Evangelicals sought an aggressive masculine protector before Trump existed

Evidence

But in truth, evangelical leaders had been perfecting this pitch for nearly fifty years. Evangelicals were looking for a protector, an aggressive, heroic, manly man, someone who wasn’t restrained by political correctness or feminine virtues, someone who would break the rules for the right cause. Try as they might—and they did try—no other candidate could measure up to Donald Trump when it came to flaunting an aggressive, militant masculinity. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 569

Categorization

• XREF: Directly connects to all previous chapters’ evidence of militant masculinity as the organizing center; also echoes Hochschild’s ‘Deep Story’ of defensive patriarchy.