Some of these fundamentalists have a thing against Catholics particularly the Pope. That story the MSM cojured up about the pope singling out Trump being a non christian may have turned this within that group.
But the pope never mentioned his name in his lengthy if actually one said, does, did, such and such response to a rather lenghty question by a so called reporter. As it was meant to be a generalized position applied to anyone who has those views.
If they voted that way because of that reason they were missled by the media not the pope
“If they voted that way because of that reason they were missled by the media not the pope”
Trump was up in the polls about the same before the Pope’s remarks. Probably had no effect.