Why Evangelicals Support Trump
The answer lies deep in their identity. Which gives a clue on how to defeat them
Ever wonder how evangelicals can support people like Donald Trump and Herschel Walker — who embody the exact opposite of things they are supposed to stand for? Isn’t this the ultimate in hypocrisy?
Well, there’s more to the story than you might realize.
In a recent article The secret of why evangelicals love Herschel Walker (and Donald Trump), Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of New York Times Bestseller “Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation,” offers fascinating insights.
According to Du Mez, evangelicals value “strength.” They equate rugged masculinity with successful leadership. This is why they view empathy, feminism, support for LGBTQ as weak. It’s a threat to strong family values for them. They want all guns blazing and kicking ass for leadership.
So they believe men need to be good fathers and strong fighters. But strong fighters more. Much more.
Evangelicals teach that men and women are opposites, and as such there exists a social order in their universe — men are superior to women, and therefore God gave men testosterone so they could fulfill their role as leaders, protectors and…
