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Oct 2020
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US election: Is God still on Donald Trum...

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In 2016, 80 percent of white Evangelicals voted for President Trump. How has he repaid them? And four years on, can one of the largest denominations of any religion in the US help him stay in the White House? 


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Guest: David Charter, US editor of the Times. 


Host: David Aaronovitch.


Clips used: AP, Fox News, First Baptist Dallas YouTube, Ronald Reagan Library, CNN, Cuyagoha Community College, Joe Biden YouTube.

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