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Evangelicals Love Donald Trump Because Jesus Loves Rich People

#BLESSED

Ken Blackwell, Trump’s domestic policy transition director, reflects the new Christian right’s hybrid of hypercapitalism and social conservatism.

Jay Michaelson
Jay Michaelson
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