Should Al Mohler’s Vote for Trump Surprise Us?

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🗓️ 22 April 2020

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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries. In October 2016, an Access Hollywood video clip of Donald Trump making demeaning remarks about women was leaked. In the aftermath of this revelation, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Al Mohler, wrote for The Washington Post. “Trump’s horrifying statements, heard in his own proud voice, revealed an objectification of women and a sexual predation that must make continued support for Trump impossible for any evangelical leader.” But last week, Mohler said that the “partisan divide had become so great” and Democrats had “swerved so far to the left” on issues of abortion, religious liberty, and LGBT issues that he planned to vote Republican for the rest of his life. This, of course, includes voting to reelect Trump this fall. One of the disappointing things about Mohler’s remarks was that they came during a pandemic and a terrible economic downturn, said conservative evangelical writer David French, who has been outspoken about his opposition to Trump since 2016. “While I don't put all that on Trump's feet, he just did some really incompetent things that had a severe cost,” said French. “And then to come in the middle of that, while we're bearing that cost, and to say ‘Four more years,’ seems to be indicating that evangelicals are saying, ‘As long as you're okay on the checklist, no matter your character, no matter what else is happening in the country, we're with you.’ I just found that to be very narrow.” French joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss what white evangelicals can learn about political engagement from black Christians, why white evangelicals by and large have not been disturbed by Trump’s cruelty, and at what points French’s own #NeverTrump convictions have been most-tested. What is Quick to Listen? Read more Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen Find our guest on Twitter: David French Subscribe to The French Press Music by Sweeps Quick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
0:14.5	Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at apologeticsky.com.
0:21.7	In October 2016, an Axis Hollywood video clip of Donald Trump making demeaning
0:27.8	remarks about women was leaked. In the aftermath of this revelation, the president of the
0:34.3	Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Albert Mueller, wrote for the Washington Post.
0:38.6	I'm going to read from that.
0:40.6	Trump's horrifying statements heard in his own proud voice revealed an objectification of women
0:46.1	and a sexual predation that must make continued support for Trump impossible for any evangelical
0:51.4	leader.
0:51.8	In the same column, he also wrote, how could family values voters support a man who had, among other things, stated openly that no man's
1:01.5	wife was safe with him in the room, a casino titan who posed for the cover of Playboy,
1:06.4	man who boasted that he did not repent of his well-documented sins and would not, that answer also has a
1:12.4	name. Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton, this is me speaking now, will not be the Democratic nominee
1:18.9	in 2020, but this time Mueller will be voting for Trump. Last week, Mueller said, quote, that the
1:25.0	partisan divide had become so great great and Democrats had, quote,
1:29.2	swerved so far to the left on issues of abortion, religious liberty, and LGBT issues that he
1:34.8	planned to vote Republican for the rest of his life. Mueller also claimed that Trump had been,
1:39.3	quote, more consistent in pro-life decisions than, quote, any president of the united states of any party we wanted to discuss
1:46.4	where the never trump evangelical movement is at in 2020 it is wednesday april 22nd and you're
1:56.3	listening to quick to listen where we go beyond hashtags and hot takes to discuss a major cultural event.
2:01.8	I'm Morgan Lee, digital media producer at Christianity Today.
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