Evangelicals moving from T**** to DeSantis

[RussBLib]

From one charlatan to another. Yes, Pence helped to corral the evangelicals for Trump. Sure would be nice if todays Christians actually followed Jesus principles. I know it's all make-believe already, though, so they can actually do anything they want without fear of hell or damnation.

Christian leaders start to break from Trump — with an eye on DeSantis
The cracks in the former president’s unlikely alliance were clearer than ever this week
Washington Post

Longtime evangelical pastor Brad Cranston voted twice for Donald Trump — he wasn’t perfect, Cranston reasoned, but he appointed conservative judges and advanced the antiabortion cause. Last year, he thought he could back Trump again.

But Trump’s flaws have only grown in Cranston’s eyes, as the former president launches a third bid for the White House while criticizing abortion opponents at times and fixating on “himself” and his 2020 election loss rather than “on the country and on the issues.” Now, Cranston is drawn to other prospective candidates with a “strong biblical worldview.”

“The one who I really think has the best chance and is a fighter is Ron DeSantis,” said Cranston, the Iowa-based founder of a national group called Baptists for Biblical Values. The second-term governor of Florida “has had the courage to take on the woke crowd,” he added.

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One of DeSantis’s reelection ads last fall pitched him as someone on a divine mission, with a deep voice declaring that God “made a fighter” on the eighth day of creation — DeSantis. The governor’s positioning has caught the attention of Trump and his allies, who have sometimes targeted him with public criticism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/20/trump-christians-conservatives-evangelicals-desantis/

I could make this article a Gifted one.

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[Lovie777]

1. If you believe the recent polls ................

no they are not.

[PortTack]

2. Yes, saw that yesterday..tfg now leads desatan by 6- was a 12 pt shift since the last poll

[RussBLib]

6. I think that could be two different groups...

Evangelical leaders who are leaning towards DeSantis instead of Trump are a different group of people than a poll of voters who might still prefer Trump. Eventually the evangelical leaders will convince some of their "flock" to go for DeSantis.

At this point, I don't really think Trump voters are automatically stupid. I don't think they necessarily believe everything that orange jerk says. They are just as likely huge assholes, as big an asshole as Trump himself.

[pwb]

3. None of the above.

Young America doesn't want any of that shit. Fuck both the grandma and grandpas Florida picks. Who else you got?

[RussBLib]

7. Who does Young America want?

I'm curious.

[progressoid]

4. I read somewhere that white evangelicals made up half of GOP primary voters in '16

If they coalesce around one candidate, it will be hard for someone else to win the nomination.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. DeSatan's recent mistake of not allowing Trump supporters

Into his book signing events is going to piss off GQPers. I suspect that move will hurt his chances greatly. They were yelling freedom of speech at the event. DeSatan may have just ended his chances.

[RussBLib]

8. I need to hear more about this

Can't wait for the feud to heat up.