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The Religious Right’s Dangerous Bet On Trump
posted on August 2, 2016At Buzzfeed, McKay Coppins writes about the conundrum facing white evangelicals, who overwhelmingly support Donald Trump’s candidacy, while not necessarily believing his faith is genuine. Coppins writes, “At times, Trump’s pitch to evangelicals has had an almost winking quality to it — particularly during the early primaries, when he could be seen brandishing a Bible during speeches, or swaying to ‘Amazing Grace’ at church services, or grandly doling out giant cardboard charity checks onstage alongside his holy-rolling super-surrogate Jerry Falwell Jr.”