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Megapastor Trump ally’s stunning backpedal just exposed 'bad' GOP candidate
What happened
AlterNet reports that Robert Jeffress, a prominent evangelical pastor and longtime Donald Trump ally, said he would not ostracize congregants who vote for Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico over Republican nominee Ken Paxton in Texas. Jeffress told New York Times columnist David French that he would explain his objections to Talarico but ultimately tell such a congregant to follow their conscience and return to church the next Sunday.
The article presents that tolerance as a notable retreat from Jeffress’s harsher political rhetoric. It attributes Republican unease to…
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