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01-10-2020, 11:41 AM
https://www.axios.com/lincoln-project-donald-trump-evangelical-voters-f6cfd864-cc1f-4b6c-b881-690151c95dd7.html
https://youtu.be/yoglNFN5-Js
"MAGA Church," the first digital video from the Lincoln Project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoglNFN5-Js), a group of anti-Trump Republicans, takes aim at President Trump's standing with evangelical voters —interspersing clips of him talking about faith with videos of him speaking crudely.
Why it matters: Trump has recently taken steps to shore up his evangelical base (https://www.axios.com/trump-2020-evangelical-voters-christianity-today-op-ed-0f1773dd-1904-447b-b894-82ce578b0910.html) after an editorial in Christianity Today (https://www.axios.com/christianity-today-evangelicals-supports-impeachment-92956ccb-241c-48d7-bad3-d3e4ddd2d64d.html), a magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, attacked his "gross immorality and ethical incompetence."
His latest move was an "Evangelicals for Trump" event (https://www.axios.com/trump-evangelical-church-immigration-2020-717acb76-2f13-4f02-abe6-25dea4a65fa6.html) last weekend at one of the largest Latino evangelical churches in Miami.
The state of play: In the video, the group warns evangelicals to "beware of false prophets."
"IF THIS IS THE BEST AMERICAN CHRISTIANS CAN DO," it says, "THEN GOD help us all."
The big picture: The Lincoln Project, which announced its creation last month (https://www.axios.com/never-trump-republicans-lincoln-project-2020-george-conway-47c487d2-a88c-4178-b25c-8683d008fb40.html), aims to persuade "enough disaffected conservatives, Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in swing states and districts to help ensure a victory in the Electoral College, and congressional majorities that don’t enable or abet Mr. Trump’s violations of the Constitution."
The Lincoln Project's advisory board consists of George Conway, Reed Galen, Jennifer Horn, Mike Madrid, Steve Schmidt, Ron Steslow, John Weaver and Rick Wilson.
Go deeper: Trump's moves to shore up his evangelical base (https://www.axios.com/trump-2020-evangelical-voters-christianity-today-op-ed-0f1773dd-1904-447b-b894-82ce578b0910.html)
This is rich.
https://youtu.be/yoglNFN5-Js
"MAGA Church," the first digital video from the Lincoln Project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoglNFN5-Js), a group of anti-Trump Republicans, takes aim at President Trump's standing with evangelical voters —interspersing clips of him talking about faith with videos of him speaking crudely.
Why it matters: Trump has recently taken steps to shore up his evangelical base (https://www.axios.com/trump-2020-evangelical-voters-christianity-today-op-ed-0f1773dd-1904-447b-b894-82ce578b0910.html) after an editorial in Christianity Today (https://www.axios.com/christianity-today-evangelicals-supports-impeachment-92956ccb-241c-48d7-bad3-d3e4ddd2d64d.html), a magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, attacked his "gross immorality and ethical incompetence."
His latest move was an "Evangelicals for Trump" event (https://www.axios.com/trump-evangelical-church-immigration-2020-717acb76-2f13-4f02-abe6-25dea4a65fa6.html) last weekend at one of the largest Latino evangelical churches in Miami.
The state of play: In the video, the group warns evangelicals to "beware of false prophets."
"IF THIS IS THE BEST AMERICAN CHRISTIANS CAN DO," it says, "THEN GOD help us all."
The big picture: The Lincoln Project, which announced its creation last month (https://www.axios.com/never-trump-republicans-lincoln-project-2020-george-conway-47c487d2-a88c-4178-b25c-8683d008fb40.html), aims to persuade "enough disaffected conservatives, Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in swing states and districts to help ensure a victory in the Electoral College, and congressional majorities that don’t enable or abet Mr. Trump’s violations of the Constitution."
The Lincoln Project's advisory board consists of George Conway, Reed Galen, Jennifer Horn, Mike Madrid, Steve Schmidt, Ron Steslow, John Weaver and Rick Wilson.
Go deeper: Trump's moves to shore up his evangelical base (https://www.axios.com/trump-2020-evangelical-voters-christianity-today-op-ed-0f1773dd-1904-447b-b894-82ce578b0910.html)
This is rich.