‘He’s not God’: In the wake of porn-star allegations, most evangelicals stand by Trump

When news broke this month about President Trump’s alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, it seemed the kind of story that would devastate a group of voters once known as the “Moral Majority.”

This is the Trump era, and for white evangelicals, the days since the Daniels report have offered proof the president remains righteous to them in ways that matter far more. …

A Washington Post-ABC News poll released this month found 68 percent of white evangelical Protestants approve of Trump’s job performance — a figure that is nearly double that of the population as a whole and that is higher than any other religious or demographic group. CONT.

John Wagner & Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post