White evangelicals courted Trump’s toxic masculinity for decades – RNS July 24, 2020 by Fulcrum Shock. Betrayal. That’s the response that millions of Americans had after the 2016 presidential election when they learned that 80% of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. How could believing Christians vote for him in the first place, and then continue to approve of a presidency that has been marked by scandal, authoritarianism and racism? Jane Riess. Religion News Service. 22 July 2020 FulcrumShareTweetShare