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Trump Promises to Bring About a New Era of Christian Power [1]

['Elizabeth Dias']

Date: 2024-11-03

As voters head to the polls on Tuesday, Donald J. Trump’s ambitions for America’s future are almost impossible to miss. He has sworn an era of “retribution” for his enemies. Vowed to deport millions of immigrants. Fueled concerns about rising fascism.

But he is making another promise that may be overlooked, but equally transformative: He will champion his followers’ brand of Christianity across American life and government.

Publicly, the former president has avoided boasting about the main accomplishment that made him a hero to conservative Christians: ending Roe v. Wade. And he has distanced himself from Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for a Trump presidency.

Instead, his support for “my beautiful Christians,” as he calls them, leans heavily into their fears about losing power in a secularizing and pluralist country — where a majority of women support Vice President Kamala Harris.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/us/trump-christian-religion.html

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