Donald Trump’s Fissure With Evangelicals Opens the Door for Mike Pence

Mike Pence has yet to publicly declare a 2024 presidential run, but that hasn’t stopped the former veep, a self-described Christian, from quietly courting evangelical leaders who could put him in the crosshairs of public scrutiny. Pence is scheduled to appear Sunday at San Antonio’s Cornerstone Church for a fireside chat with John Hagee, the church’s founding pastor who has made sexist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, and otherwise offensive remarks—including a 2015 sermon reportedly declaring that “women are only meant to be mothers and bear children” and an infamous 2006 interview in which he hailed Hurricane Katrina as “the judgment of God… Read Full Article