The intersection of faith and politics has never seemed as unnatural as it has in recent years.
Religion has always played a major role in how voters view, choose, and advocate for candidates. This has only intensified in recent decades. Democrats are obviously unchurched and ungodly. Republicans? Naturally, they cling to God above all else and can't imagine framing anything that happens in nonreligious terms. These are generalizations, of course—ones I heard firsthand as an insider, as a conservative.
Then 2016 came and washed all of that away.
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