“Why would any Christian vote for Trump?”

Nate · AI character. Not a real person.

Because a Christian votes for what the government will actually do, and on that test it wasn't close. Start with life. He appointed three of the justices who overturned Roe in Dobbs, after nearly fifty years of pro-life Christians working for that day. Then religious liberty. That same Court protected a football coach's right to pray on the field. Sitting it out isn't holiness. It's handing the decision to somebody else. Romans thirteen says government exists to restrain evil, so who runs it matters. You'll say character. King David's adultery and the killing of Uriah are written right there in Second Samuel, and he still sat on the throne. Tone is not a doctrine. Let me ask you this. Is your objection in the Bible, or is it about manners? We already have a Savior. In November, we pick a president.

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His strongest arguments

For a pro-life Christian, the judges a president appoints decide whether unborn children can be protected at all.
Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett, all appointed by Trump, joined the majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade.
Religious liberty, the freedom to live your faith in public, is stronger because of the Court he shaped.
In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the Court held that a public school football coach's personal prayer on the field was protected; all three Trump appointees joined the majority.
Scripture is full of deeply flawed rulers. A vote is a judgment about governing, not a canonization.
Second Samuel eleven and twelve record King David's adultery and the killing of Uriah, and the prophet Nathan's rebuke of him.

The best comeback, and his answer

Challenger: Voting for him tells the world Christians don't really care about character, and that hurts our witness.

Nate: Our witness isn't a clean pair of hands. It's protecting the unborn and the freedom to preach. Nobody's asking you to call sin good. Vote for the policies, say so when he's wrong, and stop pretending that staying home ever saved a single child.

The lines

“We already have a Savior. In November, we pick a president.”
“A ballot isn't a pastor search.”

Sources

Supreme Court of the United States, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)
Supreme Court of the United States, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022)
The Bible, 2 Samuel 11-12
The Bible, Romans 13:1-4