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Praising Trump as ‘highly biblical’ damages both Christianity and conservatism

By Kimberly Ross
Published April 18, 2019 5:44pm ET
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Praising Trump as ‘highly biblical’ damages both Christianity and conservatism
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk from Marine One to board Air Force One, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Paris. President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron may be the world's most unlikely political odd couple. Far apart on climate change and immigration, the two leaders will look for common ground on terrorism and defense policy when they meet in Paris. | (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In the minds of many Republicans, the 2016 election was a battle of good versus evil. Donald Trump represented everything positive and patriotic. On the other hand, Hillary Clinton clearly personified all things negative. Additionally, a large swath of the GOP looked to Trump as not only the best candidate in a crowded field, but the answer to a heavenly appeal.

During the campaign and since, too many Republicans have concluded that the 45th president is not only the man for the moment but the actual embodiment of all that is righteous. Frankly, this kind of talk is nauseating. Recently, Michele Bachmann, a former member of the House of Representatives who ran for president in 2012, did this very thing during a radio interview. In a Saturday interview with “Understanding These Times,” a Christian radio show, Bachmann said:

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