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Evangelicals Come Back to Trump in the Nick of Time
Townhall.com ^ | October 28, 2020 | Stephen Strang

Posted on 10/28/2020 2:47:14 PM PDT by Kaslin

For Bible-believing Christians in 2016, Donald J. Trump was the most unlikely presidential candidate imaginable. He fathered children by three different wives, made some of his wealth in the gambling industry, and was known for using vulgar and degrading language.

He was no one’s image of a choirboy. But at some point, Trump managed to win the confidence of enough voters to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, and in the process he convinced the largest number of evangelicals in history to vote for him on Election Day, which was nothing short of a miracle.

Earlier this month, USA Today wrote that Trump’s evangelical support has been slipping, and I believe that’s partly why he’s been behind in most polls. His support dropped from 83 percent in the summer to 78 percent as recently as early October. From my vantage point, it’s clear some of that early support was lost because evangelicals believed that former Vice President Joe Biden was a man of character. They were sympathetic to the tragic loss of his first wife, his infant daughter, and later, his grown son, Beau. They felt that “Uncle Joe” could be trusted.

In these last nine days, all of that has changed. Evangelicals now clearly understand that Biden is corrupt. The laptop scandal is the mere tip of the iceberg.

No longer is Joe Biden the “sweet old Uncle Joe” of days gone by. While the 77-year-old seems more genteel at times than the 74-year-old tough-talking Trump, this isn’t about Trump as “bad” and Biden as “better.” This is about the depths of the Joe Biden-Hunter Biden scandal—and the fact that former family business associates who were copied on emails are now spilling the dirt.

Amid the bitter faceoff in 2020 between Trump—who’s kept many promises as president, including protecting religious freedom and constitutional rights—and Biden, along comes unmistakable proof that the Bidens have been involved in a deceptive web that includes selling influence and enriching the family. Evangelicals have a persuasive reason not to vote for Biden.

The similarities to Hillary Clinton’s email scandal are too great to ignore. A web of explosive emails are now coming out linking Joe Biden to secret meetings and a cut of the take.

Many American evangelicals no longer believe that Biden is some innocent bystander, as his family members, with no prior experience in many cases, raked in tens of millions of dollars just after a convenient flight to China or Ukraine on Air Force Two.

The Biden campaign may seem steady, but this growing crisis has shaken its foundation. While readers of my books know I’ve been a Trump supporter, I didn’t see all of this coming when I wrote “God, Trump, and the 2020 Election before the primaries—but this changes everything.

The proof of corruption is not only on the laptop. More allegations keep coming from former Biden business associates; and along with charges against Hunter Biden involving drug abuse, the use of pornography and more, evidence suggests he received $1.5 billion from China for a private equity firm and an 80 percent equity stake in CEFC, the China energy company.

The evidence keeps exposing Joe Biden as corrupt. Even as the mainstream media shields him and defends him, the Hunter email story continues to trend.

It will take time to sort through all the damning information on multiple devices to see if criminal charges will be brought over possible bribes of foreign agents, or worse; the laptop is even said to be connected to an FBI money laundering inquiry. In the meantime, we have an election here—and America’s future is at stake.

There are many other reasons not to vote for Biden—including the lackluster campaign he’s run and his serial plagiarism. But for anyone still undecided, it’s time to see the light. This is beyond personality, beyond policy. This is about base corruption. If even 10 percent of the laptop stories are true, it is enough to keep Joe Biden from the presidency.

During one of the most difficult summers in memory, evangelicals may have been stuck again on a rough-around-the-edges Trump, but this roiling Biden scandal is bringing them back to Trump—who, by the way, has lowered taxes, defended life and religious liberty, recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, confirmed over 200 federal judges, confirmed three Supreme Court justices, and is building the border wall, all while working for America for free. He’s also surrounded himself with pro-faith leaders.

This is a very big deal. Evangelicals see clearly that Biden cannot be trusted. And they are coming back to the fold just in time for Tuesday, November 3rd.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corruption; evangelicals; hunterbiden; joebiden
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1 posted on 10/28/2020 2:47:14 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Such BS.

They. Never. Left.


2 posted on 10/28/2020 2:49:50 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Kaslin

I imagine Cyrus the Great wasn’t all sweetness and light, also.


3 posted on 10/28/2020 2:50:29 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: Kaslin
We never left him, Stephen.

Because the Democrat Party of slaughtering unborn babies and homosexual marriage is indicative of reprobate minds rejecting a Holy God. Romans 1:24-28 is pretty plain on the latter. And as for the other:


4 posted on 10/28/2020 2:51:40 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Kaslin

Why are we talking about the negatives?

