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1. A little background on Robert Jeffress, mentioned below, who is among President Trump’s most publicly devoted faith advisors.
2. In July, his church choir sang an original hymn-like ballad called “Make America Great Again” at a Trump event.
3. When Trump threatened North Korea, Jeffress insisted God gave Trump authority to also “take out” Kim Jong-Un: thinkprogress.org/trump-authorit…
4. Of the NFL kneeling controversy, Jeffress said players protesting should be thankful they aren’t shot like in NK thinkprogress.org/trump-adviser-…
5. When Trump gave his infamous Charlottesville remarks, Jeffress insisted POTUS said “exactly the right thing.” religionnews.com/2017/09/05/all… 
6. This devotion runs deep. On Inauguration Day, Jeffress preached a sermon to Trump: “When God chooses a leader.” thinkprogress.org/trump-is-creat…
7. Jeffress is ALSO known for other things, such as inflammatory comments.
He once said Obama was “paving the way for...the Antichrist.”
He once said Obama was “paving the way for...the Antichrist.”
8. Or that time he said the modern Catholic Church is corrupted by “the genius of Satan.”
9. Or that time he called Mormonism a cult (note: that belief shows up often in some evangelical circles): deseretnews.com/article/865554…
10. He also once compared same-sex marriage to incest while on Bill O’Reilly’s show: talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rober…
11. And he once suggested Islam promotes pedophilia, among other negative descriptors: talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/dall…
12. Jeffress, of course, is hardly the first conservative faith leader to say some of this.
But if POTUS promotes his book, it’s relevant.
But if POTUS promotes his book, it’s relevant.
13. To learn more about Jeffress and the rest of Trump’s faith advisors, I’ve got a piece on it here: thinkprogress.org/how-trumps-fai…
14. Jeffress is also arguably emblematic of modern Christian nationalism, an increasingly powerful political force: thinkprogress.org/trumps-christi…
