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Why do so many evangelical Christians support former President Donald Trump despite his decades of documented ungodly behavior?

An in-depth report from The Economist shows that it has a simple explanation: They believe that God personally appointed him to rule the United States.

In fact, the report cites a survey conducted by Denison University political scientist Paul Djupe that around 30 percent of Americans believe Trump "was anointed by God to become president."

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

White Christian Conservatives are one of the most scary things out there. Those fuckers are twisted, hateful and dellutional.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They are all of that. But they aren't 30 percent of the country. The actual study maths to about 6 percent. 21 percent of weekly church going Protestants. (Who are about 30 percent of the country.)