The evangelical support should be even Higher than prior the 2016 election, because of President Trump’s support of faith, his stance against faith suppression and his appointment of Amy Coney Barrett.


5 posted on 10/28/2020 2:51:52 PM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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To: LS
ping to my above comment and...

[homosexual marriage is indicative of reprobate minds rejecting a Holy God. Romans 1:24-28 is pretty plain on the latter]

Democrats Andrew Cuomo, Bill DeBlasio (Warren Wilhelm), Hillary Rodham Clinton, Al Sharpton.


6 posted on 10/28/2020 2:53:58 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Kaslin
Democrats:


7 posted on 10/28/2020 2:57:22 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: SaveFerris

Gay marriage, marijuana, needle exchange, unlimited abortion, welfare, open borders, socialism/communism, corruption, pedophilia, censorship, atheism, disarmament, white hate, .....


8 posted on 10/28/2020 2:57:41 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Kaslin

I can tell you one thing about the evangelicals, of which I am one; Many of them are fickle. I just learned recently that 50% of so-called Christians do not believe there is such a thing as absolute truth. I have no idea what kind of alibi they’ll come up with on Judgement Day, after basically calling God a liar. Jesus said He is THE Way, THE Truth and THE Life, but half of them think he’s lying. Ai-yai-yai! “Without faith it is impossible to please God”, and “Depart from Me; I never knew YOU”! come to mind.


9 posted on 10/28/2020 3:03:42 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Kaslin

This evangelical Christian believes in redemption for Donald Trump and the world at large, and this evangelical Christian never left him.


10 posted on 10/28/2020 3:03:54 PM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: Kaslin
"He fathered children by three different wives, made some of his wealth in the gambling industry, and was known for using vulgar and degrading language."

Anyone who picked the infanticide candidate over the gambling candidate was not a real Christian.

11 posted on 10/28/2020 3:04:13 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is solving the world's problems only to distract us from Russia.)
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To: Kaslin

Aren’t we getting Raptured if Biden wins?


12 posted on 10/28/2020 3:06:18 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: LS

There were some that were caught up with the idea of not voting for a man, based on his past. However, I think Trump has pulled in many of those no votes.


13 posted on 10/28/2020 3:13:23 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults. N)
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To: Kaslin
Those who are doubting the accuracy of this are pretty unfamiliar with Evangelicals. They think evangelical is simply "conservative Christian." Wrong. Fundamentalists are the conservative Christians; Evangelicals the liberal SJW types. Evangelicals and Fundamentalists have been at odds for a long time.(50 years at least).

Evangelicals are largely Calvinist, Denominational (Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian) and liberal. Probably the foremost evangelical is the very popular somewhat teacher John Piper whose anti-Trump screed was discussed at length on FR yesterday. The evangelical Piper is not coming to Trump even if Biden did all that has been alleged -- and more.
14 posted on 10/28/2020 3:16:59 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: Kaslin

If Evangelicals can’t see that the Dems hate us and will eviscerate our religious liberties at the first opportunity, then we will have earned our fate.


15 posted on 10/28/2020 3:19:53 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Trump trumps Hate)
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To: Kaslin

If Evangelicals can’t see that the Dems hate us and will eviscerate our religious liberties at the first opportunity, then we will have earned our fate.


16 posted on 10/28/2020 3:20:58 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Trump trumps Hate)
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To: SaveFerris

Agree. Nice.

Thanks.


17 posted on 10/28/2020 3:31:24 PM PDT by Kay
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To: kaehurowing

Being snarky?


18 posted on 10/28/2020 3:40:33 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: Southnsoul

I think many people didn’t quite get when Hillary Clinton said “half the people in this country are irredeemable” that it was antithetical to the tenets of just about every faith in the world today. You’d have to be high on your own ego and power trip to say such a thing. It was profoundly insulting and quite mean spirited. People sin, but they can atone. They can be redeemed. To call someone irredeemable, at least theologically, is to say their souls are condemned to hell and are not worth any effort. Not even the judicial system holds such a belief. But she did. Truly awful.


19 posted on 10/28/2020 3:44:20 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Kaslin

Dude, PLEEEEEEEEEEZE! They never left. No group can say they got more from the first term than the Evangelicals. They are on their way to 91% for Trump.


20 posted on 10/28/2020 3:54:26 PM PDT by jmaroneps37
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