GA Candidate — Republicans Are Co-opting White, Evangelical Base

A Democrat running for the Georgia Senate accused the Republican Party of co-opting beliefs held by white evangelical Christians because it was “politically convenient.”

“I can’t really explain the phenomenon — except to say that to a certain extent because it was politically convenient, certainly because it wasn’t theologically sound,” Sarah Riggs Amico told Hill.TV in reference to Trump’s efforts to shore up up support from his conservative evangelical electoral base.

“The right wing of the Republican Party has co-opted a faith that forms the foundation of my life and so many other people,” she continued.