Trump haunted by his evangelical supporters’ science denial as he confronts the coronavirus crisis: columnist – Raw Story

It’s well known that Donald Trump’s surge to the presidency was greatly aided by his evangelical supporters. Now, according to the New York Times’ Katherine Stewart, “we are all reaping what that movement has sown” as the coronavirus health crisis continues to spiral. The “denial of science and critical thinking among religious ultraconservatives now haunts the American response to the coronavirus crisis,” Stewart writes, citing examples of Christian pastors who insisting on keeping their church doors open as lockdown orders grip the country. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-haunted-by-his-evangelical-supporters-science-denial-as-he-confronts-the-coronavirus-crisis-columnist/