite-election-year-pivot-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-praised-at-christian-conference-despite-election-year-pivot-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump lauded at Christian event despite shifting stance on abortion during election year"},"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\">26<\/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-praised-at-christian-conference-despite-election-year-pivot-on-abortion%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=2275340&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>Donald Trump continues to receive support from religious conservatives at the Faith &#038; Freedom Coalition\u2019s annual conference, despite his stance against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-where-republican-presidential-candidates-stand-on-pro-life-policies-after-the-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Republican candidates' positions on pro-life policies after the GOP debate.\">federal abortion \u200cban<\/a>, favoring state-level decisions instead. \u2063This position caused some disagreement among his evangelical base, but many still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-the-media-told-you-about-kyle-rittenhouse-was-wrong\/\" title=\"Everything the Media Told You About Kyle Rittenhouse Was Wrong\">showed strong support<\/a> for his reelection. Speakers at the\u200c conference lauded Trump&#8217;s anti-abortion\u2064 record and contrasted his \u2062policies \u200dwith President Joe\u200d Biden\u2019s pro-abortion rights stance, which includes advocating for accessible abortion\u2062 services. Trump\u2019s\u2063 appointment of\u2064 Supreme Court justices who played a \u200brole in overturning Roe v. Wade \u200bwas highlighted\u200b as a key\u2064 factor for continued support\u2063 from conservative \u200cChristians, despite some backlash from various voter groups. Meanwhile, Democrats aim to focus on abortion rights to mobilize voters in upcoming elections, amidst \u200cother prevailing economic concerns.  <\/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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> received broad support at an annual gathering of religious conservatives on Friday despite the former president\u2019s opposition to a federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">abortion<\/a> ban.<\/p>\n<p>At the Faith &#038; Freedom Coalition\u2019s yearly conference in Washington, speaker after speaker championed Trump\u2019s record on abortion while criticizing President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s commitment to protecting access to the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have hammered Trump for appointing the Supreme Court justices who helped overturn <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, sparking a backlash from Democratic and even some Republican voters, but the former president attempted to neutralize the matter earlier this year when he argued that it should be left to the states.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement represented a partial break with the evangelical voting bloc that helped send him to the White House in 2016 on the promise of appointing conservative justices, but attendees at the conference told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> they wanted to see Trump in the White House for another term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe that he changed his position on abortion,\u201d said Linda Lee Tarver, a Michigan resident and Black Americans for Trump member who attended the conference. \u201cConsistently, he\u2019s had these exemptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he did say is that it should be up to the states to decide what they want, and so that is where the dilemma is for some,\u201d Tarver continued. \u201cI\u2019m pro-life without exception. And that is just where I\u2019m at. Can I live with a president who really wants to kill babies up until the moment of birth like Joe Biden? No, I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a speaker at the conference, pointed to the goodwill Trump built due to <em>Roe<\/em> being overturned two years ago on Monday as the key to why conservative Christians are backing Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are supporting life,\u201d Ernst said in an interview. \u201cIt was so important that we do that. And again, moving into the next election cycle, Americans have learned if you want to support life, support President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Republican speakers spent portions of their speeches contrasting Trump, who will address the conference Saturday, with Biden, who has made abortion access a central plank of his reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-morning-mass-nixed-from-joe-bidens-upcoming-meeting-with-pope-francis\/\" title=\"REPORT: Morning Mass Nixed From Joe Biden\u2019s Upcoming Meeting With Pope Francis\">pro-abortion president<\/a> in the history of the country,\u201d Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said. \u201cHe\u2019s literally taken away the federal funding for AIDS testing and cancer screening in my state because my state won\u2019t put out a 1-800 number to every person in the state where they can get an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, Trump has angered anti-abortion allies who want a federal abortion ban passed. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3042185\/five-takeaways-trump-dc-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">trip<\/a> to Washington last week, the former president again reiterated to Senate and House Republicans that abortion restrictions should be decided at the state level, also advising that the party paint Democrats as too radical when the matter comes up.<\/p>\n<p>However, Democrats are hoping that keeping abortion at the top of voters\u2019 minds will propel Biden and down-ballot candidates to victory in November, despite voter dissatisfaction with the president and high grocery and gas prices. Abortion galvanized voters during the 2022 midterm and 2023 off-year elections, blunting severe losses for Democrats and giving the party hope for another repeat in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans say that they have a messaging problem on reproductive freedom and abortion care,\u201d said Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), the vice chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, during a press briefing on Thursday. \u201cNo, they have a policy problem because they\u2019re on the wrong side of American voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/fact-sheet\/public-opinion-on-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a>, 63% of U.S. adults said abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Yet 73% of white evangelical Protestants said abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. A June <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/645836\/record-share-electorate-pro-choice-voting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gallup poll <\/a>showed a record-high 32% of voters expressing they would only vote for a candidate for major office who shares their views on abortion.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s ability to persuade voters who fear abortion bans is unclear, but attendees at the conference suggested that he still has a well of support from Christian voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 100% what Trump stands (for) on abortion,\u201d said Cynthia Smith, an Escarosa, Florida, chapter leader with the Independent Women\u2019s Network. \u201cThis is what we have to do. Bring back our values, our Christian faith back into our lives and umbrella for our children in our homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Amy DeLaura contributed to this report.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1678011\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1678011\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump garnered significant backing at the Faith &amp; Freedom Coalition&#8217;s annual conference in Washington, despite his stance against a federal abortion ban. 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