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Why Trump's Persecution Narrative Resonates With Christian Supporters

Consider This from NPR

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🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Former president Donald Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges, including four felony counts on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump says he's being persecuted, and that idea resonates with his Christian base.

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Just a few months before he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump spoke to a group of voters

0:05.9

at an event hosted by a Christian activist group in Washington, D.C. He made a point of reminding

0:11.5

them that their beliefs and values were under attack.

0:15.0

Our meteor culture often mocks and demeans people of faith and you understand that.

0:22.8

Trump claimed that he would be the one to defend Christianity.

0:26.4

So let me state this right up front.

0:30.2

A Trump administration, our Christian heritage, will be cherished, protected, defended

0:40.4

like you've never seen before.

0:43.0

Throughout his presidency, Trump cast himself as a staunch ally of Christian faith and values,

0:50.0

fighting alongside conservative Christians for their causes like a rollback of abortion rights.

0:55.0

And as his personal and legal troubles mounted, Trump claimed he was besieged, targeted because of who he was.

1:03.0

These four horrible radical left Democrat investigations of your all-time favorite president,

1:10.4

me.

1:11.4

As a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time this trial is a total witch

1:17.2

child. On the day he was arraigned in Washington DC on felony charges for

1:22.4

conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election,

1:26.5

Trump did not mince words.

1:28.6

When you look at what's happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in America.

1:37.0

This is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the Republican primary and leading Biden

1:46.2

by a lot.

1:47.6

So if you can't beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. That word, persecution, holds a particular meaning for Christians. It

1:57.4

shows up in the Gospels and it's critical to understanding Christian identity.

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