Donald Trump

“…’most conservative evangelicals gave up on the politics of character in 2016’ and still consider their relationship to Trump as a pragmatic bargain.” - CToday

Trump is accused of conspiring against voters, Congress, and the nation by knowingly lying and working to involve others in his efforts to reverse the election outcome. - CPost

Related: Responses to Trump’s third federal indictment - Current

“Despite acknowledging the FBI had sufficient reason to open… a preliminary investigation, the report states that the bureau should not have gone as far as opening a full probe into whether individuals associated with the Trump campaign were coordinating with the Russian government.” - CNN

“Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said she had a ‘terrific meeting’ with Trump….The meeting came weeks after Dannenfelser slammed the Trump campaign’s assertion that abortion restrictions should be left exclusively to states as a ‘morally indefensible position.’” - Fox

“Ahead of the 2016 primaries, Iowa evangelicals would not support Donald Trump in his run for president due to issues they had with his character….As the former president campaigns for 2024, many in this powerful GOP base have flipped their 2016 views.” - IPR

“Trump called the indictment ‘Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.’” - N.Review

“The former president no longer bothers to even pretend that he disavows the thuggish behavior he encourages.” - National Review

“I have no idea if or when we will see something no generation of Americans has ever witnessed: a mug shot of a former president of the United States. What I do know is that the entire country is waiting with a sense of unease about just that possibility and about what happens next.” - Russell Moore

“[Bob] Vander Plaats, the president and chief executive of The Family Leader…told The Times that the state’s influential evangelical bloc had not forgotten about the former president’s comments.” - Business Insider

“ ‘There’s great disloyalty in the world of politics, and that’s a sign of disloyalty,’ Trump said.” - RNS