Ralph Reed to Trump: You Don't Need to Quote Scripture, Just be Yourself
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Ralph Reed on evangelicals and Trump
Faith and Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed discusses how presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump can get the evangelical vote.
Faith and Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed weighs in on how Donald Trump is doing among evangelicals and what the Republican candidate needs to do to secure the evangelical vote in November.
“He is getting 68%-70% of that vote, Hillary’s getting about 20%. That’s the historic Democratic average but to win in November, Donald Trump needs to push that number among evangelicals to 75%, maybe even 80%,” Reed told the FOX Business Network’s Stuart Varney.
Reed then explained that to win over evangelical voters, “You don’t need to quote scripture, just come and be yourself. No one’s asking you to be exactly what they are. “
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AdvertisementAccording to Reed, Trump is aligned with evangelicals on many of the core issues.
“The second thing is, emphasize the fact that he shares their views on certain core social, cultural and moral issues, life, marriage, support for the state of Israel, opposition to the Iran nuclear deal and support for religious liberty. He is good on every one of those,” said Reed.
On Trump’s shifting view on the issue of abortion, Reed said, “That’s not new for a Republican nominee. Remember, Mitt Romney was pro-choice a few years before he was the Republican nominee, George H.W. Bush was pro-choice, became pro-life. Ronald Reagan signed the most liberal abortion law in America in the late 60’s as governor of California and was a pro-life hero by 1980.”
Reed offered advice to Trump on how to handle the issue of abortion on the campaign trail.
“So all Donald Trump has to do is, as those prior nominees did, make it clear, I changed my views,” Reed said.