Reed recently talked with Michael Scherer, a political reporter at The Washington Post, about why his organization is endorsing Trump. Here is a taste: MR. SCHERER: I want to start with the news last week. We had the felony conviction […]
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What Pat Robertson and Ralph Reed said about presidential character in 1998
I ran across this Associated Press article about a Christian Coalition event in 1998. I was struck by a few lines: Reed continues to support Trump. So much for “character” and “moral leadership.”
Ralph Reed’s Flip-Flop on Presidential “Character” and “Moral Leadership”
It seems Chris Christie now carries the mantle of the 1990s Christian Right
Ralph Reed opens the “Road Majority Conference”: Christians should be “at the top, and not the bottom, of our political system”
The God and country crowd is gathered at the Washington D.C. Hilton this weekend for the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority Conference.” Christian Right political activist Ralph Reed founded the Faith and Freedom Coalition in 2009 to oppose […]
Live blogging the Faith & Freedom Coalition breakfast with J.D. Vance
Vance, a Catholic, is going to have to win over the Christian Right. (Although I have no doubt that they will all vote for him anyway). This morning he takes his first shot at this important GOP constituency. It’s time […]
Akhil Reed Amar: “Let the states decide whether Trump should be on their ballots”
Yale law professor and author Akhil Reed Amar, one of my go-to commentators on all things constitutional, wrote an amicus brief for the Section 3, 14th Amendment Supreme Court case Trump v. Anderson. Here is a taste of his piece […]
Not everyone at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference booed Chris Christie
Last weekend we called your attention to Chris Christie’s appearance at Ralph Reed’s Road to Majority. When the former New Jersey governor criticized Donald Trump’s leadership, the crowd booed. But Christie also had some fans in the pro-Trump stronghold. Here […]
Chris Rufo of the Manhattan Institute and Ralph Richard Banks of Stanford debate critical race theory
Some of you may remember Chris Rufo as the guy who triggered Donald Trump’s opposition to critical race theory. Ralph Richard Banks is a Stanford University law professor. Joan Coaston, the host ofThe New York Times‘s podcast “The Argument,” moderated […]
Faith and Freedom Coalition conference continues. Eric Metaxas says that members of the GOP who have not defended the Jan. 6 insurrectionists are “dead” to him.
Yesterday we kept you up to speed on the 2021 Road to Majority conference sponsored by Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition. If you want to get a feel for how Trump’s evangelical supporters are handling his loss and the […]
Pivot Points: Chapter 19
What Trumps Trump?
I took a week off from blogging. What is happening on the evangelicals and politics front?
I took the last week off to write. (More on that later). What happened in the world of evangelicals and politics while I was gone? Let’s check in: Jenna Ellis offers another “lesson” in the politics of human dignity: Jenna, […]
Pivot Points: Chapter 16
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Pivot Points: Chapter 12
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Election Day was 17 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?
“Sunday came for Tony Campolo.” Steve Rabey helped Campolo write his memoir. It is coming out in February with Eerdmans. Here is a taste of Rabey’s piece on Campolo at Baptist News Global: Tony Campolo, an influential Christian pastor, professor, author, […]
Election Day was 5 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?
It seems like there are two kinds of Trump evangelical voters. Those who voted for Trump as the “lesser evil” and those who saw Trump as the candidate that God favored. Blogger Samuel Sey seems to fall in the former […]
It’s four days after Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
The National Association of Evangelicals has issued a press release: “Elections inevitably produce winners and losers,” said NAE President Walter Kim. “We pray for God’s guidance and blessing on those who have won, that they will be good stewards of the […]
Tuesday was Election Day: What are evangelicals saying?
Over at NBC News, Mike Hixenbaugh is covering the MAGA evangelicals who believe Trump’s victory yesterday was a fulfillment of prophecy. Here is a taste: Lance Wallnau, a celebrity evangelist who has spent decades calling on conservative Christians to occupy […]
Do we really want another four years of Donald Trump?
I understand why people will vote for Donald Trump on Tuesday. Some think Trump will protect their religious liberty and fight for their views in a way that Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush did not. Some […]
7 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Yesterday Donald Trump spoke to the members of his National Faith Advisory Board’s National Faith Summit in Powder Springs, Georgia. Newsweek covers it here. Watch: At about the 29:55 mark, Paula White says “we believe that God has saved you […]
No Josh Hawley, the United States was not “founded on revival”
I included this in today’s roundup, but I wanted to call attention to it again. Yesterday Missouri senator Josh Hawley spoke at MAGA worship leader Sean Feucht’s Washington D.C. rally. Here is part of what he said: It’s a privilege […]