It might be the most intriguing question coming out of the Iowa caucuses.
How has Donald J. Trump continued to gain the support of Republicans who call themselves “evangelical Christians,” the most conservative members of a generally conservative bloc of Republican Party voters?
He’s done well with them despite the following:
Three marriages — and two divorces — and well-chronicled affairs with married women around the world.
Trump actually has boasted about carrying on with married women and all the while he has declared that he’s never asked God for forgiveness because, he said, “I don’t need it.”
Some of us out here have asked for forgiveness for a whole lot less than what Trump has acknowledged doing.
That doesn’t matter to those who use their deep faith to help guide their votes for public officials.
It’s wacky out there, man.
All of this just might portend an equally wacky result once the Iowa GOP caucus votes are tabulated at the end of the evening Monday.
Yep. I’ll be watching these results with keen interest.
A good read on just that topic:
“Evangelicals have given up trying to elect one of their own. What they’re looking for is a bodyguard, someone to shield them from mounting (and real) threats to their freedom of speech and worship.”
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/donald-trump-is-shocking-vulgar-and-right-213572#ixzz3yl5F6p1v