During Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough unearthed Donald Trump’s long-standing animosity towards evangelical conservatives, a sentiment that could significantly impact his political future.
According to Scarborough, Trump has always “hated” the right-wing religious extremists who are now causing him campaign headaches with their push to enact politically unpopular abortion policies.
Scarborough said disdain for evangelicals have persisted despite his public displays of solidarity with faith leaders during the Evangelicals for Trump campaign events.
“Donald Trump, I mean, you know, Donald Trump loathes those people,” the ‘Morning Joe’ host said. “I’ve been saying it as long as I’ve known him. He loathes those people, he’s always loathed them. He used to mock right-wing religious extremists privately. He hates those people, he always has.”
According to Scarborough, Trump’s antipathy towards this crucial voting bloc was evident in his scapegoating of pro-life voters for setbacks in the 2022 elections. Now, as Trump attempts to navigate the fallout from the recent Roe v. Wade reversal, his failure to fully embrace a nationwide abortion ban has further alienated conservative evangelicals.
“That’s why when ’22 went down, he blamed it on pro-life voters,” Scarborough remarked. “Trump blamed ’22 on pro-life voters. He’s got no use for them, and so, here, he finds himself in a position where, again, these people are going to determine, you know, whether he gets re-elected or not. He doesn’t like it.”
The rift widened with the Arizona Supreme Court’s reinstatement of an 1864 ban, drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle and highlighting Trump’s inconsistent stance on abortion policy.
Scarborough warns that Trump’s underestimation of evangelical conservatives’ demands could prove detrimental to his reelection bid, as their dissatisfaction continues to simmer.
“He’s dumb enough to think that’s where it’s stops – it never stops,” Scarborough added. “Give them a little taste of it, and they’re going to keep on going. They want more and more and more, more extreme. This is what he did not realize. They’ll never be happy.”
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