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Why do so many evangelical Christians support former President Donald Trump despite his decades of documented ungodly behavior?

An in-depth report from The Economist shows that it has a simple explanation: They believe that God personally appointed him to rule the United States.

In fact, the report cites a survey conducted by Denison University political scientist Paul Djupe that around 30 percent of Americans believe Trump "was anointed by God to become president."

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[-] yesman@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

It doesn't say. That and the fact that this is reporting on other reporting, a kind of "reaction video" of journalism should be enough to ignore that number.

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