Latino evangelicals praise Donald Trump as president-elect who respects Christians

At First Bilingual Christian Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this Sunday, the congregation was praying, in both Spanish and English, for President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump.

Whether you agree with the election results or not, a pastor told the congregation, the Bible says to pray for those who are in power.

But most people here do agree with those results. Latino voters moved toward Trump by double-digit margins, according to some exit polls , and that support is especially strong among Latino evangelicals.

One of the ministers, Edel Santana, voted for Trump, like many others in the congregation. He says members come from more than a dozen Spanish-speaking countries and from Puerto Rico, where he was born.

As for that now-infamous joke — where a comedian at a Trump rally referred to his home as a “floating island of garbage” — Santana says it was “disrespectful,” but many Latinos have bigger concerns.”They care more about the economics of their family than just one joke,” Santana said. Congregants lift their hands during a Sunday morning church service at the First Bilingual […]

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