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 do 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 dr drama that was released on netflix last year based on his own book
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 of dr drama that was released on netflix last year based on his own boo
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Continent even my dear colleagues right alongside to. Thank you nia said on the album welcome to all of us i think people are doing this today i am founder of the nokia from composite here in uganda well heres a quick look at some of the stories well be looking out today. Who show you holiday monday ease on board exams and the hottest most is going to moving on to sources we will also should look down the jury it is a kleins whos on the green and a cheesy music selection easy to plant how one man in a slum in kenya ease of breaking up the fall of what to the toes. We start the show in south africa where a very special body is a risk the southern drawl and one bill also known locally as the fund a bot because of its belief that its cry signals the coming of summer rain the species can be found in grasslands from kenya to angola and even all the way down to south africa however humans are driving the bus into decline well its goals of vision is are now pulling out all the stops to save t