Thursday, August 15, 2019

‘Using the Lord’s name in vain’: Evangelicals chafe at Trump’s blasphemy - POLITICO

To most of America, the comments went unnoticed. Instead, the nation was gripped after the rally by the moment when a "send her back" chant broke out as Trump went after Somali-born Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, an American citizen. But some Trump supporters were more fixated on the casual use of the word "goddamn" — an off-limits term for many Christians — not to mention the numerous other profanities laced throughout the rest of the speech.
A Trump-supporting West Virginia state senator who represents many evangelicals got three phone calls from constituents complaining about Trump's profanity after a recent rally.

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