Trump won white Christian support through explicit appeals to white supremacy.
Evidence
While many have scratched their heads wondering how white Christians could support a candidate who has made white supremacy a foundation of his campaign and presidency, knowing how deeply racist attitudes persist among white Christians today makes this unorthodox political marriage less mysterious. Trump’s own racism allowed him to do what other candidates couldn’t: solidify the support of a majority of white Christians, not despite, but through appeals to white supremacy. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 53
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: White Christians supported Trump despite his apparent moral violations — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 18; Trump won white Christians by appealing to racism, not despite it. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 53; Perceived loss of white Christian status, not economics, drove Trump support — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 603 (+9 more)
Broader Connections
- Trump won white Christians by appealing to racism, not despite it.
#corroborates(1.00) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 53 - Trump framed white evangelicals as a persecuted majority needing to claim power
#expands(0.90) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 576 - White supremacists were mainstreamed into conservative politics through Trump’s nativist agenda
#expands(0.90) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1028 - Trump’s conduct consecrates the white male supremacy entrenched in traditional values
#corroborates(0.85) — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, 293 - White evangelicals supported Trump because of their beliefs, not despite them.
#corroborates(0.85) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 8 - Perceived loss of white Christian status, not economics, drove Trump support
#expands(0.80) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 603 - Trump converted evangelicals from values voters into nostalgia voters.
#qualifies(0.75) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 54 - Evangelical Trump support culminated from an embrace of militant masculinity.
#qualifies(0.75) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 8