Trump Loses Support Among Religious Conservatives

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“A sudden shift in support for President Trump among religious conservatives is triggering alarm bells inside his reelection campaign,” Politico reports.

“The anxiety over Trump’s standing with the Christian right surfaced after a pair of surveys by reputable outfits earlier this month found waning confidence in the administration’s coronavirus response among key religious groups, with a staggering decline in the president’s favorability among white evangelicals and white Catholics. Both are crucial constituencies that supported Trump by wide margins in 2016 and could sink his reelection prospects if their turnout shrinks this fall.”

“The polls paint a bleak picture for Trump… One GOP official said the dip in the president’s evangelical support also appeared in internal party polling.”

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/22/trump-loses-support-among-religious-conservatives/

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1. Now we know why that thing is pandering to the church crowd so hard.

[writes3000]

2. But polling shows that church goers aren't that eager to get back to church.

They aren’t going to fall for this bait.

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6. I'm betting there will be a few die hard MAGAt churches that will jump at the chance. After all,

Dear Leader is their true God.

[leftieNanner]

7. PLUS

That yacht's not payin' for itself! Nor the Lexus. Prosperity Gospel (for me) Shouts the Preacher!

[keithbvadu2]

21. The "prosperity gospel" pastors/collectors seem to do much better in the prosperity than the investo

The "prosperity gospel" pastors/collectors seem to do much better in the prosperity than the investors/donors.

[BrightKnight]

32. Matthew 6:24 - You cannot serve both God and money.

No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

I don’t know how you can read scripture and follow the GOP agenda.

I think there are a lot of Sunday cultural Christians that don’t bother to read, understand, and live it.

[42bambi]

11. Prosperity Religion is wicked bad. Greed is a sin, they promote the sin. nt

[BrightKnight]

33. That is why the mainstream denominations consider it heresy.

I know mainstream “Christians” that should know better but don’t. It is unfortunately not unusual to get a troubling Facebook share.

[Skittles]

14. sure there will be some

but the rest of them will resent being called out that they value their safety over their "faith"*

*conservative logic

[SharonAnn]

29. And their members may "Die Hard".

[AnotherMother4Peace]

10. It's the church goers' tithes that the the preachers are eager to restore. nt

[OMGWTF]

22. + 1,000 -- Sunday bitches, you got my money?

[UTUSN]

3. K&R

[Faux pas]

4. Kicketty Kickin'

[napi21]

5. He's trying, but I don't think thosde reeligious groups will fall for his pandering. They & their l

leaders will make a decision themselves on when they are safe & how to do so. I'm surprised enough of them are leaving him that it'sd making a diff. in the polls. I'm GLAD though. Sorry it took this long!

[Mike Nelson]

8. I guess...

... that explains his little stunt today (...open the houses of worship now!).

[SWBTATTReg]

9. Maybe they (the church goers) now are starting to realize that they've been used, again? What ...

still gets me is how in the world do these people support a scumbag like trump? Didn't Jesus say that a rich person getting into Heaven would be like a camel having to climb through the eye of a needle or something like this to get in?

Hypocrites it seem like to me. These different groups (of all different and diverse beliefs) must realize in some manner that the constitution allows freedom of worship whereas across the world, in a lot of places, religion is given lip service and is dictated by the dictators or juntas of various countries.

[Blue_true]

15. Why do many religious people support Trump?

Because he speaks to their inherent need to control the lives of other people. He speaks to their hatreds. He makes them believe that any grotesque diversion from what Jesus supposedly taught is ok, they still have a ticket into heaven as long as they robustly profess faith.

[SWBTATTReg]

18. Sadly, you're right. There are a lot of 'religious' groups that abuse the definition of what it...

takes to be the 'real deal', be truly concerned w/ thy human being and open arms to all. They don't certainly seem like it when they shoot down others for their beliefs and they want us to honor their beliefs? Fortunately I'm not 100% turned against all of them, there are some really good groups out there that do really care, and truly do avoid politics, stick to the 'nitty gritty'. Control is the key word you used that got me. Good one word description of these folks.

[captain queeg]

26. IDK. I think racism is largely at the core. If there are black mega churches do they love trump?

A lot of Hispanics are catholic, I wonder how they tend to think about him and reopening. But it seems to be the white “Christians” that think they can do anything as long as the claim Christ.

[OrlandoDem2]

12. Because Trump is showing he's not really "pro-life" when he is forcing people to die in meat plants.

[Azathoth]

13. He only had to murder thousands of them nt

[Laelth]

16. Thus the "reopen the churches" mandate.

He’s pathetically predictable—pure reaction and no plan.

-Laelth

[Mariana]

17. It wasn't just the Evangelicals who voted for him.

It is true that his support among the white Evangelicals was overwhelming, but he also got the majority of the Christians' votes overall in 2016 - 58% of Protestants, 52% of Catholics, and 61% of Mormons. He needs the majority of the Christians' votes to win. If he doesn't get them this time he has no chance at all.

[warmfeet]

19. It's a wonder that

anyone ever supported this orange grifter.

His loss of support, not so much of a surprise.

[C Moon]

20. Not my Christian Republican neighbors, unfortunately. I just don't know what it takes to get through

to these people.
Nice older man, too.
A shame.

[Blue Owl]

23. The failing #RealDonaldTrump

Sad!

[TeamPooka]

24. It's amazing how much people like the idea of staying alive and not dying.

[Thekaspervote]

25. There s a god!!

[Lonestarblue]

27. Many churches have been doing online services, so no one is denying them.

Responsible ministers are keeping their churches closed. Irresponsible ones value the Sunday donations more than people’s health. Attending church is not an essential function. If you can’t pray at home, you’re not much of a Christian.

[Hulk]

28. Fuck them.

Its like listening to Bill Kristol or Schmidt, or some other dead repuKKKe from the 50's who lived too long....long enough to watch their fucked up nonsense ideology eat itself.

Couldn't care less. Don't want to hear their thoughts. Tbey are enablers that jumped ship ONLY when the water reached THEIR ankels.

Fuck them all.

[Ilsa]

30. I know 2 ministers at my church that can't stand him.

It was 3, but one of them moved to NY.

Anyway, they do a lot of good in our community, especially feeding people, trying to raise the poor into better circumstances, helping the homeless, post-prison ministry, etc.

[BrightKnight]

31. There is clearly nothing Christian about him.

Any actual Christian can see that.