As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians.

“Trump supports Jesus, and without Jesus, America will fall,” said Kimberly Vaughn of Florence, Kentucky, as she joined other supporters of the former president entering a campaign rally near Dayton, Ohio.

Many of the T-shirts and hats that were worn and sold at the rally in March proclaimed religious slogans such as “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president” and “God, Guns & Trump.” One man’s shirt declared, “Make America Godly Again,” with the image of a luminous Jesus putting his supportive hands on Trump’s shoulders.

Many attendees said in interviews they believed Trump shared their Christian faith and values. Several cited their opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, particularly to transgender expressions.

Nobody voiced concern about Trump’s past conduct or his present indictments on criminal charges, including allegations that he tried to hide hush money payments to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. Supporters saw Trump as representing a religion of second chances.

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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    727 months ago

    If Trump hasn’t paid for a dozen abortions I’d be surprised.

    How do people look and listen to the guy and project all these values that they think are good on him?

    • originalucifer
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      7 months ago

      i see it as validation that religion itself is a grift… an exploitation of a crack in the human psyche.

      the same mechanism that helps people ignore the ridiculousness of %religion% lets them ignore the terrible behaviors of its participants.

      maybe add a dash of mass-psychosis… throw in a huge, daily serving of faux news propaganda and here we are

    • Flying Squid
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      197 months ago

      I have never heard an interviewer ask if he has ever paid for an abortion. I mean I know he wouldn’t answer honestly, but they never even ask.

    • @gAlienLifeform
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      87 months ago

      They think he’ll be good for them, so they lie and say he’ll be good for us