White evangelicals have Trump's back, choosing him as GOP frontrunner at Christian conservative summit
The "Pray Vote Stand" summit hosted by the Family Research Council (FRC) was held in Washington, DC on Saturday giving a glimpse into the voting tendencies of WASP voters. Both presidential rivals Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump attended the gathering that targets conservative evangelicals. Vivek Ramaswamy was also slated to attend. In a straw poll, Trump garnered 63.9% of the vote. Desantis received just over 20 percent with the remaining candidates barely attracting interest polling at or below 2 percent. A recent Wall Street Journal survey found Trump is the preferred candidate of 59 percent of Republican voters, with DeSantis in a widely distant second place at 13 percent.
In between praise and worship-like sessions, speakers spoke to convince the faith-based voters that there is no other choice but to re-elect a Republican.
The die-hard Christian support for Donald Trump on the part of the far right speaks volumes about the status of Christianity in America. "Trumpublicans" have "forgiven" or ignored several of Trump' moral failures including his being indicted for hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. He was married to Melania Trump at the time of his alleged affair with the porn star. When the news frit broke about the scandal, Melania said the allegations were "not a concern and focus of mine." The Republican party was previously associated with family values. Loyalty to Trump appears to be a detachment from not only family values, but core Christian principles.
