Analysis: Pete Buttigieg’s views on God and the GOP could hurt him with the 2016 Trump voters he’s trying to win
By Eugene Scott Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 8 at 11:35 AM By and large, conservative Christians support the Republican Party. But Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is not sure that God would vote the same way. In a “Today” show interview, the South Bend, Ind., mayor said he didn’t believe God’s political affiliation would match “the one that sent the current president into the White House.
It’s one of several comments the Episcopalian has made about his faith in the past few months. He has pushed back on the idea that his sexual orientation is incompatible with the Christian faith and criticized Vice President Pence for supporting anti-LGBT policies when Pence was Indiana’s governor. It seems to be part of Buttigieg’s broader plan to win over — or at least capture the attention of — Christian independents and conservatives who voted against Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Buttigieg is not alone with his criticism of religious conservatives’ embrace of Trump. Christian conservative Michael Gerson, who served in the George W. Bush administration, previously wrote in The Post: But it’s not clear that Christian conservatives see it the same way. Many defend their support for Trump by pointing to his antiabortion policies, his championing religious freedom and even his disinterest in advancing the rights of LGBT people.
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