{"id":14151,"date":"2020-08-13T14:52:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=14151"},"modified":"2020-09-17T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:04:10","slug":"evangelicals-for-trump-speaker-claims-the-democratic-party-has-been-seized-by-the-spirit-of-the-anti-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2020\/08\/evangelicals-for-trump-speaker-claims-the-democratic-party-has-been-seized-by-the-spirit-of-the-anti-christ","title":{"rendered":"Evangelicals for Trump Speaker Claims the Democratic Party Has Been Seized by \u2018the Spirit of the Anti-Christ\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12714\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2017\/12\/DonaldTrumpspeachcreditChristopherHalloranShutterstockcom-e1546619130233.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12714\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2017\/12\/DonaldTrumpspeachcreditChristopherHalloranShutterstockcom-e1546619130233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher Halloran\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Evangelicals for Trump are mobilizing to encourage Christians to elect the president for a second term.<\/p>\n<p>In the name of religious freedom, Evangelicals for Trump are coming together to get the president elected, \u201censuring that pro-life initiatives, religious freedom, and the appointment of conservative judges are kept as a top priority for more years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At a recent event, \u201cEvangelicals for Trump \u2013 Praise, Prayer, and Patriotism,\u201d the group praised the president for his support of conservative values. They also warned of the Democratic Party\u2019s anti-religious agenda, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Dr. Richard Lee, founding pastor at First Redeemer Church in Atlanta, accused several governors and mayors of \u201cbossing the churches around\u2026to see what you will do in case [Biden] gets in office and they can come after you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee also called the current Democratic Party \u201can evil party\u201d seized by \u201cthe spirit of the anti-Christ,\u201d Christian Headlines reports.<\/p>\n<p>He did point out that he does not see Democratic voters as evil but as \u201cwonderful people\u201d who have \u201cbeen deceived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paula White-Cain, one of Trump\u2019s faith advisers, told his supporters that Joe Biden is \u201ca trojan horse for a very radical left agenda that is behind him that wants to take down churches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Pew Research Center survey in July, White evangelical approval of Trump has slipped, but 8 in 10 say they would still vote for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evangelicals for Trump are mobilizing to encourage Christians to elect the president for a second term. In the name of religious freedom, Evangelicals for Trump are coming together to get the president elected, \u201censuring that pro-life initiatives, religious freedom, and the appointment of conservative judges are kept as a top priority for more years.\u201d At&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":565,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3039,1660,2318,3036,316,2210],"class_list":["post-14151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anti-christ","tag-christian-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-evangelicals-for-trump","tag-pew-research-center","tag-religious-freedom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Evangelicals for Trump Speaker Claims the Democratic Party Has Been Seized by \u2018the Spirit of the Anti-Christ\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2020\/08\/evangelicals-for-trump-speaker-claims-the-democratic-party-has-been-seized-by-the-spirit-of-the-anti-christ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evangelicals for Trump Speaker Claims the Democratic Party Has Been Seized by \u2018the Spirit of the Anti-Christ\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Evangelicals for Trump are mobilizing to encourage Christians to elect the president for a second term. 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