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Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in November
Read full article: Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in NovemberDonald Trump has told a group of evangelicals that they “cannot afford to sit on the sidelines” of the 2024 election, imploring them at one point to “go and vote, Christians, please!”.
How Donald Trump went from a diminished ex-president to the GOP's dominant front-runner
Read full article: How Donald Trump went from a diminished ex-president to the GOP's dominant front-runnerWhen Donald Trump left the White House three years ago, he was a one-term president whose refusal to accept his reelection defeat culminated in an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Pence calls for his 2024 rivals to back a 15-week federal abortion ban on eve of Dobbs anniversary
Read full article: Pence calls for his 2024 rivals to back a 15-week federal abortion ban on eve of Dobbs anniversarySpeaking at a gathering of evangelical Christians, former Vice President Mike Pence urged his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination to support a 15-week federal abortion ban at minimum.
Trump lashes out at Jan. 6 committee as he teases 2024 run
Read full article: Trump lashes out at Jan. 6 committee as he teases 2024 runFormer President Donald Trump is lashing out at the the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection as he continues to tease his plans for a third presidential run.
Evangelicals stick with Trump, see upside even if he loses
Read full article: Evangelicals stick with Trump, see upside even if he losesThe conservative evangelical Christians who helped send Trump to the White House four years ago stuck by him again in 2020. But even if Trump doesnt get a second term, some conservative Christians see reasons to celebrate in this years election results. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)WASHINGTON – The conservative evangelical Christians who helped send Donald Trump to the White House four years ago stuck by him in 2020. But even if Trump doesn’t get a second term, some conservative Christians see reasons to celebrate in this year’s election results. White evangelical voters made up 23% of the vote nationwide and overwhelmingly favored Trump this fall, with about 8 in 10 backing him, according to AP VoteCast.
Virus loans helped entities tied to Trump evangelical allies
Read full article: Virus loans helped entities tied to Trump evangelical alliesVice President Mike Pence, left, greets Senior Pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress, right, after Pence spoke at the Southern Baptist megachurch First Baptist Dallas during a Celebrate Freedom Rally in Dallas, Sunday, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Virus loans helped entities tied to Trump evangelical allies
Read full article: Virus loans helped entities tied to Trump evangelical allies(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)NEW YORK – Churches connected to President Donald Trump and other organizations linked to current or former Trump evangelical advisers received at least $17.3 million in loans from a federal rescue package designed to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Graham, whose megachurch claims more than 42,000 members, is not related to Trump evangelical adviser Franklin Graham, son of the late Rev. Other program beneficiaries connected to veteran evangelical Trump allies include The Faith & Freedom Coalition, founded by conservative strategist Ralph Reed, which got a loan of between $150,000 and $350,000. King Jesus International Ministry, the Miami megachurch where Trump launched his evangelical outreach push ahead of November’s election, received a loan of between $2 million and $5 million according to the data. That church's pastor, Guillermo Maldonado, was also among a group of faith leaders who met and prayed with Trump at the White House last fall.