Donald Trump was the culmination of their half-century-long pursuit of a militant Christian masculinityвЂќ (271). Trump: A Spiritual Biography that papered over his past personal immorality and instead portrayed him being proud of вЂњa John Wayne America.вЂќ Therefore, KDM concludes, вЂњEvangelicals hadnвЂ™t betrayed their values. In fact, a year into his presidency, two Evangelicals (David Brody, a journalist at the Christian Broadcasting Network, and Scott Lamb, the vice-president at Liberty University) wrote, The Faith of Donald J. Was it just rank hypocrisy, where Evangelicals might say they care about the private morality of their candidates (as with Bill Clinton), but then turn a blind eye to when it is a Republican? Nope! According to KDM, Trump didnвЂ™t represent a betrayal of Evangelical values, but rather was the poster boy for Evangelical values: Militant masculinity, whiteness, vulgarity, crudeness, and sexual assault. So, the question for KDM becomes, вЂњHow in the world did Trump win and why did white Evangelicals vote for him?вЂќ Was it the fact that blue-collar Democrats were so fed up with things that they voted Republican in 2016, allowing to Trump to eke out victories in traditionally blue states? Nope! Without any citation of any stats, KDM states that the reason why Trump won was because вЂњdominant groupsвЂќ like white Christian men were вЂњanxious about their future status.вЂќ KDM doesnвЂ™t mention any of HillaryвЂ™s questionable behavior that turned voters off. Eventually, Trump won with 81% of the white Evangelical vote. Despite TrumpвЂ™s crude comments and behavior, and even after the revelation of the Access Hollywood tape from back in 2005 and the revelation that he had had sex with Stormy Daniels around that same time, many Evangelical leaders continued to support him, despite his past moral failings, although many did not. threw their support behind Trump, and eventually the вЂњreal Evangelical leaders began to fall in lineвЂќ-namely James Dobson (again!), Wayne Grudem, and Eric Metaxes. Soon, though, Evangelical leaders like Robert Jeffress and Jerry Falwell Jr.

Eventually, though, they all got on board because, вЂњEvangelicals were looking for a protector, an aggressive, heroic, manly man, someone who wasnвЂ™t restrained by political correctness or feminine virtues, someone who would break the rules for the right causeвЂќ (253).

KDM does note that early on in the GOP primaries, Evangelicals were not overwhelmingly on the Trump bandwagon (only about 20%).

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