President Trump loves evangelicals. White evangelicals voted for him by more than a 4-1 margin in 2016, and their support has only grown since he assumed office. On Monday, Trump brought over 100 of these Christian leaders to the White House to listen to a sermon about the doom that awaits should the Democrats win control of Congress this November. The left will “overturn everything that we've done and they'll do it quickly and violently,” said the president, whose remarks were revealed Tuesday after audio of the closed-door meeting was leaked.
“They will end everything immediately,” Trump added. “When you look at antifa and you look at some of these groups, these are violent people.” The president did not elaborate on why he believes a favorable result for Democrats this fall would incite violence from antifa, or how the left could potentially use violence to reverse what the Trump administration has accomplished for the evangelical community. White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley declined to explain what the president meant by the comments, according to the New York Times.
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