In her book, Du Mez argues that Donald Trump did not win over white evangelicals in spite of his brash womanizing-but because of it. According to the Pew Research Center, 50 percent of evangelicals now identify as conservative. Kristin Kobes Du Mez set out to put this movement in historical context in her 2020 book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (Liveright, 2020). When their support carried President Trump all the way to the White House, Calvin University historian Dr. When the thrice-divorced, self-proclaimed billionaire, casino entrepreneur, and unfailingly crass Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination, his significant popularity among white evangelical Christian voters surprised political commentators.
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