From USA Today-
On Christmas Eve, six days after a prominent
evangelical magazine published a blistering editorial calling
for President Donald Trump to be removed from office,
the president and first lady ditched services at the liberal church in
Palm Beach where they were married and headed to a conservative
Baptist-affiliated church in West Palm Beach.
Whether
the president’s decision to change the venue and denomination of his
long-standing Christmas Eve tradition was tied to the editorial is not
known. A White House press officer referred questions to the Florida GOP
press liaison, who referred questions back to the White House.
It
was the second effort Trump has made to court evangelical voters since
he arrived at Mar-a-Lago on Friday — the same day his re-election
campaign announced that he would go to Miami on Jan. 3 to launch an
“Evangelicals for Trump” coalition.
It is unlikely that the first-couple’s absence from Bethesda-by-the-Sea
Episcopal Church in Palm Beach and a surprise appearance at Family
Church Downtown gained or lost the president votes among either
congregation. Officials at both churches could not be reached for
comment on the holiday.
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