Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas and one of former President Donald Trump’s most ardent allies, hosted former Vice President Mike Pence at his church on Jan. 14 and Jan. 15, promoted Pence’s new book, “So Help Me God,” and characterized him as a “truly committed Christian” and “a true American patriot.” Jeffress even thanked Pence for defending the Constitution on Jan. 6, 2021, an unambiguous slight against Trump.
Trump lambasted evangelical leaders who were withholding endorsements of his 2024 run for their “disloyalty.”
And Trump certainly took it as one. The next day, on the right-wing program The Water Cooler, Trump lambasted evangelical leaders who were withholding endorsements of his 2024 run for their “disloyalty.”
In November, Jeffress had told Newsweek he would support Trump if he were the Republican nominee, but that he was staying out of the primary because “the Republican Party is headed toward a civil war that I have no…
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