Evangelicals on the Bandwagon

    I get it. Republican voters are furious with a Washington that is incapable of delivering on campaign promises. Republicans captured the House of Representatives in 2010 and the Senate in 2014. Yet, they have not been able to cut spending, reform the tax code, prevent job-crushing regulations, defund ObamaCare, curb IRS partisan abuses, or target waste and fraud. They can't even pass slam-dunk legislation with massive public approval like Kate's Law or bills to defund Planned Parenthood or sanctuary cities. These angry voters want a president who can get things done. And the only one who fits the description is Donald Trump. I get it.

    The pundits said that a Trump presidency could never happen. Now these same pundits are admitting that it is possible if not inevitable. And they are falling all over each other to explain why. Most puzzling to them is how an irreligious Trump has been able to get so many evangelicals to jump on his bandwagon.

    Have not these people of faith lost their moral compass? Does it not matter to them that Donald Trump is a thrice-married adulterer who says he has no need to repent? Does it not bother their pro-life convictions that Trump once approved late-term abortions and still praises Planned Parenthood? Does it not cause them to wonder about Trump's love of neighbor when they hear him insult women, Hispanics, and the disabled? Are they prepared to turn a deaf ear to someone whose moral values are so contrary to theirs?

Even those who are willing to compromise their Christian values should be deeply concerned that Donald Trump prefers a socialist healthcare system, that he is a crony capitalist who has used his money to curry favor with Democrats, and that he has no domestic or foreign policy beyond empty slogans.

    I get it. And, like the born-again (if I may borrow the term) pundits, it puzzles me no end.