Donald Trump is no saint, but I know why evangelicals love him

[DonViejo]

The president has bragged about his sins and built a career on casinos and half-naked women. But as a former believer, I know they recognize a fellow outsider

Josiah Hesse

Tuesday 5 September 2017 03.00 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 5 September 2017 10.45 EDT

As a recovering Christaholic, 12 years sober from God, I’ve been asked before to explain why evangelicals stick with Donald Trump. After all, his attempts at appearing Christian are hopelessly pretentious, he’s bragged about his sins, and has built a career on casinos and half-naked women.

Then Trump’s infamous “many sides” remark about the violence at the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally brought denunciations from former supporters and business leaders, leading to two of his business advisory councils disbanding. But his evangelical advisory board remained intact. So the questions of why come again.

The easy answer is: Evangelicals know he’s not a real Christian, but they’re pragmatic about overturning Roe v Wade, and generally agree with his economic plan of deregulation, lowering taxes, and keeping undocumented immigrants out.

“I don’t think that he’s a believer, but he cares about evangelicals,” said Jay Eike, an evangelical Christian and Trump supporter from Broomfield, Colorado, who was gracious enough to give a rare interview to the untrustworthy media – me. “The tweeting drives me crazy. But evangelicals think his policies are more important (than his behavior).”

Evangelicals knew that Reagan wasn’t really one of them, but he still became their political Moses. George W Bush had possibly lived an even more debauched life than Trump, but those revelations only helped cement his image as a prodigal son who got sober and raised a family.

more
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/donald-trump-why-do-evangelicals-support-him

[Girard442]

1. I would call them whores, but I don't want to insult honest sex workers.

[longship]

2. The Guardian doing more good work here.

One of my favorite news/editorial sources.

R&

[JI7]

3. No. They support him because they agree bigots. White evangelicals are actually white supremacists

[Adrahil]

6. Don't forget their deep hatred for LGBTQ people! NT

[vlyons]

4. The reason is much simpler - greed and bigotry

Evangelical "Christianity" is a degenerate cult - especially when they emphasize prosperity as a sure sign of god's blessing to the people he loves.

[Orrex]

5. "If you're doing business with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing."

"His word isn't worth shit, not with the Good Lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal."
--William S. Burroughs, from Words of Advice for Young People

Evangelicals worship only their own imagined superiority and their own lust for power. All else is bullshit and window dressing. They will bed down with the most vile sexual predator for the sake of political influence and economic gain. They are authorities on nothing except greed and hypocrisy.