Neo-fascist demagogue Donald "Rump" Trump has demonstrated his bigotry, arrogance, greed and his ability to lie over the course of his campaign (and life), so naturally the far-right teavangelicals have lined up behind him, because, you know, what would Jesus do? Rump's unconvincing piety (quoting the Bible's "Two Corinthians"), and saying that he's never asked for forgiveness apparently haven't dissuaded the likes of Robert "Judas Jeff" Jeffress, a right-wing Southern Baptist
“But as far as his worldview, Trump’s worldview, you know, I was debating an evangelical professor on NPR and this professor said, ‘Pastor, don’t you want a candidate who embodies the teaching of Jesus and would govern this country according to the principles found in the Sermon on the Mount?’ I said, ‘Heck no.’ I would run from that candidate as far as possible, because the Sermon on the Mount was not given as a governing principle for this nation." (emphasis added)Well we wouldn't want a theocrat in the White House, but please continue preachin', Judas Jeff:
“Nowhere is government told to forgive those who wrong it, nowhere is government told to turn the other cheek. Government is to be a strongman to protect its citizens against evildoers. When I’m looking for somebody who’s going to deal with ISIS and exterminate ISIS, I don’t care about that candidate’s tone or vocabulary, I want the meanest, toughest, son of a you-know-what I can find, and I believe that’s biblical.” (emphasis added)Yeehaw and sieg heil! You're no weak kneed Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Judas Jeff! You want that Government strongman, a "son of a you-know-what" to rule this Christian nation with a righteous hand (in that sense, it helps that Rump is of German ancestry). You know, because of the "evildoers" that Judas Jeff will helpfully identify to the "strongman" for extermination. Judas Jeff for Grand Inquisitor!
