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Evangelicals have long been a key constituency for the Republican Party, but this election season they are deeply divided over whether to support presumptive nominee Donald Trump. Tensions escalated this week after Trump got into a social media \u201cwar of words\u201d with a prominent Southern Baptist leader. Host Bob Abernethy and managing editor Kim Lawton discuss the GOP\u2019s dilemma over evangelical voters and the search for unity in a sharply divided party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Evangelicals have long been a key constituency for the Republican Party, but this year they are deeply divided over whether to support presumptive nominee Donald Trump. Host Bob Abernethy and managing editor Kim Lawton discuss the GOP\u2019s dilemma over evangelical voters and the search for unity in a sharply divided party. 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