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    'You gotta be tough': White evangelicals remain enthusiastic about Donald Trump

    One takeaway from Iowa's Republican caucuses: evangelicals show no signs of backing away from Donald Trump. But some say even a small shift could make a big difference in November.
    by Sarah McCammon Jan 21, 2024 3 minutes

    White evangelical Christians show no signs of backing away from Donald Trump. That appears to be one takeaway from Iowa's Republican caucuses, where the former president won a decisive victory over several challengers.

    In 2016, there was a lot of head-scratching about evangelical support for Trump - given his divorces, allegations of both extramarital affairs and sexual assault, and his insults toward women, immigrants, and others.

    But many white evangelicals, like Shelley Buhrow, look past all that.

    Nobody's perfect

    "Have you read the Bible?" Buhrow asked. "Many people in the Bible

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