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1、WhyarewhiteevangelicalssupportingTrump?ItgoesbacktoJimmyCarter.AmySullivanAugust22,2015DonaldTrump’sfirstmajorrallyofthe2016campaigntakesplaceFridaynightintheheartoftheBibleBelt.It’snotanaturalfitfortheoften-crude,always-immodestNewYorker.ButTrumpmaniahasevenfounditsway
2、toMobile,Ala.Organizersinitiallyplannedtoholdtheeventatthetown’sciviccenter,whichcanaccommodateabout4,000people.Butafteroverwhelminginterest—theTrumpcampaignsaysithasdistributedmorethan35,000ticketssofar—therallywasrelocatedtothe43,000-seatLadd-PeeblesStadium.Ifit’sjarr
3、ingtoimagineTrumpinasettingakintoaBillyGrahamcrusade,well,that’sjustonemorewayinwhichthe2016campaignisconfoundingconventionalpoliticalwisdom.Eversinceamid-July WashingtonPost pollconfirmedthatTrumpistheleadingcandidateamongwhiteevangelicalRepublicans(20percentsupportedh
4、imatthetime,comparedto14,12and11percentforScottWalker,MikeHuckabeeandJebBush,respectively),politicalobservershavebeentryingtosortoutthepuzzleofconservativeevangelicalsupportforTrump.Thisis,afterall,amanwhotoldtheIowaFamilyForumthathecan’trecalleveraskingGodforforgivenes
5、s(“Idon’tbringGodintothatpicture—Idon’t.”)Ina2011interviewfortheChristianBroadcastingNetwork,Trumpcharacterizedhischurchattendanceas“alwaysonChristmas,alwaysonEaster,alwayswhenthere’samajoroccasion.”TheBiblecontainsdozensofverseswarningagainstthesinsofprideandhubrisandc
6、ondemningthosewhoexaltthemselves—andDonaldTrumpis…Trump.Trump’sunorthodoxChristianity—nottomentionhisfairlyliberalrecordofstatementsonsocialissues—seemstotroubleevangelicalelites,ifnotordinaryvoters.Ina World magazinesurvey of100prominentevangelicalleaders,onlythreeresp
7、ondentsnamedTrumpastheirpreferredcandidate.(MarcoRubiowasthetopchoice,with18votes,followedbyatiebetweenWalker,CruzandBush.)TheSouthernBaptistConvention’sRussellMoorehasraisedconcernsoverTrump’simmigrationcomments,tellingreportersthat“Mexicanimmigrantsarefarmorelikelytob
8、eBible-believingChristiansthantobecriminals.”And someacademics havetriedtoarguethatmanyofthoseevangelicalsback
