ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「President Trump's re-election may rest on a group whose support, to the outside observer, can seem mystifying: white evangelicals.⁣ ⁣ In January 2016, Trump gave a campaign speech at a small Christian college in Sioux Center, Iowa. The speech he gave that day would become infamous. But the line that gained notoriety — the promise that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and “wouldn’t lose any voters” — overshadowed another message that morning.⁣ ⁣ “I will tell you, Christianity is under tremendous siege, whether we want to talk about it or we don’t want to talk about it,” Trump said. He added that if he were elected president, “Christianity will have power. If I’m there, you’re going to have plenty of power, you don’t need anybody else. You’re going to have somebody representing you very, very well. Remember that.”⁣ ⁣ Trump largely lost the evangelicals of Sioux County during the Iowa caucuses, but when the election came, they stood by him en masse: 81 percent of the county voted for him. And so did 81 percent of white evangelical voters nationwide.⁣ ⁣ Now, this group may be Trump’s best chance at re-election. The president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has battered his political standing: He has trailed Joe Biden by nearly double digits for a month in national polls. Even among white evangelicals, his approval rating has dipped slightly. But 82 percent say they intend to vote for him, according to the Pew Research Center. ⁣ ⁣ “Is he a man of integrity? Absolutely not,” said Micah Schouten, who was born and raised in Sioux Center. “Does he stand up for some of our moral Christian values? Yes.”⁣ ⁣ We spent months reporting on the reasons evangelicals continue to support Trump. Tap the link in our bio to read more. Photo by @ackermangruber.」8月10日 1時01分