Donald Trump To Christian Right: ‘Get Out And Vote’

“Those are top for me. and he champions both of those issues”, said Savannah Holsten, a 21-year-old Republican from Denver and a student at Liberty University.

“In a Trump administration, our Christian heritage will be cherished and protected like you’ve never seen before”, he said, reciting an easy applause line. “Either you’re voting for the policies to continue that have been in place for the last eight years – more division, disaster and challenges – or you can vote for hope”.

While Scott did not mention Trump by name, this was a somewhat more direct endorsement than he has given in past months.

For the 2016 Values Voter Summit (the annual social-conservative conference organized by Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council), Trump took the stage in the main hall mid-afternoon to deliver a speech that leaned heavily on playing upon the Christian right’s longstanding persecution complex.

Donald Trump said he learned that the then Senator Lyndon B Johnson (D-TX), by getting his amendment passed, was able to “silence people who didn’t feel so good about him”. He admitted to being “not flawless on the Bible – but I did go to Sunday school for many years, I want to tell you that”.

“I believe he’s a Christian”, said Spangler, a Lady Lake, Florida, resident. Tim Scott, R-S.C.

But Trump’s performance seemed to ease the concerns of attendees who represented some of the most ardent cultural warriors in the party, a group that has always been uncomfortable with the party’s nominee, and preferred other candidates like Ted Cruz during the primary.

“I see these handsome teleprompters; believe me, I’m not using them”, Trump said past year.

“I would like to tell you that one day we’re gonna have the ideal candidate to lead this country – I don’t know what to tell you!” The Republican vice presidential nominee, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, will address the summit Saturday.

Trump made the remark a day after Clinton told an Israeli news outlet that terrorists are praying for Trump to win.

“And if you look what’s happened to religion, if you look at what’s happening to Christianity, and you look at the number of people going to churches, and evangelicals know this also it’s not on this kind of a climb, it’s on this kind of a climb of slow and steady in the wrong direction”. While Trump won over evangelical voters during the primaries, the selection of Pence excited social conservative leaders who identified with Pence’s religious background and conservative values.