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struggle4progress

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Sat Jan 16, 2021, 02:15 AM Jan 2021

His Christian supporters and the march [View all]

By Harry Farley
BBC News

... "Jesus 2020" campaign flags flapped in the wind alongside Trump banners and the stars and stripes ...

For some Christians, seeing religious symbols alongside Confederate flags was shocking ...

... around four-fifths of white evangelicals .. backed the Republican president.

... the opposite is true of black Christians ..

... some academics say "Christian nationalism" was .. support for .. Trump's campaign ...

...in Ohio last year he warned a Biden presidency would mean "no religion, no anything".

"Hurt the Bible, hurt God. He's against God, he's against guns," he claimed ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55578096

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His Christian supporters and the march [View all] struggle4progress Jan 2021 OP
move over jesus, trump is taking your place nt msongs Jan 2021 #1
Hypocrites. Karadeniz Jan 2021 #2
Would believe Trump over Jesus for credibility... keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #3
WWJSA mnmoderatedem Jan 2021 #4
Yes, and without the "white evangelicals"... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #5
A white Texas pastor remarked in 2016 Thunderbeast Jan 2021 #6
This is the group that needs to be excised from the body politic Mr. Ected Jan 2021 #7
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