Trump's Evangelical Advisers Stand By Their Man
Business leaders have resigned from Trump's council over his response to Charlottesville. But evangelical leaders say they see their role differently.
by Tom Gjelten
Aug 18, 2017
3 minutes
President Trump's belated and halfhearted denunciation of the hate groups that marched in Charlottesville, Va., has cost him the support of numerous business leaders and fellow Republicans and prompted at least a half-dozen nonprofit organizations to cancel planned fundraising events at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
But Trump's religious advisers, who might be expected to offer moral guidance, have been almost entirely silent. None of the 25 members of his "Evangelical Advisory Board" has resigned in protest or even offered public criticism of
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