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Christianity Today editorial calling for Trump's removal: "To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve." christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/decemb… via @CTMagazine
"Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency."

christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/decemb…
And then consider the overwhelming number of white evangelicals who support Trump, oppose impeachment, and have built a massive network in order to shield him from accountability and get him reelected:

huffpost.com/entry/white-ev…
IOW, the divide between the leadership/readership of Christianity Today, and Trump's white evangelical base is huge.

And Trump's white evangelical base is much bigger:

huffpost.com/entry/white-ev…
(via @typeinvestigate and @HuffPost)
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I'm still amazed the "Putin told me" story doesn't seem to be setting off more alarms. Have we just come to expect, shrug, that Trump reportedly admitted this?

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THREAD:

1. Let's have some real talk about the CT editorial.

I understand the site has crashed.

But it doesn't mean Trump's evangelical support has imploded. AT ALL.
2. I've spent the better part of the last four years reporting on Trump's evangelical support--and why Trump's white evangelical supporters won out over the never Trumpers.

The result: a book, which you will be able to read next year.

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/u…
3. In the meantime, just today, with @typeinvestigate and @HuffPost, we published this piece about why white evangelicals remain a crucial base of support and defense for Trump in the face of impeachment.

Read the whole thing here:

huffpost.com/entry/white-ev…
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Sarah Posner
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Did you read this excellent reporting from @gregpmiller et al.? Let's talk about it.

Putin and Hungary’s Orban helped sour Trump on Ukraine washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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They report that Putin and Hungary's Viktor Orban helped turn Trump against Ukraine. Not the specific ant-Biden conspiracy theories later hatched, but just in general. /1
@gregpmiller They further report that Putin/Orban "efforts to poison Trump’s views toward Zelensky...took on added significance this year because of the departure or declining influence of those who had sought to blunt the influence of Putin and other authoritarian leaders over Trump." /2
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