Dominion theology.
I guess I could see how that would expand into this kind of confusion.
It just makes an ugly hash of Christianity. Ted Cruz’s father was that way; so far I have not heard anything about how Ted has or hasn’t embraced particulars, but this may explain why he has such “Christian values” emphasis with relatively little grace. I don’t expect a lot of grace out of Donald Trump, who in spite of being cultural Christian at least expresses no explicit idea of gospel. But if you are talking gospel, you have no excuse. Forgiveness yes, but no excuse.