'Breaks my heart': MAGA evangelical fears Trump has thrown Christians 'under the bus'
President-elect Donald Trump broadened his voter coalition in the 2024 presidential race — and that's making at least some of his longtime supporters a little nervous.
In an interview with Politico, Wisconsin-based Republican Party leader Timothy Bachleitner expressed concern that Trump had won over too many secular-minded voters and that he would listen less to evangelical Christians in his second term.
"He’s gained so much support from different groups of people he no longer needs the conservative Christians to do what he needs to do, so they’ve been thrown under the bus," he fretted.
Bachleitner then elaborated some about the big MAGA tent that has him nervous about what's to come.
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"He’s got the RFK, and he’s got the Tulsi Gabbard and Elon Musk and Joe Rogan — and that whole kind of independent individual has become full steam to allow him to say I no longer need to cater to a big part of my base, and I happen to be in that portion," he said. "So that breaks my heart."
Trump during the 2024 race refused to support any kind of nationwide abortion ban in defiance of the demands of right-wing Christian organizations.
Abortion has become a losing issue for Republicans ever since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 and Trump instead worked to focus voters' attentions on issues such as inflation and immigration while largely downplaying issues that have traditionally been of importance to conservative Christians.