Leading Interfaith Group Alarmed By Trump’s Promise Christians “Won’t Have to Vote Anymore” If He Wins
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Leading Interfaith Group Alarmed By Trump’s Promise Christians “Won’t Have to Vote Anymore” If He Wins

Logan Bayroff
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Logan Bayroff
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July 28, 2024

Today, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a conservative rally in Florida: “Christians, get out and vote, just this time. "You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians…. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote.”

In response to this ominously authoritarian and anti-democratic appeal by Trump to his Christian nationalist base, Interfaith Alliance president and CEO Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush issued the following statement:

“Donald Trump’s comments today sounded alarmingly like a would-be dictator promising to end free and fair elections in this country if he wins a second term – and to hand his conservative Christian supporters everything on their wish list. All those committed to the survival of multi-faith democracy should hear this as a deeply worrying threat and sound the alarm.

As a Baptist minister who has organized for decades with people of diverse faiths and beliefs, I know that the majority of religious people in this country are alarmed and threatened by Trump’s promise to hand Christian nationalists the keys to power. Their agenda hopes to repress diversity and difference and impose one extreme religious worldview on all of us. 

Trump’s shameless appeals to “my beautiful Christians” are unsettling and infuriating to the many millions of American Christians who proudly believe in pluralistic democracy and healthy boundaries between religion and government. That’s why so many Christians and other faith communities nationwide have been sounding the alarm about the threats posed by Christian nationalism, Project 2025 and the politicians who champion them.”

Interfaith Alliance is a network of people of diverse faiths and beliefs from across the country working together to build a resilient democracy and fulfill America’s promise of religious freedom and civil rights not just for some, but for all. We mobilize powerful coalitions to challenge Christian nationalism and religious extremism while fostering a better understanding of the healthy boundaries between religion and government. We advocate at all levels of government for an equitable and just America where the freedoms of belief and religious practice are protected, and where all persons are treated with dignity and have the opportunity to thrive. For more information visit www.interfaithalliance.org.

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