Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters in Charleston, West Virginia. Photo by Chris Tilley/Reuters

Trump addresses crowd at religious conference

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Donald Trump spoke Friday afternoon at the 2016 Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference in Washington, D.C.

Trump said that as president, he would "restore respect for people of faith."

The conference is one of the largest events for religious conservative groups in the country. Trump's speech marks an appeal to the evangelical voter base, whose support for Trump has taken some analysts by surprise.

"Mr. Trump won a plurality of evangelical votes in the Republican primaries on his path to the nomination, and we welcome him to once again address members of Faith and Freedom and to express his views on the many issues of importance to evangelical conservative voters," Timothy Head, executive director of the coalition, told The New York Times.

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