Poll: White evangelical support for Trump at record high

[yortsed snacilbuper]

White evangelical support for President Trump has reached a record high, according to a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute.

Seventy-five percent of white evangelical respondents in the poll said they view Trump favorably, with just 22 percent saying they view him unfavorably.

That marks a significant gap of more than 30 percentage points more than Trump's favorability among the general population, which the survey found was at 42 percent.

The president's favorability with white evangelicals in the poll has steadily risen over time, with his previous high being at 74 percent in February 2017.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-white-evangelical-support-for-trump-at-record-high/ar-AAw3O2w?ocid=spartanntp

scumbags

[IronLionZion]

1. He's the godliest most moral man there is

He's the greatest evangelical who lives life like Christ intended so much that you'd get tired of it.

[ck4829]

2. The Christian right / right wing evangelical church has forsaken spirituality

They've traded God and faith for lobbying, political connections, supporting dominant narratives, a personality cargo cult of the wealthy, profits, and power.

It's quite that simple.

[bluestarone]

10. THIS 1000000000000000000%

fucking hypocrites!!!!!!!!!!!! There day will come!!!!

[Fred Sanders]

21. The WHITE evangelicals are racists... isn't it obvious why they support

the racist and womanizer in the WH? Bible, what bible??

[Cattledog]

26. It's a cult of personality.

[Turbineguy]

3. Maybe it's about time

Jesus overturned their tables.

[Generic Brad]

4. They are not even trying to appear Christian any more

They are phoning in their Christian values as a mask to promote authoritarian fascism. The depths of hypocrisy they have sunk to is stunning.

And Jesus wept.

[jberryhill]

11. Since when is authoritarian fascism incompatible with Christian values?

Christianity has been around a lot longer than the relatively recent and brief fad of varying degrees of democracy.

There are no elected leaders in the Bible.

Christianity has been perfectly compatible with every form of corrupt despotism since Constantine.

[Ohiogal]

5. It hurts my head trying to figure that out!

[JI7]

6. White Supremacists is the more accurate term

[TheSmarterDog]

9. Yep. Sez more about White evangelical "Christians"

and the GOP that courts them than anything else.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. If I thought I could possibly control myself, I'd go to one of my local

anti-gay, anti-abortion, God will make you rich Sothern Baptist churches to hear what the hell they're preaching. But I know I couldn't keep my mouth shut or my anger from boiling out.

[Doodley]

13. Please do it! And take a friend to video it!

[Pope George Ringo II]

33. You realize I can only think of one thing right now?

[Ilsa]

36. Harry Hart:

Harry Hart: I'm a Catholic wh*re, currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black Jewish boyfriend who works at a military abortion clinic. Hail Satan, and have a lovely afternoon madam.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Fake Christians nt

[Doodley]

12. I think most atheists have values that are more Christian than these white evangelicals.

[rainin]

14. Lets f*ck with them and run a black female candidate for 2020.

No, seriously, I don't care about them, I do care about our country and I know a woman with true Christian values who we could really be proud to call President. HER name would be President Obama.

[IluvPitties]

15. The more racist and paternalistic he is

the more they love him.

[bronxiteforever]

16. Evangelical Christianity is a GOP political movement.

The acceptance of the political values of the right wing is the cornerstone of the belief system.

[meadowlark5]

17. It's probably because they feel he is unjustly persecuted like Jesus

After seeing a video of some evangelical 55+ women sitting around praising donald trump and actually believing he was ordained by God to be president, that is the only conclusion I can come to for them supporting him as rabidly as they do.

They see what is happening *to* their political God the same as the persecution of Christ.

[Exotica]

18. White American evangelicalism is usually code for White Dominionist Nationalism

[dalton99a]

34. +1

[bdamomma]

19. what suckers

what christian values??? that they support this pu**y grabber among other things he projects.

[mn9driver]

20. Jesus would recognize these people. He spoke about them many times.

Just one example:

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”

[Downtown Hound]

22. American Taliban. n/t

[dembotoz]

23. saw this elsewhere on du about sums it up

[NCTraveler]

24. All of the sex talk has them turned up to level 10. nt

[Iwasthere]

25. Maybe some video of tRump rediculing holler rollers and/or speaking in tongues

Wishful thinking on my part.

[samnsara]

27. they have sold their souls...

[Vinca]

28. I swear these people are so nuts they think Don's the Second Coming.

[The Blue Flower]

29. Could shrinking numbers be responsible for this?

If those who have had their eyes opened are leaving this group, it could be that only the blindest are left to answer a poll.

[MarvinGardens]

32. I was thinking the same thing.

With Drumpf numbers in the tank among the whole population, yet support among self-identified (a) Republicans and (b) White Evangelicals, there must be fewer people willing to identify with those groups.

[Mariana]

35. I guess we'll find out eventually

when a survey is done that shows whether or not the number of people who identify as evangelicals has dropped.

[IronLionZion]

30. As long as Pence throws LGBT folks under the bus

evangelicals are fine with dipshit paying off porn stars, divorce, adultery, and generally breaking as many of the 10 commandments as he can.

[Blue_true]

39. As many?

Which one has he not broken at least twice? Rightwing Evangelicals are jokes. But there are good evangelicals, just not a lot of them.

[IronLionZion]

42. Yes, there are good ones, and some even vote Dem

the ones who still support Trump are jokes

[pwb]

31. Only democrats are sinners that can't be forgiven?

Republicans can be pigs and are forgiven. Fake anti Jesus religion. We are on to them finally.

[hatrack]

37. Well then fuck white evangelical Trump supporters, to the last and least of them . . .

Seriously, just fuck 'em. All of 'em.

[rockfordfile]

38. This will be something to remember forever about right-wing conservative Christians.

[workinclasszero]

40. Sickening

It's a cult now. They are followers of Trump and Ayn Rand, not Jesus.

Trump is an antichrist for sure.

[ProudLib72]

41. Modern Chrisianity worships two distinct gods

For the wealthy it is Mammon; for the poor it is racism.

I find it disturbing that this duality can exist and even strengthen the cult, but it continues to work.