Op-Ed: White evangelicals think Trump is divinely ordained. He'll do almost anything to keep it that way (via latimesopinion)
: “Religious leaders loved it. Religious leaders thought it was great. They loved it.” When Spicer asked him if, during his presidency, he had “grown” in his faith, Trump had no thoughts to offer on his spirituality. Instead, he said, “maybe I have from the standpoint that I’ve seen so much that I can do. I’ve done so much for religion. The Johnson Amendment, getting rid of it. Mexico City. Nobody thought any of this stuff would happen. Two Supreme Court justices.
If that jumble of words comes off as unbridled narcissism to the average listener, it is crucial to understand how these buzzwords resonate with Trump’s base. The Johnson Amendment is a provision in the U.S. tax code that conditions a house of worship’s tax-exempt status on refraining from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit.
These actions by Trump have enthralled Trump’s evangelical loyalists, many of whom believe he is a divinely anointed president, hand-picked by God to rescue America. But Trump saved the key four words for the end: “Two Supreme Court justices.” The words reminded the religious right that his nomination of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the nation’s high court helped them toward their long-held goal of reshaping American jurisprudence.
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