[Stentor]

having fooled media, Democrats and RINOs that he's a Christian American.

Just looked at Wikipedia for (1) "Willing suspension of disbelief" and found (2) "cognitive estrangement". "Cognitive estrangement in fiction involves using a person's ignorance or lack of knowledge to promote suspension of disbelief." The answer is numbers 1 and 2, Alex.

[Gaffer]

Yes.... and the phrase “cognitive dissonance” also comes to mind.