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In an\u00a0<\/span>interview<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with David Brody of Real America\u2019s Voice, former President Donald Trump criticized former evangelical allies who have remained on the fence about his 2024 run. Brody asked Trump his opinions about \u201cprominent evangelicals\u201d who have remained silent on his bid for the White House. Trump responded by saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a sign of disloyalty. There is great disloyalty in the world of politics.\u201d He cited his achievements in pro-life circles, including nominating three of the Supreme Court judges who overturned Roe v. Wade last summer. Trump said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the lack of turnout of pro-lifers in the recent midterm elections, which resulted in smaller Republican wins than had been predicted. \u201cA lot of them didn\u2019t fight or weren\u2019t really around to fight, and it did energize the Democrats. \u2026 There\u2019s nobody that\u2019s done more for the movement than I have, and that includes the movement of evangelicals and Christians and the movement very much of the Right of Life,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

There have been\u00a0<\/span>early warning signs<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that evangelicals, who helped Trump win his 2016 election, are wary of another Donald Trump election cycle. James Robison, president of\u00a0<\/span>Life Outreach International<\/span><\/a>, who had once acted as Trump\u2019s spiritual adviser,\u00a0<\/span>spoke some harsh words<\/span><\/a>\u00a0about the former president at the National Association of Christian Lawmakers last November after Trump announced his 2024 run. Robison criticized the way Trump handled advice from him over the five years the two had spoken with one another and revealed in one conversation how he had said, \u201cSir, you act like a little elementary school child, and you shoot yourself in the foot every morning you get up and open your mouth. The more you keep your mouth closed, the more successful you\u2019re gonna be.\u201d He stated he doubted Trump had the temperament to help the Republicans face tough issues. \u201cIf Mr. Trump can\u2019t stop his little petty issues, how does he expect people to stop major issues?\u201d he said. After the disappointing Republican mid-term results,\u00a0<\/span>Everett Piper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0wrote, \u201cThe take-home of this past week is simple: Donald Trump has to go. If he\u2019s our nominee in 2024, we will get destroyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Evangelicals appear to be looking towards candidates with a similar Trumpian style without all the baggage such a style can entail. Despite not having entered the 2024 presidential race yet, Ron DeSantis continues to gain traction among Republican voters. A\u00a0<\/span>UMass Amherst Poll<\/span><\/a>\u00a0found the current Governor of Florida leads Donald Trump 51-49 in a heads-up match between the two. When the race was broadened out with other candidates like former Vice President Mike Pence and Nikki Haley, Trump jumped ahead against DeSantis, 37-40. Tatishe Nteta, director of the poll, summed up the findings saying, \u201c\u2026if the race comes down to the two current frontrunners, former President Donald Trump and the current governor of the state of Florida Ron DeSantis, the election is a statistical dead heat. In the coming year, if the election does indeed become a two-person race, GOP voters will have a difficult decision to make between two viable and popular candidates.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the likelihood that Republicans will opt for a different candidate in 2024 is not set in stone.\u00a0<\/span>Real Clear Politics<\/span><\/a>\u00a0still shows Donald Trump as the most likely presidential candidate, with a 13-point lead over DeSantis. Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, head of Pastors for Trump, spoke on \u201cThe Water Cooler\u201d podcast admonishing evangelicals to get over their \u201cshort-term memory loss\u201d over what Trump has done for them. \u201cHow in the world could Evangelical leaders not get behind Donald Trump in 2024?\u201d he asked. \u201cEspecially in comparison to Joe Biden, who is anti-God, anti-family. Our nation is under attack right now at all levels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an\u00a0interview\u00a0with David Brody of Real America\u2019s Voice, former President Donald Trump criticized former evangelical allies who have remained on the fence about his 2024 run. Brody asked Trump his opinions about \u201cprominent evangelicals\u201d who have remained silent on his bid for the White House. Trump responded by saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a sign of disloyalty. 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