Ralph Reed: Supporting Trump doesn't mean I sold my soul

Updated: December 15, 2024 - 11:34am

<p>Christian political consultant Ralph Reed wants to dispel the notion that evangelical support of President Trump is solely about the president's help in pushing the evangelical agenda.</p><p>Reed, the founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and former head of the Christian Coalition, isn't an apologist for the president's moral failings, however, believes that Trump's pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious freedom stances are the result of a genuine religious conversion.</p><p>"I think his conversion was one of the heart, not just the head," he told David Brody on his Pod's Honest Truth podcast.</p><p> URL to Embed</p><p> "I can't judge a man's heart, and it doesn't really ultimately matter to me as long as he keeps his word, whatever the reason is, but I became convinced that his movement in our direction was a change of heart," he said.</p><p>Reed talked about his new book, “For God and Country: The Christian Case for Trump,” where he lays out the argument for evangelical support of Trump in 2020 in order to preserve religious-right gains and protect religious liberty.</p>