According to recent reports, the Democratic Party has been increasingly driving away religious voters in America with secular, leftist policies that contradict Christian values. As a result, some have labeled the Democrats “anti-Christian.” Simultaneously, former President Donald Trump is capitalizing on the opportunity and courting voters of faith.
Catholic League President Bill Donohue claimed, “They’re anti-Christian, and it’s driving people out…And the guys I’m talking to, it’s not even so much abortion. It’s just they feel like they don’t speak their language anymore. This whole idea of letting men compete against women in sports abuses the bathrooms, they think they’ve just gone off the deep end.”
Donohue told Fox News Digital that the Trump campaign would launch the “Catholics for Trump” coalition and seek to build “a nation where the rights of every individual to practice their faith freely is protected.” Trump has already garnered support from Catholic organizations such as CatholicVote.
“Kamala Harris hates Catholics and everything we hold sacred. We can’t pretend otherwise. Our institutions, families, culture and belief in the sanctity of all human life are the antithesis of her vision for America. Donald Trump and JD Vance — and now RFK — are the antidote to the ruling class that has destroyed our country,” CatholicVote President Brian Burch said in a Trump campaign press release.
Donahue previously predicted that President Biden, who claims to be Catholic, dropping out of the race in July would not affect the broader Catholic vote in the upcoming election. However, he noted that it might initially benefit Kamala harris until people become familiar with her policies.
“I would suspect that in terms of Biden dropping out, it might help Harris a little bit, if only because she’s less well known. But once people find out that her views are indistinguishable from that of Biden’s, including born alive protection laws … when the baby is born as a result of a botched abortion, the Democrats – for most of them, not all, most of them –say that the doctor has no obligation to rescue the child. You can just let the child die at the table. Most Americans are opposed to that,” Donohue said.
The Christian Tribune recently reported on the great news that Trump received regarding the Christian vote. Recent polls indicated that, reportedly, 52% of Catholics plan to support Trump, while 47% plan to vote for Vice President Harris. Among Protestants, 61% support former President Trump, and just 37% support Harris.
However, Harris is leading the non-Christian vote by far with 65% of the Jewish vote, 68% of the religiously unaffiliated, 85% of atheists, 78% of agnostics, and 59% of other voters who claim to be identified religiously as “nothing in particular.”
Trump has vowed to represent Christian interests if reelected in November. At a faith-based conference earlier this year, Trump said, “I hope we’ll be defending them side by side for your next four years. These are going to be your years, because you’re going to make a comeback like just about no other group. I know what’s happening. I know where you’re coming from and where you’re going, and I’ll be with you side by side. So again, thank you once again for everything you do. And you have to get out and vote. Our religious leaders have to get their incredible people that love them so much and respect them so much. Have to get them out to vote.”
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