Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The Daily 202: White Catholics struggle to get on board the Trump train

If you want to understand Donald Trump’s Catholic problem, come to the pancake breakfast after the 9 a.m. Sunday Mass at St. Luke’s church. The conservative parishioners don’t like Trump or Hillary Clinton, and they don’t know what to do.

“I was in my pickup driving to supper the other night. My comment was, ‘Gosh, I just don’t know,’” said Matt Edwards, 40, a mining engineer. “The two other males in my truck said, ‘But you can’t go for Hillary.’ Generally speaking, that’s the conversation here.”

Edwards explained that he might vote for Clinton anyway. “I would never have thought I’d utter those words,” he said. “It’s going to be a hard choice, even for someone who has always voted Republican.” He was cutting up pancakes into bite-size pieces for his twin daughters. The 5-year-olds call the GOP nominee Donald Trumpet. “It’s kind of appropriate in some ways,” their dad said with a laugh....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/09/06/daily-202-white-catholics-struggle-to-get-on-board-the-trump-train/57ce08b9cd249a6fa9f82087/


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