“I just do not believe that we as conservative Christians can expect him to stand strong for the issues that are important to us,” Jeffress told reporters. “I really am not nearly as concerned about a candidate’s fiscal policy or immigration policy as I am about where they stand on biblical issues.” Five years later—almost to the day—Jeffress taped an interview with National Public Radio. The Access Hollywood tape had just dropped. Trump’s character was under assault and his campaign was on life support. Prominent evangelicals, such as Russell Moore, were openly questioning how anyone who had
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