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Alice Herman

Trump courts Christian vote and says ‘God saved me for a purpose’

Trump on stage at the faith event in North Carolina on Monday.
Trump on stage at the faith event in North Carolina on Monday. Photograph: Nell Redmond/AP

Donald Trump urged Christian voters on Monday to participate in the 2024 election, claiming that a Kamala Harris administration would restrict religious freedoms and casting himself as a protector of Christians.

During an event in North Carolina billed as an “11th-Hour Faith Leaders Meeting”, a series of conservative pastors warmed up for Trump, including Guillermo Maldonado, an “apostle” and longtime Trump ally who cast the election in perilous terms.

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