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‘There’s nobody left’: Evangelicals feel abandoned by GOP after Trump’s ascent
Washington Post ^ | May 8, 2016 | Katie Zezima

Posted on 05/09/2016 12:09:31 PM PDT by C19fan

Pastor Gary Fuller planned a Sunday service focused on involving Christians in the political process and featuring a speech by the pastor father of Sen. Ted Cruz. But after a week in which Cruz abruptly dropped out of the race, his father scrapped his appearance here and Donald Trump became the Republican Party’s standard-bearer, a dismayed Fuller kept the political portion short.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; evangelicals; potus; trump
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To: C19fan
Hey Washington Posties - Christians put their trust in God, not any man. HE has never abandoned any of His own -- so no one is feeling 'abandoned'.

The Washington Post, as noted by others, is just playing the part of the 'Concern Troll'. They are the ones who are going to be abandoned unless they repent and attach their anchor to The Rock.

41 posted on 05/09/2016 1:04:30 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: C19fan
Trump did better than Ted Cruz with evangelicals in many states...

Vote Trump

42 posted on 05/09/2016 1:04:56 PM PDT by sargon (Continue with 24/7 anti-Trump diatribes & insults, your opus will be assumed.)
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To: Always A Marine

President Trump offers our best opportunity to halt the illegal invasion and right the ship before we slip into history.

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Bottom Line


43 posted on 05/09/2016 1:08:21 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Fast Ed97

“Evangelicals is such a broad range of voters nowadays.
Fact is, Ted Cruz’s base support was among the rapture-ready, dispensationalist wing of born-again evangelicals.”

Are you sure about that? I would limit it to a certain segment of dispensationalist Mormons.


44 posted on 05/09/2016 1:10:31 PM PDT by zek157
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To: Always A Marine
I started supporting Cruz a year ago before Trump got in the race. Then I switched to what I perceived last June as the dark horse winner. And my horse Trump ran so well, that he finishes the race with the nomination.

But I have a couple a girl friends in Arizona from high school back in the 60s, who supported Cruz to the very end and are now so devastated that their guy dropped out and Trump is the nominee, that they are beyond distraught with despair. They refuse to even concede that the race is over a week after their candidate dropped out and swear to never vote for Trump.

Well, most people get over their wounded egos and thin skins and will vote for the Republican nominee in November. But these two gals, I fear, have permanently damaged their psyches because of their irrational behavior. Other friends are concerned about their mental health after all the stress of the campaign. They took it too personally and can't unravel themselves from their vision of Cruz as president. We hope time will bring them back to reality.

Life is too short to destroy yourself over things you can't control.

45 posted on 05/09/2016 1:11:41 PM PDT by HotHunt
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To: SaxxonWoods

very short list


46 posted on 05/09/2016 1:11:46 PM PDT by zek157
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To: Abigail Adams

“The thing some people don’t realize is, we are not voting for a Pastor. We’re voting for a President.”

When one of you innovative thinkers comes up with a creative thought please post it — rather than this worn out talking point posted endlessly.

Many of us want the person occupying the presidency to be a moral leader — not sinless — but neither a role model for bad behavior.


47 posted on 05/09/2016 1:18:42 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OMorgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: C19fan

alL THE EVANGELICALS I KNOW ARE SUPPORTING tRUMP.


48 posted on 05/09/2016 1:22:03 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: steve86

>Many of us want the person occupying the presidency to be a moral leader — not sinless — but neither a role model for bad behavior.

Then Ben Carson was you guy.


49 posted on 05/09/2016 1:23:21 PM PDT by RedWulf (End Free trade.)
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To: C19fan

That’s pretty funny considering Trump won the Evangelical vote all over the country.


50 posted on 05/09/2016 1:23:53 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: mkjessup

Evangelicals are a very large part of the Republican electorate. Trump cannot win without getting a whole lot more than just 50 or 60%. He knows this too.


51 posted on 05/09/2016 1:27:20 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: RedWulf

He had some good qualities but not presidential, IMO, and too much a novice at the whole political thing.


52 posted on 05/09/2016 1:29:20 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OMorgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Cowboy Bob

The Washington Post can barely disguise their hatred for Trump... it’s not that they give a damn about evangelicals.. it’s them feeding any scraps of hatred they can find from anyone..

Sick people...


53 posted on 05/09/2016 2:05:35 PM PDT by GOPJ (“What the hell is “conservative” about uncontrolled immigration and corporate trade pacts?”)
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To: cornfedcowboy

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3428857/posts


54 posted on 05/09/2016 2:27:08 PM PDT by mkjessup (Either get on the Trump Train, or get off the tracks dammit!!)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

I do not think he will be back.

He and his wife are creations of the Goldman Sachs machine. I believe he will destroy what support he has left by opposing the securing of the border.


55 posted on 05/09/2016 2:34:09 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: ilgipper

I think you are right. When did the wapo ever care about the religious right or evangelicals? NEVER. They always demean them.
I’m a Cruzer and will vote for Trump, but This is a hit piece to drive evangelicals away from Trump.


56 posted on 05/09/2016 3:10:09 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: 4rcane

Yep. They found some sore Cruzor Loser evangelicals, and now are trying to spin it to bolster their “Repbulican civil war” meme.


57 posted on 05/09/2016 3:18:41 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: C19fan

58 posted on 05/09/2016 7:28:05 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: C19fan

This is a lie. Evangelicals voted for Trump in the majority.


59 posted on 05/09/2016 7:51:51 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: C19fan

Most evangelicals voted for Trump. But the Moemons don’t seem to be happy


60 posted on 05/10/2016 12:32:58 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to youGo to trumps websites look at issues an)
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