In the Wake of Porn Star Allegations, Most Evangelicals Stand by Trump

The Washington Post’s John Wagner and Michelle Boorstein report, “A year into Trump’s presidency, white evangelicals are rewarding him with some of his strongest support, even amid continuing salacious headlines about his personal foibles.” Reports of Trump’s alleged affair with a porn star have not affected his standing among white evangelicals, who continue to support him more than any other religious or demographic group. Wagner and Boorstein write, “But more than anything, they are letting their view of Trump be guided by other things for which they give him credit: cracking down on illegal immigration, improving the economy and making the nation feel more, in their view, patriotic.”

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