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How Trump won the religious right - Magical Realist - Aug 31, 2026
Just further confirmation that the Bible can be used by anyone to justify whatever intolerant and fascist agenda they have.
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RE: How Trump won the religious right - Syne - Aug 31, 2026
As if atheists and leftists understand Christian conservatives... when every study shows they don't. 9_9
Most conservatives didn't know who Paula White was.
While there is no formal polling data detailing exact numbers, the vast majority of mainstream political and religious conservatives did not know who Paula White was before she aligned with Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and subsequent administration.
Her pre-Trump fame was highly concentrated within a specific religious subculture rather than the broader conservative movement.
Paula White's introduction to the broader conservative landscape was engineered entirely by Donald Trump himself. Trump discovered her on television in 2002, struck up a multi-decade friendship, and eventually appointed her to chair his Evangelical Advisory Board during the 2016 campaign.
When she delivered the invocation prayer at Trump’s 2017 inauguration—becoming the first female clergy member to do so—it served as the official introduction of Paula White to the mainstream American conservative public.
- gemini
RE: How Trump won the religious right - Magical Realist - Sep 1, 2026
Quote:Paula White's introduction to the broader conservative landscape was engineered entirely by Donald Trump himself. Trump discovered her on television in 2002, struck up a multi-decade friendship, and eventually appointed her to chair his Evangelical Advisory Board during the 2016 campaign. When she delivered the invocation prayer at Trump’s 2017 inauguration—becoming the first female clergy member to do so—it served as the official introduction of Paula White to the mainstream American conservative public.
Right..she was only a prominent celebrity of the evangelical kooks and became instrumental in solidifying Trump with the broader Christian right only later, exactly as the video said.
RE: How Trump won the religious right - Syne - Sep 1, 2026
(9 hours ago)Syne Wrote:... When she delivered the invocation prayer at Trump’s 2017 inauguration—becoming the first female clergy member to do so—it served as the official introduction of Paula White to the mainstream American conservative public.
- gemini
You know, after the election. 9_9
RE: How Trump won the religious right - Magical Realist - Sep 1, 2026
(6 hours ago)Syne Wrote:(9 hours ago)Syne Wrote:... When she delivered the invocation prayer at Trump’s 2017 inauguration—becoming the first female clergy member to do so—it served as the official introduction of Paula White to the mainstream American conservative public.
- gemini
You know, after the election. 9_9
Yep..she was only well-known to the Christian right before that. Hence the OP "How Trump won the religious right."
RE: How Trump won the religious right - Syne - Sep 1, 2026
(9 hours ago)Syne Wrote:...the vast majority of mainstream political and religious conservatives did not know who Paula White was before she aligned with Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and subsequent administration. ...
Literacy is amazing!
RE: How Trump won the religious right - Magical Realist - Sep 1, 2026
"Paula White was already a famous national televangelist and megachurch leader within charismatic Christian circles long before Donald Trump ran for president.
Television Stardom
Massive Audience: She launched her television show, Paula Today, in December 2001.
National Networks: By 2006, her program aired on major networks like the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), Daystar, and BET.
Cultural Comparison: Media scholars frequently compared her cultural influence to Oprah Winfrey because of her talk-show format and personal storytelling.
Megachurch Success
Without Walls: She co-founded the Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida, in 1991.
Peak Attendance: At its height, the church drew roughly 20,000 members and ranked among the largest megachurches in the United States."--- Google AI
RE: How Trump won the religious right - Syne - Sep 1, 2026
(5 hours ago)Magical Realist Wrote: "Paula White was already a famous national televangelist and megachurch leader within charismatic Christian circles long before Donald Trump ran for president.
Television Stardom
Massive Audience: She launched her television show, Paula Today, in December 2001.
National Networks: By 2006, her program aired on major networks like the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), Daystar, and BET.
Cultural Comparison: Media scholars frequently compared her cultural influence to Oprah Winfrey because of her talk-show format and personal storytelling.
Megachurch Success
Without Walls: She co-founded the Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida, in 1991.
Peak Attendance: At its height, the church drew roughly 20,000 members and ranked among the largest megachurches in the United States."--- Google AI
Just continues to show how little you understand Christians. "Prosperity Gospel" only accounts for about 5% of US Christians, and most Christians mock or reject things like prosperity theology and TBN. But then, you were raised in a fringe denomination, so you have a distorted view.
RE: How Trump won the religious right - Magical Realist - Sep 1, 2026
Quote:just continues to show how little you understand Christians. "Prosperity Gospel" only accounts for about 5%
Didn't even mention a "Prosperity Gospel" dumbass..
Let's try this again:
"Paula White was already a famous national televangelist and megachurch leader within charismatic Christian circles long before Donald Trump ran for president.
Television Stardom
Massive Audience: She launched her television show, Paula Today, in December 2001.
National Networks: By 2006, her program aired on major networks like the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), Daystar, and BET.
Cultural Comparison: Media scholars frequently compared her cultural influence to Oprah Winfrey because of her talk-show format and personal storytelling.
Megachurch Success
Without Walls: She co-founded the Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida, in 1991.
Peak Attendance: At its height, the church drew roughly 20,000 members and ranked among the largest megachurches in the United States."--- Google AI
RE: How Trump won the religious right - Syne - Sep 1, 2026
You didn't have to mention it. Paula White preaches prosperity theology... thus that's her audience.
Just another case of you not knowing what you're talking about. 9_9