There are reasonable ways to explain the high levels of evangelical support for President Trump, but Robert Jeffress’ latest contention is not among them.

Asked about evangelical support for Trump in a Friday interview, Jeffress compared the president to Ronald Reagan, arguing evangelicals had similarly prioritized policy over character in 1980. “This is not an unusual thing, we’ve been here before,” he said. “Back in 1980, evangelicals chose to support a twice-married Hollywood actor who was a known womanizer in Hollywood. His name was Ronald Reagan. They chose to support him over Jimmy Carter, a born-again Baptist Sunday school teacher who had been faithfully married to one woman.”