Intersection of faith and politics a central message at Republican convention
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🗓️ 18 July 2024
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| 0:00.0 | The intersection of faith in politics has been a central message we've heard this |
| 0:05.6 | week here in Milwaukee. |
| 0:07.2 | It's also something our own Judy Woodruff has been following closely as part of her |
| 0:11.2 | America at a crossroad series. |
| 0:13.6 | Judy's with us now for a closer look. |
| 0:15.2 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:16.1 | Absolutely. |
| 0:16.9 | Very good to be here. |
| 0:17.9 | It's great to have you. |
| 0:18.6 | So as Amna mentioned, you recently filed two reports |
| 0:21.3 | about the role of politics and the political divide in the white |
| 0:25.2 | evangelical church. I wonder what's your reaction to the incorporation of faith in the |
| 0:30.8 | proceedings this week and this notion expressed by lots of people here |
| 0:34.2 | at this convention that Donald Trump surviving that assassination attempt |
| 0:38.3 | really confirms that he is in some way God's chosen to bring salvation to the US to the world really elevating |
| 0:44.5 | him as this messianic figure. |
| 0:46.8 | You're right Jeff, there's no question. |
| 0:48.1 | There's been an effort on the part of some of the speakers and certainly on the part of |
| 0:51.7 | some of the delegates as you talk to them, the sense that |
| 0:54.8 | they want to or that they feel that faith and their faith, their Christian faith, has been |
| 1:01.0 | invoked by this incident. I think Senator Tim Scott |
| 1:04.3 | the other night mentioned Satan came down and was going to take Donald Trump's life |
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