Scene what do evangelical christians believe it and what do they want my guest today is spent his life researching and writing about American Christian fundamentalism and its Global Network he is jeff sharlet the executive producer of the family a document that was released on netflix last year based on his own book the family the secret fundamentalism at the heart of American Power miss charlotte thank you so much for joining us today in your show and youre writing i mean im amazed by. The degree to which you have had had a foot in the evangelical camp and a foot out if you will and youve been able to tell this story and yet i think you still describe yourself as part of that world how youve been able to navigate these currents. I am deeply interested in that world have been reporting on it for many years but i am not an evangelical christian i was so Netflix Series in the books about nor going to zation called the family the oldest and most influential Christian Conservative Politica
The two candidates, donald trump and former Vice President joe biden. To spread their message and turn the tide to battleground states, this election is rather unusual. They are squelching the campaign trail in rallies. Then there is the Lincoln Project, Political Action committee by influential republicans including attorney george conway, New Hampshire gop chair jennifer horn, republican political strategist retailing, and john weaver and our guest here today, rick wilson and Steve Schmidt. Republican pack founded by a bunch of republicans doesnt sound that unusual but unlike traditional republican packs the Lincoln Project is spending millions to defeat the republican president ial candidate and his supporters in the senate. Wilson and Steve Schmidt will give us an update on the state of the 2020 raising the Lincoln Project, rick got his start as a political strategist in the 1988 president ial campaign of george w. Bush, provided Strategic Counsel to political candidates, National
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Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question are evangelicals giving President Trump the votes he needs to win a 2nd term lets get to the bottom line. About a 3rd of americans identify themselves as born again or as evangelical christians and among that group almost all of them voted for donald trump in 2016 and the vast majority say theyre going to do it again in a few weeks in return trump has pushed the religious rights agenda with this culture war and socially conservative policies the appointment of conservative judges and support for israels government but what is this huge group in American Society and how did they become such an enormous influence on americas political scene what do evangelical christians believe it and what do they want my guest today is spent his life researching and writing about American Christian fundamentalism and its Global Network he is jeff sharlet the executive producer of the family a document that was released on netflix last year based on his own book
Video of the associated press. Thank you for joining us today for our virtual headliners newsmaker with rick wilson Steve Schmidt, cofounders of the lincoln product. We are happy to accept questions from our audience today and i will ask as many questions as time permits. To submit a question, email headliners at press. Org. We are 40 days away from election day. As in president ial campaigns past, the two candidates, President Donald Trump and democratic challenger, former Vice President joe biden are spending millions on advertising to spread their message and turned the tide in battleground states. This election is unusual, certainly the covid19 pandemic squelching the meet and greets. Then theres the Lincoln Project, a Political Action committee founded by several current informal influential republicans including attorney george conway, New Hampshire gop chair, jennifer warner, republican political strategist, mike madrid, ron and john and our guest here today, rick wilson Steve S