Liberals who are baffled that Evangelical Christians showed up in droves to vote for President Trump in 2016 – and, despite the present chaos of U.S. politics, will likely show up again in 2020 – need only watch last week’s Democratic LGBT Town Hall for the cure to all their puzzlement.
Indeed, they need look no further than Beto O’Rourke’s answer to host Don Lemon’s question about whether O’Rourke thinks religious institutions (“colleges, churches, charities”) should “lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage.”
Beto didn’t hesitate. “Yes.” Which is just about all that any serious-minded Christian needed to hear. But O’Rourke twisted the knife...